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2012 Towing Guide

Is your truck a standard cab, extended cab, or crew cab?
2X4 or 4X4?
What axle ratio? The code can be found on the build sticker on the glove box door. Look for the code(s) beginning with "G" and either post them here or Google them.

Now find your tow rating but that's the minor part of the equation.

On the driver's door jamb there will be a yellow sticker with the payload rating. This is NOT the weight of trailer you can tow, that's the GCWR (Gross Combined Weight Rating.)
Figure that trailer will gross out at 5700# or so with a 800-900# tongue weight. Now add the hitch, passengers, and gear to that and see if you're over the 7000# limit.

And even if you make it under the weight limit the 4.8 is a bit anemic for towing.

You need to find out your truck's payload capacity first. A 4600 lbs trailer plus 1000 lbs of "stuff" will have a tongue weight of about 700 to 800 lbs. So you gotta figure if your truck is capable of handling that weight, plus the hitch, you, passengers, equipment, tools, camping gear, etc.

I pulled a 5600 lb trailer for quite a few years with my 4.7L Tundra. It was not happy doing it, so I upgraded with a supercharger to up the HP to over 350hp and then it did pretty good. I also had to put air bags on the rear axle, and eventually got a Hensley Arrow to eliminate sway. My tongue weight was about 800 lbs.

So, you can probably do it, but I don't think you or the truck will be happy.

Good luck

Ron

I just looked at the sticker on my door (just learned about in another post ) Gvwr is 7000 lbs . So i cant pull 4450 lbs with a truck rated for 7000 . I know i have to add all of are gear and a couple of young kids weight but i dont see that being over a 1000 lbs. We always say at a campground so i would never fill the water tank. Im not trying to argue and respect everyone's opinion i just dont understand why? If NO... period then what is the max weight i sould be looking for?

I don't know about the truck but that 26BH is about $2,500 overpriced.

No! Plane and simple you will probably not like it.