2026 Ford Expedition3.5L EcoBoost V6Automatic · SWB · 4x4 · 3.73 axle · Class IV Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow (standard on 4x4) · 24-inch wheels · 15,600 lb GCWR · 9,200 lb trailer
Bring these reference values into your own load sheet. Your vehicle labels and actual loading complete the picture.
Match the complete configuration
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Wheelbase
- Not confirmed
- Trim
- Not specified; verify exclusions
Required equipment and applicability
- Class IV Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow (standard on 4x4)
- 24-inch wheels
- Conventional ball-hitch trailer only. Match the complete manufacturer table row, including powertrain, body, axle ratio, GCWR and equipment conditions.
- Published maximum assumes required equipment, no cargo, a 150-lb driver and a 150-lb passenger. It is a configuration table maximum, not a vehicle-specific label or measured mass.
- Ford RV guide PDF page 7 requires additional options, passengers, cargo and hitch mass to be deducted from the published trailer maximum. Establish the extra mass relative to that baseline; do not deduct the same mass twice.
- The trailer-rating baseline uses 10% conventional tongue load. Enter actual measured tongue weight or an explicit estimate; the calculator does not create a tongue-weight measurement.
- Tongue load, people, cargo and added equipment remain subject to the vehicle payload placard, GVWR and axle ratings. None of those individual vehicle labels are supplied by this table.
- Unknown body dimensions, transmission detail, trim or drivetrain remain unverified; a blank field does not establish applicability to every variant.
- Equipment required for this selected cell: Class IV Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow (standard on 4x4); 24-inch wheels.
- Footnote 3: equipped with 24-inch wheels.
- Ford requires an aftermarket weight-distributing hitch above 7,000 lb for these Expedition SWB and LWB ratings; weight distribution does not increase any rating.
Exclusions
- Expedition MAX (LWB)
- Tremor High Output engine
Weight carrying and weight distribution
Enter the installed receiver label in weight-carrying mode. Published vehicle trailer ratings do not establish the ball, ball mount, coupler or actual installed receiver capacities.
Trailer limit: Check your installed component label. Tongue limit: Check your installed component label.
Enter the installed receiver and weight-distributing equipment labels and verify model-specific instructions. No equipment capacity or transfer percentage is inferred.
Trailer limit: Check your installed component label. Tongue limit: Check your installed component label.
Weight distribution does not raise factory ratings. Axle loads and vehicle mass in the adjusted state require measurements. Receiver, ball mount, ball, and coupler must each be checked.
A weight-distributing hitch is required above 7,000 lb of loaded trailer weight for this source row. Follow the complete manufacturer instructions.
Fact provenance
Gross combined weight rating · 15,600 lb
2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide v2 · PDF page 38 · Conventional towing — maximum loaded trailer weight; 3.5L EcoBoost V6; Automatic; SWB; 4x4; 3.73 axle; 15,600-lb GCWR; GCWR column
Revision: v2; selected page has no separate revision stamp. Reviewed: 2026-09-22. Status: verified. Scope: US 2026 Ford Expedition; 3.5L EcoBoost V6; Automatic; SWB; 4x4; 3.73 axle; 15,600-lb GCWR; Class IV Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow (standard on 4x4); 24-inch wheels.
- Conventional ball-hitch trailer only. Match the complete manufacturer table row, including powertrain, body, axle ratio, GCWR and equipment conditions.
- Published maximum assumes required equipment, no cargo, a 150-lb driver and a 150-lb passenger. It is a configuration table maximum, not a vehicle-specific label or measured mass.
- Ford RV guide PDF page 7 requires additional options, passengers, cargo and hitch mass to be deducted from the published trailer maximum. Establish the extra mass relative to that baseline; do not deduct the same mass twice.
- The trailer-rating baseline uses 10% conventional tongue load. Enter actual measured tongue weight or an explicit estimate; the calculator does not create a tongue-weight measurement.
- Tongue load, people, cargo and added equipment remain subject to the vehicle payload placard, GVWR and axle ratings. None of those individual vehicle labels are supplied by this table.
- Unknown body dimensions, transmission detail, trim or drivetrain remain unverified; a blank field does not establish applicability to every variant.
