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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 08:19 AM
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Class V drop hitch

I put a class V hitch on my escape it was about $250.00 I see alot of people put class II hitches on there escapes I know my hitch is over kill the escape will never pull the max amount of weight the hitch says I just did not like the factory 1" hitch that comes on some escapes to small looks wimmpy. Anyone else
have a class V on there escape
 
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 08:44 AM
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I have a class III drawtite on mine. I also pull around 3500 pounds with it. So kinda over kill but it was cheaper than the class II. I picked it up around 100 bucks off etrailer.com
 
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 08:46 AM
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my class V I got it for the same price as a class II I though that was strange but did not complain
 
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 04:22 PM
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i am going to put a hitch on my escape and i too think the factory hitch looks like it's max load would not pull a fly off a bears butt.
Am only planning to tow the small u-haul trailer for now so was only looking at a class 1. Any one have any figures on what weight the escape can draw without the need for a tranny cooler??
Thankx
 
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 05:06 PM
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Escape can tow up to 2,000lbs without the tow package and tow up to 3,500 with the tow package.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 05:52 PM
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I beleive they all come with a tranny cooler. They add an oil cooler with the tow package.
 
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