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Mountain_Mamma
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Aug 11, 2014

Help, please...newbie towing with a 2011 Toyota Highlander

Hi, I'm a recently retired woman who wants to make my dream of owning a travel trailer a reality. And, I'm going NUTS trying to figure this stuff out! I bought my 2011 Toyota Highlander SE ...
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Mountain_Mamma
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Aug 11, 2014
In general, would you all agree that 3500 pounds should be the max? And that I'd need a WDH, Brake Controller and ????

I found an online calculator on Changing Gears at: http://changingears.com/rv-sec-calc-trailer-weight-tt.shtml
and neither myself nor a more knowledgeable friend could make heads nor tails of it! You're all welcome to tell me what I did wrong! LOL!

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