jlatrip
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We just found a great deal on a 2000 McKenzie Medallion 29FKS. Our current tow vehicle would be our 2006 Ford Expedition 4x4. We are planning a trip to Oregon from Texas and will be most likely relocated there. Is my current tow rig/Travel Trailer acceptable? would also like to hear of the best way there or should i say the flattest way! My wife and I are new to this and wanted to travel relocate and enjoy our time together.I have purchase a 10K lb. weight distribution hitch with sway control.
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vermont_blue
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Make sure your Expedition has the tow package with the aux trans cooler. I towed a 28' trailer with my expedition quite well. I later found out however, that I did not have the tow package I thought I had and the lack of the trans cooler was causing high trans temp.
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That sounds like a lot of TT for even the most capable Expy. I was not able to find any weights, but generally front kitchen models are tongue heavy which is a limit for your Expy.
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Turtle n Peeps
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jlatrip wrote:We just found a great deal on a 2000 McKenzie Medallion 29FKS. Our current tow vehicle would be our 2006 Ford Expedition 4x4. We are planning a trip to Oregon from Texas and will be most likely relocated there. Is my current tow rig/Travel Trailer acceptable? would also like to hear of the best way there or should i say the flattest way! My wife and I are new to this and wanted to travel relocate and enjoy our time together.I have purchase a 10K lb. weight distribution hitch with sway control.
What engine, what gears, does it have a tow package? Who is "we"? Just you and the wife? Or you and the wife and 5 kids?
Lots of questions need to be answered to give you a great answer to your question.
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Chuck&Gail
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Depends on FULLY LOADED TT weight. Your limit is tongue weight spec on Ford. Can't say on yours, but likely under 1000# limit. You want 13% on the tongue, so max loaded TT weight, for say 850# tongue limit, would be 6540#. You need to find your specs.
On our Expedition it took more washers than we expected in Equal-i-zer to get rear TV GAWR in spec. We did it ok, but took several tries. You need to weigh carefully and adjust as needed.
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joegray
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IMO,,,, It will be a struggle with that vehicle.Sounds like a big trailer. I had a older expedition and one of the draw backs that I found was the coil suspension in the rear. Made things a little sloppy. Having said that,,, I had a good Reece dual cam sway control hitch and towed to Calif for two years with a 24ft,gvw of 6550lbs and a traveling loaded weight of around 5500lbs TT. Really slow on the hills but then I don't run my vehicles ,foot to the floor. Check on Fords Fleet site and find the towing limits for the truck. Good luck
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bikendan
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with a probable UVW of around 7200lbs. and 30' long, i wouldn't tow it with a 1/2 soft-suspension SUV. i'm guessing the trailer's tongue weight will be over the Expy's max hitch weight.
it'll probably weigh over 8000lbs. loaded for camping and IMHO, that's traditional 3/4 ton territory, along with the tongue weight being too much for the Expy.
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dspencer
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Not sure what your weights are, but i just traded my 03 Expedition with the HD tow package off. I was towing a 5200lb trailer which it handled with ease however I wouldn't have wanted to go much more than a 1000 or 1500lbs more. Your first and biggest problem as the others have said is the tongue weight. I loved the Expy but it was time to move up a bit. My personal opinion and its just that is that the Expy is a little doggy on the hills. I think if your not over your limits you will be at the very top end.
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