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Let us know how it goes. Safe travels!Picked this up last month. 22 Keystone Passport GT 2870RL. Dry is about 7100 lbs so a bit nervous about the 1st real trip. Fortunately we have the Max tow packageView attachment 77535
Going in 2 weeks. It's so close I plan on doing some kind of a loop to get a feel of it loaded. There is a truck scale nearby that I should include on that trip. I get an extra 1100 pounds of capacity with my F-150 but the Expedition has more power and significantly more torque.
Excellent advice. I have a Oregon DOT scale a couple miles down the highway from me, I totally plan on using it to get things right. The magnetic shocks and anti-sway system seemed to work pretty well but a bit of porpoising(?) on some of the bigger bumps. I might just use my pickup it has an additional 1100 pounds capacity but no where near as comfortable as the Expedition. (XLT vs Platinum).I tow with a just slightly lighter 27RBDS Winnebago that is 30' LOA, 6400 dry, 7700 gw with my older 2010 Eddie Bauer with HD tow. Let me tell you it took a couple of years to really get it dialed in. That first year was defintiely white knuckle driving as the WDH hitch was not set correctly even though I took to Lazy days to re-adjust. Looks like you have an Equalizer WDH, I have the same. These are my suggestions to really get it dialed in. Ultimately I'm on 8 washers on the Equalizer and getting a good lift on the bars to transfer the weight I need back to the truck.
Number one key thing was getting to a scale and really learning to use the 3 pass method to find out what your true numbers are. Especially the hitch weight and how you're doing on payload on your truck when you add up the tongue weight, passengers, etc. Try to only put in the truck what is absolutely necessisary. In my case I slimmed down the truck and the trailer. When I finally got to a CAT scale and saw I was at 900lbs tongue weight and I should have been around 760 I got to putting the trailer on a diet. I repacked the front compartment, moving some items to inside the trailer like over the axles under the table or in the bathroom, and I also ditched things I didn't need. I ditched my two 30lb propanes for one single 20lb propane tank, only bringing two 20lbs when it's winter and I know I'll be using the furnace. I did several re-packings and adjustmetns on WDH and return trips to the CAT scale till it was just right. I got my tongue weight close to the factory number, just slightly over usually around 790ish and more importantly I got more weight transfered to my front axle of the truck to as close as possible when the truck alone is on the scale.
Other things that really helped were upgrades to the truck. Sumo spacers, in my case all around new coil springs/shocks and tires, and upgraded Hellwig front and rear sway bars.
All things summed together and now I feel super comfortable towing with the Expy at it's limit, since that is what we are doing here. Trips are smooth and only on windy days do I really feel any issues and in that case we just drop the speed.
Good luck, it's a journey to get it just right but once you do you'll be very happy you took the steps needed to make it enjoyable.
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I think it depends on how many your putting in the tow vehicle? You're Expy can do the job, unless you're packing in 4 adults and kids or something like that. But with the HD tow package and getting the WDH set up right I think you'll be fine with the Expy.Excellent advice. I have a Oregon DOT scale a couple miles down the highway from me, I totally plan on using it to get things right. The magnetic shocks and anti-sway system seemed to work pretty well but a bit of porpoising(?) on some of the bigger bumps. I might just use my pickup it has an additional 1100 pounds capacity but no where near as comfortable as the Expedition. (XLT vs Platinum).
Oh I checked the amount of washers the dealer set up in the Equalizer hitch and there are 6.