Have a 2010 Eddie Bauer with a factory Class 2 hitch. Can this hitch be changed out or modified for a class 3 or 4? Wanting to tow a travel trailer.
Summermac,I have a similar question and hate to start another thread. We just bought a 2006 Explorer XLT V8 with a Class 2 hitch. We took it to a local RV dealer to purchase the whatever it is that goes into the hitch (I am totally blanking on the name) and the person at the dealer said our trailer is too close to the 3500 lbs the class 2 hitch can pull and that he thinks we should upgrade to a class 3. He says that he's seen the class 2 hitches pull right off when towing.
What say you?
Our trailer is an 18 foot 2008 Jay Feather Sport 165 w/ dry weight of 2875 and gross weight 3775. However, we are pretty light packers and I'd guess 500 lbs at the absolute MOST in the trailer. We are mostly weekend only campers. We wouldn't carry any water with us in the tanks, for example.
Thoughts? I don't want to have to buy a class 3 unless necessary. Plus it seems to not be an easy switch from 2 to 3?
My 98 Explorer with a V6 SOHC and a 3.55 FD is rated to tow 4500 lbs and a 2010 is only rated for 3500?
Mine does have a transmission cooler but that is seriously de-rated.
I have a similar question and hate to start another thread. We just bought a 2006 Explorer XLT V8 with a Class 2 hitch. We took it to a local RV dealer to purchase the whatever it is that goes into the hitch (I am totally blanking on the name) and the person at the dealer said our trailer is too close to the 3500 lbs the class 2 hitch can pull and that he thinks we should upgrade to a class 3. He says that he's seen the class 2 hitches pull right off when towing.
What say you?
Our trailer is an 18 foot 2008 Jay Feather Sport 165 w/ dry weight of 2875 and gross weight 3775. However, we are pretty light packers and I'd guess 500 lbs at the absolute MOST in the trailer. We are mostly weekend only campers. We wouldn't carry any water with us in the tanks, for example.
Thoughts? I don't want to have to buy a class 3 unless necessary. Plus it seems to not be an easy switch from 2 to 3?