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silverfz
Feb 02, 2018Explorer
You will be fine.
I tow a 28 BHS Avenger with my 2008 Tundra Crew Max. It dry weight as per manual was 6700 LB and on pickup the thing weight was 6333 . As for some werid reason prime time had the weight of the trailer with all the options with the heaviest configuration. Mine has a carrying capacity of 3300 lbs. Even on 2 week road trips on weigh in I have never crossed 7500lbs. the camper gvw is 9500 lb. I always wondered what I would need to add to get 2000 lbs to camper max. We usually have chairs,fridge full on our travels. When dry camping I usually fillup near the site and dump usually as I leave .
So far i have towed it for 12000 miles with my setup and we have 4 adutls , some times 5 when my mother in law joins . a 85 lb lab dog with us too. I do not carry any thing in the bed.
The only towing issue i had was when the Dealer setup my hitch, once i learned to not freakout about adjusting it and fixing it. Everything was good. my truck had over 90k and shocks were shot. so i up some newer shocks in the rear . Years later I found a set of used rear airbag for 80 bucks on craigslist and added them with a new hose kit for 15 bucks from amazon.
I have pulled this setup in hills and moutains and never had a issue..
I am at 140k and thinking of servicing the transmission for the first time this year. Toyota does not even have a dip stick or a refill port.
Only thing i want a new tundra is for the 48 gallon tank. maybe once i hit 200k.
I tow a 28 BHS Avenger with my 2008 Tundra Crew Max. It dry weight as per manual was 6700 LB and on pickup the thing weight was 6333 . As for some werid reason prime time had the weight of the trailer with all the options with the heaviest configuration. Mine has a carrying capacity of 3300 lbs. Even on 2 week road trips on weigh in I have never crossed 7500lbs. the camper gvw is 9500 lb. I always wondered what I would need to add to get 2000 lbs to camper max. We usually have chairs,fridge full on our travels. When dry camping I usually fillup near the site and dump usually as I leave .
So far i have towed it for 12000 miles with my setup and we have 4 adutls , some times 5 when my mother in law joins . a 85 lb lab dog with us too. I do not carry any thing in the bed.
The only towing issue i had was when the Dealer setup my hitch, once i learned to not freakout about adjusting it and fixing it. Everything was good. my truck had over 90k and shocks were shot. so i up some newer shocks in the rear . Years later I found a set of used rear airbag for 80 bucks on craigslist and added them with a new hose kit for 15 bucks from amazon.
I have pulled this setup in hills and moutains and never had a issue..
I am at 140k and thinking of servicing the transmission for the first time this year. Toyota does not even have a dip stick or a refill port.
Only thing i want a new tundra is for the 48 gallon tank. maybe once i hit 200k.
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