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WITH THE STANDARD TOW PACKAGE ( 4 PIN ) Your GCWR is only 11,900lbs so if you figure that the Expy weighs in around 5000lbs.
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WHAT!!! please stop giving false statements . 4 pin connectors DO NOT HAVE TRAILER BRAKE PROVISIONS. In most states any trailer over 3000 lbs
must have trailer brakes.
PLEASE post with care,people can take you info to heart and end up hurting
or killing someone...
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I am not trying to come off as an *** but I am defending the information that was put out.
MAXIMUM GCWR ( Gross Combined Weight Rating )( Expy, trailer and all persons and cargo together )
All of the GCWR numbers came right from the Expedition owners manual and if you look at the same post you quoted the first paragraph last sentence says
"of course with these weights you would need to have operational trailer brakes either hydrolic surge or electric."
Also in the same post I also wrote
"( **NOT SURE HOW MUCH YOUR EXPY WEIGHS, MAKE SURE TO HAVE IT SCALED AT YOUR LOCAL TRUCK STOP TO FIND OUT** )" This was put in so that he can figure out the exact weight of trailer that can be safely towed without going over his GCWR.
POST #7
QUOTE: I confirmed there is an electronic brake control connector under the dash & a 5th wire for it at the 4-pin connector. END QUOTE
The expy HAS the brake contoller provisions PRE WIRED in the harness. All you have to do is get under the truck at the rear wiring conector where the trailer harness is plugged in and get the controller wire that is there. Then under the dash right next to the obd II port is the PRE WIRED conector for hooking up the controller.
I am not trying to give out FALSE STATEMENTS this particular user under stands that he has to have trailer brakes and has also already looked to make sure he had the provisions for them and also stated that he knows how to change the connector over from a 4 pin to a 7pin.
He wants to know what his Expedition is SAFELY capable of towing and the information that I was giving again came from the OWNERS MANUAL.
I have been towing for many years and the last thing I want is someone getting hurt.
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