Halt Ton Towing
We recently purchased a 2011 Toyota Tundra CrewMax Platinum Edition with the 5.7 Engine, Towing Package, 20 inch wheels and it has the 5.6 Bed. The Tundra is rated to tow 10,000 lb. I'm having the tir...
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atlgagent57 wrote:
I'm curious where you got those figures. I've never seen these before and I thought I had researched this every where I could. I'm going to weigh it this weekend. I think I'll be less than a 1000 lb over the GVWR. I'm sure I'm okay on the GCVWR. You mentioned you did it for a couple of years until you got sick of it. What were the issues?
I hope you're WAY less than a 1,000# over your trucks GVWR, if you're a 1000# over your trucks GVWR, you're cutting heavily into the trucks rear axle weight rating.
As also mentioned, you need to "can" the dry weight, no one tows a 5er dry or empty. You need to use the 5er's GVW to figure how much weight you're towing and also the GVW to get a better idea of what your ACTUAL pin weight is. ( pin weight closer to 20% of the 5er's GVW....but will admit, the manufacturer's LOVE showing dry weights and dry pin weights, but it'll come back to haunt some at times)>.
BUT......In hind sight, you already have the truck, you already have the 5er and your original post didn't ask for any info...you were just letting us know what you were doing and how "OK" it is.
Thus, all these other post, including mine, are, "moot".
Very short bed truck, but with a slider... a 5er with a GVW of we don't know what. I would say if you're 1,000# over your trucks GVWR, (which would scare me, but I'm one of the infamous "weight police"), I'd really pay close attention and get your total rig loaded. A full tank of fuel, family, pets, 5er hitch and THEN, on top of that, the pin weight of the 5er, is really chipping away at your GVWR and cutting into your RAWR....causing premature wear on your suspension, brakes and maybe the tranny....but again, you got what you got and that's the way it is....
