02 Expy tow package options

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Nov 17, 2003 | 10:22 AM

expy4me

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02 Expy tow package options

I have just purchased a 02 Expedition

and I want to add a type III or IV hitch to it. What would be my best option?

a) buy an third party hitch and install it myself. (I am pretty handy with a wrench)

b) have one professionally installed (not dealer).

c) Have the $dealer$ in$tall a retrofit hitch.

For now I will be towing a Pop-up camper and a light sailboat. What do you recommend?

Thanks,
expd4me

Dec 3, 2003 | 04:09 PM

khmorse

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From: Chesapeake, VA

Let me be the one to chime in for you. I bought a 2001 Expedition w/o a towing pkg. I bought my class III hitch at U-haul, installed for $150.00. I would have installed it myself, as it is easy to do, but I was down in Florida at the time and they were only charging me $10 to install it, so what the heck.

I also added a Hayden transmission cooler myself. Not too difficult to do, there is plenty of room in front of the radiator to add it.

And, since I am not too happy w/the 3.31 gears that came in my truck, I order 4.10 gears and a limited slip from Reider Racing, that I will have someone else install.

And last, I am going to upgrade from P255/70-16 tires to a LT265/75-16 tire.