rdm190
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Hey guys, this has been a great forum of informaiton for me but this is my first post!
Let me start off with what I have: 2000 Explorer XLT 4.0 SOHC Auto. I have done all the proper maintence for the mileage (~60,000) along with adding a remote trans filter and swaped in Mobil 1 fully synthetic trans fluid.
My father in law and I bought a 1995 Dodge 2500 Cummings that does the VAST majority of the heavy lifting for us. My question is, is my Ex up to some of the tasks if the Dodge is either broken (happens alot, it has 450,000 miles on it) or not available (we share it)
Anyway my Ex has a class IV draw-tite frame mounted hitch that I added to tow my waves runners and small stuff. The Ex has no problems with the small stuff. I know the class IV was overkill for this but keep reading
My question is about out boat. It is a 24' Wellcraft Aftcabin and is no light weight. The boat is ~4500lbs and I am guessing the trailer weighs in somewhere between 1000 and 1500 lbs. So to be safe lets say I would be towing 6000lbs. The boat only goes about 10 miles, on staight flat road, to the river.
My question is can my Ex, with its current setup, handle this load? I would be using a class IV weight distribuiting hitch. My draw tite is rated to 7500lbs with a distributing hitch.
Please take into consideration that the Dodge does this job most of the time, but I would like to use the Ex as a back up.
Thanks in advance guys!
-Ryan
Let me start off with what I have: 2000 Explorer XLT 4.0 SOHC Auto. I have done all the proper maintence for the mileage (~60,000) along with adding a remote trans filter and swaped in Mobil 1 fully synthetic trans fluid.
My father in law and I bought a 1995 Dodge 2500 Cummings that does the VAST majority of the heavy lifting for us. My question is, is my Ex up to some of the tasks if the Dodge is either broken (happens alot, it has 450,000 miles on it) or not available (we share it)
Anyway my Ex has a class IV draw-tite frame mounted hitch that I added to tow my waves runners and small stuff. The Ex has no problems with the small stuff. I know the class IV was overkill for this but keep reading
My question is about out boat. It is a 24' Wellcraft Aftcabin and is no light weight. The boat is ~4500lbs and I am guessing the trailer weighs in somewhere between 1000 and 1500 lbs. So to be safe lets say I would be towing 6000lbs. The boat only goes about 10 miles, on staight flat road, to the river.
My question is can my Ex, with its current setup, handle this load? I would be using a class IV weight distribuiting hitch. My draw tite is rated to 7500lbs with a distributing hitch.
Please take into consideration that the Dodge does this job most of the time, but I would like to use the Ex as a back up.
Thanks in advance guys!
-Ryan