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Old 09-07-2006, 03:56 PM
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When I first got my 210 I had an explorer sport trac. I tow a minimum of 2+ hrs to fish erie. I have towed to naples FL with the sport track from fort wayne indiana with no real problem. I cant imagine what problem u haul would have with the explorer I never had a problem, not counting of course the bolt that came off the frame mounted tow receiver on the way to FL. I still made it with no problem and didnt even notice a differance after the bolt popped , at least untill I got where I was going and looked at it. The only issue I had that helped me decide to move up to the f150 super crew was that with the explorer I was at about 80% of capicity. with the 150 just over 50%. Also going through the mountains in Tenn I noticed some dificulty climbing the steeper grades and at each stop when I would check my oil and tranny fluid temp I found them to be quite hot but not discoloring. Since my truck was going to be my tow vehicle for life I decided the f150 tranny would live longer.
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