MrMnNice
New Member
I have a 2018 Expedition Max Limited without the heavy duty towing package. This summer, we would like to buy a travel trailer for the Expedition to haul. The issue is that every travel trailer that would be best for our family is within a hundred pounds of the max towing capacity. I'm concerned this will put strain on the transmission and cause too much heat, especially through a mountain pass or something.
I was thinking of upgrading to the heavy duty radiator with the transmission oil cooler to ease the strain on it. Curious to see if that is a logical and/or smart thing to do. It would run about $1500 to upgrade. I still wouldn't have the brake assist, the 3.73 rear axle and electronic slip dif that the heavy duty towing package has. Questions are:
- smart??
- would it help the transmission if I was close to the max towing?
- other options I should consider?
Thank you in advance for your thoughts and suggestions!!
I was thinking of upgrading to the heavy duty radiator with the transmission oil cooler to ease the strain on it. Curious to see if that is a logical and/or smart thing to do. It would run about $1500 to upgrade. I still wouldn't have the brake assist, the 3.73 rear axle and electronic slip dif that the heavy duty towing package has. Questions are:
- smart??
- would it help the transmission if I was close to the max towing?
- other options I should consider?
Thank you in advance for your thoughts and suggestions!!