Best tow vehicle for 5000 lb AT&T

A Jeep Grand Cherokee with either V8 or diesel would be another option. I personally would not choose a V6 Tacoma, and I have towed a 2700 lb TT with my Highlander V6 for thousands of miles. The Tacoma's V6 is not that much more powerful, and towing double the weight would be a real drag in the mountains.

If just you and Sig other, a Toyota Tacoma with the v6 will do the trick. If you are a family of 6 like myself, I would have most ,new cab 15 series rigs as being recommended so far at over before loading the hitch weight of the trailer. So a half from my perspective does not have ANY tow capacity. I needed an 8 lug as 25 or 35 series truck to handle the payload needs.

Payload should be.the first thing to.look at IMHO, NOT the tow rating. If you have the payload for.people, other gear, hitch weight etc, the power to pull the load usually there.

Marty

AT&T sounds like an auto correct issue

Which 'half ton' ?

Careful...there are three sub-classes in the half ton class

Lowest are the +6K GVWR

Next up are the +7K GVWR

Highest are +8K GVWR and what I call the fake half ton's

LIV4MOR wrote:
I meant a 21 ft 5000 gross Rockwood Travel trailer. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks Ecobullet, that is our inclination. Is 4x4 necessary? 3.55 or 3.73 rear axle?

I have a similar setup. While I have not towed this combo in mountains, I have towed other combos in mountains. I would not hesitate to do it with my current rig.

My Sierra has a 5.3 with 3:73 rear end. My towing mileage on flats is about 11. My day to day city mileage is 14/15. If I drive mixed city/hwy I get 18 without trying hard. We leave the DIC on "Avg. Mileage" to monitor and both my wife and I are pretty light on the pedal.

I have 4x4. I like it because of WI winters. But it's not needed for hwy towing. In fact it will reduce your towing capacity some, usually 300-500# depending on overall configuration. I'm sure the steel skid plates and transfer case on mine weigh at least 300#.

I meant a 21 ft 5000 gross Rockwood Travel trailer. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks Ecobullet, that is our inclination. Is 4x4 necessary? 3.55 or 3.73 rear axle?

Is the 5000lbs loaded or unloaded? There was a recent thread about towing an unloaded TT, 8k loaded and the responses were overwhelmingly in favor of a 3/4 ton. If your at 5k loaded then any of the 1/2 tons with larger v8s (or ecoboost) and tow package should work fine. At that weight I think the biggest concern is making sure the TV is properly equipped with the tow package (coolers,gearing,etc).

Ditto the ????

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2oldman wrote:
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fla-gypsy wrote:
Any properly equipped modern 1/2 ton pick up will meet your needs

I'm partial to the EcoBoost, since it pulls so well at low RPM, but fla-gypsy is correct.

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