Re: 2003 Ford Expedition EB 2WD....Towing a Bayliner 2655?
I wouldn't do it...too much boat for the rig your driving.<br /><br />Do you have a trailer tow package on your Ford? Do you have everything currently in tip top shape, your brakes, shocks, tranny, rear-end, tires, cooling system, etc.?<br />What kind of hitch setup are you running (weighted hitch or weight distribution) and is it rated to haul this big of rig?<br />How experienced are you at pulling any trailer let alone one this size? <br />Do you have your Expedition setup with trailer brakes? What kind of suspension does it have?<br /><br />What kind of launching ramps will you incur?<br />How far will you be towing and will your towing drive include up and down hills, curves, bad roads, potential traffic jams?<br />Will your insurance cover you when your hauling your father's boat?<br />If your incur problems while towing who will pay for the repairs or damages?<br /><br />All of these factors are individually important and critical to your towing safety and success.<br /><br />Years ago a friend asked me to go fishing with him on his 28' Bayliner Victoria. He trailered it with a Heavy Duty Ford F-350 Crew Cab with a trailer tow package, heavy duty weight distributing hitch, trailer brakes, etc.. I met him at the coast. At the end of the day he had a headache and asked me to drive his boat the 100 miles home. I had many years of towing experience but this one time was the worst of my life and it taught me that pulling big boats was nothing to take lightly. Talk about the tail wagging the dog. Just retrieving the boat from the water was bad enough but the next 2 hours of driving was a total nightmare. Now I know why he had the headache! My trip included up and down hills (both short and long,steep and shallow with both good and bad paving). I had the typical crowded weekend traffic to contend with as well. I couldn't relax for one moment the whole two hours home. Even though his truck was set up to pull heavy loads I felt it was at its limit (engine ran hot, the brakes (truck and trailer) were pushed to their limits, the downhill grades were really scary with all that weight pushing from behind and swaying was always a threat even though the tongue was properly weighted), the uphill grades were a real grind on the engine and transmission. I never felt i could relax at all to be in safe control. One false move is all it would take to get into unrecoverable trouble with that big of rig. <br /><br />Now I know why boats those size are kept at a moorage and rarely trailered.<br /><br />Your Expedition isn't an Excursion. Let your father burn up his own brakes, tires, engine, tranny, rear-end, shocks, gas, etc.<br /><br />But if not pulling his boat results in your being cut out of a large inheritance then forget everything I just said.<br /><br />Old Trailer Sailor
<br /><br />Any problem for the Ford Expedition to tow this? I have the 2WD 5.4L Eddie Bauer.
