Yup.
Here goes. I bought a 2017 Expy EL a month ago thinking this will handle my family of 6 and our rv.
After researching this to exhaustion...I've made a horrible mistake, haven't I?
The Expy has a payload of 1460, curb weight of 6300lbs and gvwr of 7760.
My RV is 7250dry, 9000 GVW and a tongue of 844.
Okay, so I'll trade the RV, right?
Not having ANY luck finding anything local (Maine) that can sleep all 6 of us (me, wife, 14yr old, 12, 8, 5 - total 850lbs) without going over payload...
The hybrids up here are more $ than the enclosed trailers...and the biggest small trailer that would fit us all is a 2019 KeyStone Bullet UltraLight 277BHS (or similiar style) which all have a tongue of 600 +, 7600 GVW.
UGH!
So...either suck it up and trade for an F250/GMC 2500 or be "that guy" and tow at or over payload.....
The reason for the long, boring post....how many of you are "at" payload on your expy's...
I've been towing for a little over 2 decades, not a long time compared to some, but I understand the risk vs reward of real life scenarios. I've got the WD hitch, 2 of them actually (one chains, one Husky TS Centerline)
Why would Ford release an 8 seater SUV...that can't even haul 5/6 200lb adults and their golf clubs....
Gosh I miss my Excursion...
Here goes. I bought a 2017 Expy EL a month ago thinking this will handle my family of 6 and our rv.
After researching this to exhaustion...I've made a horrible mistake, haven't I?
The Expy has a payload of 1460, curb weight of 6300lbs and gvwr of 7760.
My RV is 7250dry, 9000 GVW and a tongue of 844.
Okay, so I'll trade the RV, right?
Not having ANY luck finding anything local (Maine) that can sleep all 6 of us (me, wife, 14yr old, 12, 8, 5 - total 850lbs) without going over payload...
The hybrids up here are more $ than the enclosed trailers...and the biggest small trailer that would fit us all is a 2019 KeyStone Bullet UltraLight 277BHS (or similiar style) which all have a tongue of 600 +, 7600 GVW.
UGH!
So...either suck it up and trade for an F250/GMC 2500 or be "that guy" and tow at or over payload.....
The reason for the long, boring post....how many of you are "at" payload on your expy's...
I've been towing for a little over 2 decades, not a long time compared to some, but I understand the risk vs reward of real life scenarios. I've got the WD hitch, 2 of them actually (one chains, one Husky TS Centerline)
Why would Ford release an 8 seater SUV...that can't even haul 5/6 200lb adults and their golf clubs....
Gosh I miss my Excursion...