- Equipment required for this selected cell: Class IV Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow (standard on 4x4); 24-inch wheels.
- Footnote 3: equipped with 24-inch wheels.
- Ford requires an aftermarket weight-distributing hitch above 7,000 lb for these Expedition SWB and LWB ratings; weight distribution does not increase any rating.
Published trailer rating · 9,200 lb
2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide v2 · PDF page 38 · Conventional towing — maximum loaded trailer weight; 3.5L EcoBoost V6; Automatic; SWB; 4x4; 3.73 axle; 15,600-lb GCWR
Revision: v2; selected page has no separate revision stamp. Reviewed: 2026-09-22. Status: verified. Scope: US 2026 Ford Expedition; 3.5L EcoBoost V6; Automatic; SWB; 4x4; 3.73 axle; 15,600-lb GCWR; Class IV Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow (standard on 4x4); 24-inch wheels.
- Conventional ball-hitch trailer only. Match the complete manufacturer table row, including powertrain, body, axle ratio, GCWR and equipment conditions.
- Published maximum assumes required equipment, no cargo, a 150-lb driver and a 150-lb passenger. It is a configuration table maximum, not a vehicle-specific label or measured mass.
- Ford RV guide PDF page 7 requires additional options, passengers, cargo and hitch mass to be deducted from the published trailer maximum. Establish the extra mass relative to that baseline; do not deduct the same mass twice.
- The trailer-rating baseline uses 10% conventional tongue load. Enter actual measured tongue weight or an explicit estimate; the calculator does not create a tongue-weight measurement.
- Tongue load, people, cargo and added equipment remain subject to the vehicle payload placard, GVWR and axle ratings. None of those individual vehicle labels are supplied by this table.
- Unknown body dimensions, transmission detail, trim or drivetrain remain unverified; a blank field does not establish applicability to every variant.
- Equipment required for this selected cell: Class IV Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow (standard on 4x4); 24-inch wheels.
- Footnote 3: equipped with 24-inch wheels.
- Ford requires an aftermarket weight-distributing hitch above 7,000 lb for these Expedition SWB and LWB ratings; weight distribution does not increase any rating.
Trailer frontal area · 60 sq ft
2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide v2 · PDF page 38 · Frontal area limitation
Revision: v2; selected page has no separate revision stamp. Reviewed: 2026-09-22. Status: verified. Scope: US 2026 Ford Expedition; 3.5L EcoBoost V6; Automatic; SWB; 4x4; 3.73 axle; 15,600-lb GCWR; Class IV Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow (standard on 4x4); 24-inch wheels.
- Applies to the selected conventional-trailer configuration and its stated towing package.
- Frontal area is an independent manufacturer performance restriction. Mass calculations do not evaluate it.
Weight distribution required above · 7,000 lb
2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide v2 · PDF page 38 · Required equipment / conventional trailer table footnote 2
Revision: v2; selected page has no separate revision stamp. Reviewed: 2026-09-22. Status: verified. Scope: US 2026 Ford Expedition; 3.5L EcoBoost V6; Automatic; SWB; 4x4; 3.73 axle; 15,600-lb GCWR; Class IV Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow (standard on 4x4); 24-inch wheels.
- Expedition SWB and LWB: a weight-distributing hitch is required when loaded trailer weight exceeds 7,000 lb.
- This is an equipment-mode requirement, separate from vehicle and installed hitch capacity limits.
Other source rows, different limits.
These configurations have different published numbers. Match all equipment conditions before comparing.
| Configuration | Body / wheelbase | Drive / axle | GCWR (lb) | Trailer rating (lb) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5L EcoBoost V6 Automatic See equipment conditions | SWB | 4x2 3.31 | 12,000 5,443 kg | 6,000 2,722 kg |
| 3.5L EcoBoost V6 Automatic See equipment conditions | MAX (LWB) | 4x2 3.31 | 12,500 5,670 kg | 6,300 2,858 kg |
| 3.5L EcoBoost V6 High Output Automatic Class IV Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow (standard on 4x4) · Tremor | SWB | 4x4 3.73 | 15,600 7,076 kg | 9,300 4,218 kg |