I'm sorry but Lincolns just aren't work trucks!

Originally Posted by sledge42

Sad day to see that happen to anyone. I see people hauling unsafely all the time, it worries me, I've seen the damage it can do. The guy- quite honestly- is lucky that the trailer didn't take the Lincoln with it and he rolled it. So +1 on his "good luck" chart for sure.



Point #2: Speaking of Ford Explorer's-- Did you know Uhaul won't even let you rent a 4X8 trailer if you tell them it is to be hooked up to a Ford Explorer- no matter what hitch you have, no matter your towing capacity, no matter if you have a 10,000 lb ball.. they will outright refuse to allow you to haul their trailers with a Ford Explorer UNLESS it is a 2012 or newer now. Apparently the issue can be traced all the way back to the Firestone tire debacle that tarnished the Explorer's good name in the late 1990s. (Learn something new every day dont'cha?)

There are always 2 sides to a story, I have no doubt that UHaul will not rent you a trailer if it is being towed by an explorer.
The issue that I have as a mechanic is that when a vehicle is designed the auto manufactures and the tire manufactures need to be on the same page when it comes to the two products coming together. Firestone and all tire manufactures put on the tire minimum and maximum inflation pressures on the tire. Auto manufactures place a sticker on the door jamb indicating the inflation pressures, Fords recommended tire pressure for the explorers in question were lower than what firestone recommends for their tires, ford wanted a smoother ride and the easiest way to do that was to lower the tire pressures to an unsafe level. If you constantly run your tires with low pressure you build up a lot of heat and the tires will blow. There were several explorers that had tire blowouts that were not running firestone tires. I don't care what inflation pressure my vehicle says, I always go by the tire manufactures recommendations and set them on the higher side of that recommendation.
Low pressure = higher resistance , higher pressure = lower resistance, you can raise your fuel economy by a little with a higher inflation pressure, but don't go over the tire manufactures recommended pressure.

Ford = bad
Firestone = good, lol