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GaiaGoddess
Explorer
Sep 02, 2013

Is my Ford Escape worthless for fullfilling my dream? :-(

I've had this dream to live in an RV (travel trailer, specifically) for about 5 or 6 years now. I was drawn to the Ford Escape and was happy to learn they can tow up to 3500 pounds. I bought one last ...
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Fordlover
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Sep 13, 2013
GaiaGoddess wrote:

I've seen Rangers towing things, but my main concert was the stick shift, way too jerky for needing to be careful towing something.



Nothing wrong with towing with a standard transmission. If you are 'way too jerky while towing', then your doing it wrong.

The trick is to not rev the engine too high, and to get off the clutch as quickly and smoothly as you can. This will avoid wearing your clutch disk prematurely.

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