2012 Toyota Sequia
Thinking about buying one of these and moving to a 25' trailer instead of a truck camper. What are people towing with these? Any issues? Thanks!
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
Well that SUV has a MAX tow rating of 6900# and a MAX payload rating of 1330#
**When adequately equipped, which may require engine and/or other drivetrain upgrades.
Well, obviously you do not own a Sequoia, you pulled that off the internet somewhere. What you posted is the low limit for specific Sequoias.
One must ultimately use the owners manual to find the actual limits of the Sequoia. My 2010 4WD Limited with standard tow package is 9100lbs, per the manual. And this is the adjusted number from the very high limits initially released in 2008.
Payload does need to be watched, but its not critical. If you think you're close, watch rear axle weight instead and dont load up the back of the SUV. You'll be in fine shape.
Anyway..to the OP. Use your owners manual to find your max towing numbers. Not the internet.
And for trailers, you have a very wide range of options. DO NOT SHOP BY GVR, you'll end up with a very small trailer.
Shop by shipped weight, or add 1k to stated dry weights for a rough estimate. And if you think you'll pack the heck out it, add 1k to the shipped weight to get your loaded number.
The Gen2 Sequoia does have rear coil springs, unlike the Tundra. So you will sag the rear with 400+ lbs. You will need a good WDH regardless of all things, and you may want to consider air bags to help out too. I will be adding them very soon.
We tow 4300lbs of TT, and it pulls it with very little effort. We were pulling with a 2012 Honda Pilot, which did fine for in state trips, but we like family travel with TT so much, we changed our plans are we are going National in 2014. So we bought a Sequoia.
