Need help from Toyota Highlander owners
Hi All, Newbie to the forum. I've been doing quite a bit of reading both here and online regarding trailer weight and how much specific vehicles can tow. Very challenging to find accurate info. ...
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Chris Marino wrote:
Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated!
I'm not a Highlander owner but I personally wouldn't tow a Jayco X213 with one. CCC is a mere 1185 lbs as delivered from the factory so some of that will be used up by any accessories or options that may be added to the trailer, including a battery or batteries that would be added by the dealer. With a factory UVW of 4315 lbs that means that once loaded & ready to camp this trailer's GVW is going to be awfully close to it's GVWR of 5500 lbs, in fact you may struggle to not exceed that weight. 5500 lbs x an average gross tongue weight of 13% is well over 700 lbs, in fact I suspect you'd be running close to 750 lbs. That of course comes off your Highlander's payload capacity and what you have left has to accommodate everything else in the vehicle at the time you're towing. Although I'll be accused of being a member of the weight police these numbers alone pretty clearly indicate you'd be at, if not beyond, the rated limits of your Highlander.
