Excursion V10 towing ability
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Excursion V10 towing ability
Hi there everyone, I am new here but have been lurking around reading everyones posts on towing.
I have a V10 X and am looking into a 28 foot enclosed car hauler. I was wondering if there is anyone out there that has used theres for the same purpose? I will be towing a 2800 lbs race car a 850lbs golf cart plus all the need supplies. I would say maybe another 1200lbs. Plus what ever the trailer weighs depending on aluminum or steel contruction.
Have any of you done this ? Do you think that 28ft is to large? If I do decide to do this then I am going to make some upgrades such as a Banks Power Pack and the rear airbags, shock upgrade.
Thanks for any of your input.
Mike
I have a V10 X and am looking into a 28 foot enclosed car hauler. I was wondering if there is anyone out there that has used theres for the same purpose? I will be towing a 2800 lbs race car a 850lbs golf cart plus all the need supplies. I would say maybe another 1200lbs. Plus what ever the trailer weighs depending on aluminum or steel contruction.
Have any of you done this ? Do you think that 28ft is to large? If I do decide to do this then I am going to make some upgrades such as a Banks Power Pack and the rear airbags, shock upgrade.
Thanks for any of your input.
Mike
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Hey ulose2
I have a 03 X with the V10 I pull a 30 foot travel trailer empty weight 7200 pounds. With all our gear My best guess is around 8500 pounds plus 4 kids wife and 1 old dog.I have no upgrades on the X its showroom stock. Our longest trip so far was from Chicago to east of Nashville 1200 miles round trip and the X pulled like a dream 65 - 70 mph on the highway with power to spare. I am very happy with the V10 you should be too. I will get a little trailer sway on the highway and am going to replace the friction type sway controler with a duel-cam type, average fuel milage is 7.5 hope this helps
I have a 03 X with the V10 I pull a 30 foot travel trailer empty weight 7200 pounds. With all our gear My best guess is around 8500 pounds plus 4 kids wife and 1 old dog.I have no upgrades on the X its showroom stock. Our longest trip so far was from Chicago to east of Nashville 1200 miles round trip and the X pulled like a dream 65 - 70 mph on the highway with power to spare. I am very happy with the V10 you should be too. I will get a little trailer sway on the highway and am going to replace the friction type sway controler with a duel-cam type, average fuel milage is 7.5 hope this helps
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Thanks for your time and info. Right now I have a open trailer that weighs about 1800 lbs and the car and the gold cart. I cannot imagine it weighs more than 7000lbs. I just was unsure of the wind resistance and the extra weight.
Thanks again
Mike
Thanks again
Mike
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From: OUTER BANKS NC
I would say airbags and radius rods + hellwig swaybar min. I pull a 7 x 16 every weekend and every once and a while 8.5 x 24 with drag bikes, pulls fine but sagged real bad before the airbags and was bad handling on the bumps
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I tow a 34 ft Travel Trailer, about 9600 lbs loaded. Biggest problem is a very soft rear. I installed Ride rite air bags, I also installed the Hellwig rear stabilizer. One other not I put a can of the Purple coolant fluid in my radiator. It helps keep temps down and I run synthetic oil in engine
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