so i am looking at a 1998 limited, AWD V8. my question is how much it can haul. i looked in the manual an it said something along the lines of 6700, then i check the plate on the door and it said, "front... 3250, rear... 3000" and it has the litte hole in the back attached to the bummer that said something along the lines of 500lbs and somthing else that said 3500lbs. now i know this is all a little vague but im doing this off memory. i talked to 3 different people and the one guy said that, the if i put the ball in the hole on the bumper it can hold 3500, Im highly sure that is wrong. and that it can only hold 500lbs. but what is the 3500lbs for. the 2nd guy i talked to said to go by the sticked on the door which said "rear 3000lbs" because thats all the rear axle can handel. and the 3rd guy i talked to said go by the owners manual which said 6700. so who is right? now i know its gonna be a pain in the ass to put a hitch on this a hard wire the lights/brakes in but i can find a explorer that has a hitch on it.
so anyways what can this explorer handel with a class 3 hitch, also ive heard something about a weight distriburtion hitch, what is that and should i consider it.
thanks for the help.
so anyways what can this explorer handel with a class 3 hitch, also ive heard something about a weight distriburtion hitch, what is that and should i consider it.
thanks for the help.