Tongue Weight Rating
Hello, We are buying a trailer for our daughter and son-in-law. They now have a Ford Expedition with 8,900# tow rating. 80% of that is 7,120#, but they should stay below 7,000# loaded (5,500 to 6...
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Seattle Lion wrote:My paragraph pertains to the 2006 Expedition which is the subject of this thread.Ron Gratz wrote:
The Owners Manual clearly states the WDH should be adjusted to cause the front end to return to its unhitched height.
That would cause about 80% of the tongue weight to be carried on the TV and would cause about 20% of the tongue weight to carried on the TT's axles.Ron
The Ford manual for my truck states that the WDH should be adjusted to bring the truck back up to HALF the distance between unloaded and with no WDH.
I believe Ford introduced the 50% FALR for trucks in 2010.
Ron
