Is all up weight of 9500 lbs. too much for Tundra 5.7L?

fourwinns6 wrote:

I pull a 30' Blackstone 7500 lbs. dry with WD bars and two anti friction sway bars with a 2007 Tundra without a problem. My total weight loaded 8600 lbs TW (870) lbs Handles and brakes just fine just need to crank the sway bars tight to keep from swaying.

fourwinns6, although I agree with the others here, I'm going to try a different approach, one that speaks to sensibility instead of one that attacks what may just be ignorance. The towing setup you've described above is not safe. Your tongue weight is way too light, meaning you have too much weight distributed behind the trailer axles. This tends to induce sway, and you've even indicated that you need to crank your sway bars to prevent it. This is not normal.

The fact that you've never had a problem doesn't make it safe. All it may take is the right combination of slope, speed, wind, and road conditions for you to get into an uncontrollable oscillation, and that's very dangerous business. I hope that never happens, but in my opinion, and obviously the opinion of a few others here, you should definitely make some changes to your setup.

-- Rob