I looked in Mountaineergreen's sticky on the towing capacities, my vehicle's specs aren't exactly listed on the chart. It's a 2000 mountaineer 5.0 2wd with 4.10 gears. Based on the two weight capacities that fit closest to my vehicle i figure the towing capacity would be somewhere around 6000 lbs. Is this fairly accurate?
There's a chance i'd be renting a flatbed trailer or tow dolly to tow a 91 Explorer 4x4 lifted on 35" tires a couple hundred miles. I'm not sure of the vehicle's weight but i'm presuming it is not much lighter than my mountaineer. Adding the weight of the trailer or tow dolly (i'm not sure how much either one weighs), 2 passengers, 2 tanks of fuel, and any camping gear, i would again presume this would outweigh my mountaineer. To add to this, i've never towed with the mountaineer and it did not come with a tow package, although it does have a factory trans. cooler. In the jack compartment in the trunk there is a wiring harness which would be for towing. The explorer has a trailer hitch (not sure of the class, how do i find out?) which i could swap to the mountaineer. As far as the rental trailer goes, i don't know if it has brakes, and i'm presuming the tow dolly does not.
So based on all this info, would you guys recommend towing the ex with the mounty? I'd prefer the flat trailer over the tow dolly, but is either of the two possible? Would trailer brakes be absolutely necessary? I have some ideas about it but i'd like to hear from people that know more about towing.
There's a chance i'd be renting a flatbed trailer or tow dolly to tow a 91 Explorer 4x4 lifted on 35" tires a couple hundred miles. I'm not sure of the vehicle's weight but i'm presuming it is not much lighter than my mountaineer. Adding the weight of the trailer or tow dolly (i'm not sure how much either one weighs), 2 passengers, 2 tanks of fuel, and any camping gear, i would again presume this would outweigh my mountaineer. To add to this, i've never towed with the mountaineer and it did not come with a tow package, although it does have a factory trans. cooler. In the jack compartment in the trunk there is a wiring harness which would be for towing. The explorer has a trailer hitch (not sure of the class, how do i find out?) which i could swap to the mountaineer. As far as the rental trailer goes, i don't know if it has brakes, and i'm presuming the tow dolly does not.
So based on all this info, would you guys recommend towing the ex with the mounty? I'd prefer the flat trailer over the tow dolly, but is either of the two possible? Would trailer brakes be absolutely necessary? I have some ideas about it but i'd like to hear from people that know more about towing.