DA73
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- 2003 Ford Explorer
Just sold the family cabin and I decided to take my grandfathers old rotting boat and see if I can't give it new life. Issue is I can't figure out whether I can, or even should try to tow it. I've seen towing capacities for Gen three explorers stated as low as 2500lbs and high as 7000lbs. From my understanding, I have some sort of towing package, but since I bought the vehicle used, I do not know which one. Even after referring to the manual. It does seem I have a transmission cooler and a factory hitch, but the hitch seems smaller than a regular sized hitch.
The boat itself weighs between 2700-3500 lbs plus a 1,000lb trailer. So lets say 5000lbs maximum. Still trying to figure out exactly which model boat I have... the original manual seems to be missing.
I'm driving the 4.0L v6 4x4 eddie bauer edition with 220,000 mi.
Does anyone know how I can check my car to know which towing package my car has? And has anyone tried to tow a heavy load with a vehicle this old?
The boat itself weighs between 2700-3500 lbs plus a 1,000lb trailer. So lets say 5000lbs maximum. Still trying to figure out exactly which model boat I have... the original manual seems to be missing.
I'm driving the 4.0L v6 4x4 eddie bauer edition with 220,000 mi.
Does anyone know how I can check my car to know which towing package my car has? And has anyone tried to tow a heavy load with a vehicle this old?