Mod Expedition for heavy duty towing
#31
chevy24D
Can you elaborate on the wiring for the reverse backup lights on the wiring harness near the brake cylinder? I would like to add this circuit for a flat 5way tow harness. The reverse lights just activate a solinoid to deactivate the surge brakes on my trailer when backing up.
Can you elaborate on the wiring for the reverse backup lights on the wiring harness near the brake cylinder? I would like to add this circuit for a flat 5way tow harness. The reverse lights just activate a solinoid to deactivate the surge brakes on my trailer when backing up.
Expedition Forum - 2007 Expedition trailer wiring
I hope this helps,
Mark
#32
Ya can't tell if an Expedition has HD tow just by looking at it unless you look closely for the round "Bargman" trailer wiring connector on the right side of the receiver. They all have the Class 3/4 (2") receiver.
I couldn't find a single HD Tow Expedition last year, nor could my dealer. I drove over to another dealer who had a dozen Expeditions on the lot and not a single one with HD Tow. The salesman looked at me funny and told me it'd tow 6000 pounds. What more did I want? Took 8 weeks for an XLT to be built to my specs. HD Tow. No air suspension!
I found the dealer stocking recommendation on one Ford website. 10% HD tow is about right. Dealers, of course, will order them based on their own experience but I see very few HD tow setups locally.
-- Chuck
I couldn't find a single HD Tow Expedition last year, nor could my dealer. I drove over to another dealer who had a dozen Expeditions on the lot and not a single one with HD Tow. The salesman looked at me funny and told me it'd tow 6000 pounds. What more did I want? Took 8 weeks for an XLT to be built to my specs. HD Tow. No air suspension!
I found the dealer stocking recommendation on one Ford website. 10% HD tow is about right. Dealers, of course, will order them based on their own experience but I see very few HD tow setups locally.
-- Chuck
#33
I couldn't find a single HD Tow Expedition last year, nor could my dealer. I drove over to another dealer who had a dozen Expeditions on the lot and not a single one with HD Tow. The salesman looked at me funny and told me it'd tow 6000 pounds. What more did I want? Took 8 weeks for an XLT to be built to my specs. HD Tow. No air suspension!
I found the dealer stocking recommendation on one Ford website. 10% HD tow is about right. Dealers, of course, will order them based on their own experience but I see very few HD tow setups locally.
-- Chuck
I found the dealer stocking recommendation on one Ford website. 10% HD tow is about right. Dealers, of course, will order them based on their own experience but I see very few HD tow setups locally.
-- Chuck
My % were stright from Ford Motor Company. Please recheck your order guide. Also, the air suspension is HUGE. I wouldn't own an expy without it. Even with weight dist bars it does a great job, it's not any harder to set up then a standard suspension and takes away a lot of what I call wallow when you get on nasty parts of highways and it take the trailer pushing down on the rear end out of play. I've also got big dogs and when another couple and ourselves go out to the beach or camping it's nice to have a nice smooth ride, fully loaded or empty.
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