Tow Package...trailer hitch install??

[fogetta]

Hey fellas,

I have a '01 Explorer w/ the Tow Package. Of course, I now need to install a Tow Bar and Hitch.

What do you recommend? What electrical will I need to configure?

Thanks in Advance!!

 

[jimbo74]

you will just need to get a hitch of your choice and go get it installed... uhaul installs hitches..... the wiring should already be in your truck, in the rear jack storage area you will probably find a 4 foot long harness that will plug into a harness inside your rear bumper...the other end of the harness is a standard 4 plug trailer plug

 

[fogetta]

What if the trailer I'm towing needs a 7pin Plug...should I retrofit or use those factory style adapters I've seen online?

Would I be better off buying a tow hitch online and bringing it to uhaul to install?

Thanks!

 

[jimbo74]

wow a 7 plug... is the explorer even rated to tow a trailer that big? i know that the 7 plugs are becuase of the trailer brakes..... my friend has a 7 plug on his truck, and he used adapters to make his 7 plug into a 4 when we towed my x.... i bet someone makes a adapter in a reverse configuration

 

[FrankRizzo]

Drive over the hill to Van Nuys, on Balboa Blvd. is a place called HitchMasters.
They will fab and install a custom, almost completely hidden hitch for about the same price as the off the shelf stuff.

 

[fogetta]

Hitch Masters ,heh! I guess they don't have a location up North (Bay Area)...sorry for the confusion...it's Brentwood up North....it looks good though!

 

[fogetta]

Yeh...a 7 plug...my buddies Master Craft trailer requires one...and my cousin's Crowline trailer has one too!!

You don't think I can tow a 21' boat? It won't be for long haul...just quick run's to the lake launch or moving it around the driveway.

 

[dgibson]

Why pay someone to install a receiver hitch? Just take the spare tire down and do it by yourself. It will save you about $50. It's really easy to install. There should already be a plug under the back left part of you rear bumper to plug in the pig tail. You won't really need the 7 plug, the x isn't that good for stuff that big. You could always just check on the adaptor too.

 

[xlt-sport]

hey frank
what's a "xlr" explorer?

what have you done to mod it?

i like your badge.

peter

 

[jjue]

Why pay someone? I normally would have installed my hitch on my own, but the truck accessories shop where I got my Draw-tite was offering the drawbar, hitchpin, ball, hardware, and installation for less than it would cost me to buy the drawbar and ball, and I still would need the pin and other hardware and tools that I'd need just in case since I was in college and not at home around my tools. They were done before I knew that my truck was in the shop having the hitch installed.

 

[FrankRizzo]

Originally posted by xlt-sport
hey frank
what's a "xlr" explorer?

what have you done to mod it?

i like your badge.

peter

Heh! Brentwood!?!?!?!?!!?
Who knew? Good. I'm not a UCLA fan anyways....


Pete, XLR is something I made, to look rice.

Look here: Rizzomobile

 

[xlt-sport]

wow frank

that is an awesome x you have!

how did you know the saleen sway bars would fit?

i'd love to have some on my '02.
any thoughts on what i could use?

those wheels look great too!

peter

 

[FrankRizzo]

Thanks.

Try to use the "search" button and look for sway bars, or just look in the "Sport Truck" section, there is tons of good info.