Ranking · 24 SUVs · model years 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027
SUVs that tow the most
The Ford Expedition tows the most among the 24 SUVs we track: 9,600 lb, as the 2025 Active 4x4.
MakerSource: 2025 Ford Expedition Towing Guide (trailer towing selector, revised 02.28.25)
01 / Ranked
Max towing, highest first
Place 1
9,600 lb
Place 2
9,520 lb
Place 3
9,096 lb
Place 4
8,500 lb
Place 5
8,400 lb
Place 5
8,400 lb
Place 7
8,300 lb
Place 8
7,400 lb
Place 9
6,000 lb
Place 9
6,000 lb
Place 9
6,000 lb
Place 12
5,000 lb
Place 12
5,000 lb
Place 12
5,000 lb
Place 12
5,000 lb
Place 12
5,000 lb
Place 12
5,000 lb
Place 18
4,700 lb
Place 19
4,500 lb
Place 20
4,000 lb
Place 21
3,500 lb
Place 21
3,500 lb
Place 23
2,700 lb
Place 24
1,500 lb
How to read it
It is the heaviest trailer the maker rates the best-equipped configuration to pull. On the 2025 Ford Expedition, it runs from 6,100 lb (Active 4x2) to 9,600 lb (Active 4x4). What you can really tow is often less: the trailer’s tongue weight, the people and the cargo all count against payload, and truck and trailer together must stay under the GCWR.
02 / Method
How this list is made
What is compared: the maker’s maximum trailer weight rating for a properly equipped SUV.
One row per model: its newest generation, the newest model year we have that publishes the number (at most two years older than its newest), and the configuration with the highest figure, factory packages included and named. Fleet-only configurations (police and special-service trucks) are left out. When two trims tie, the four-wheel-drive one stands for both. Numbers are ranked as printed, so equal-looking numbers tie.
US ratings only: makers rate towing and payload differently by market, so only US-market figures are ranked against each other.
Scope: among the 24 SUVs in our data with a published figure. It isn’t every SUV on sale: it is every one we have documents for. We track 2 more without the number in the documents we have: Subaru Forester and Subaru Outback. Fewer than 5 with the number and there is no list.
Dates: the documents behind these figures were last checked . A number is wrong or missing? Report a wrong number with the document. More in how we source the numbers.
03 / Keep going
More rankings
- GVWR, GCWR and payloadRead the guide
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- Most ground clearance: SUVsSee the ranking
- Best approach angleSee the ranking
- Best breakover angleSee the ranking
- Most towing: midsize pickupsSee the ranking
- Most towing: full-size pickupsSee the ranking
- Most payload: pickupsSee the ranking