Thinking About a TT, Confused About Towing
Hi all! Sorry if this has been asked over & over, I did a search, but didn't find anything that didn't confuse me more. We are considering a travel trailer to spend some time in National Parks, but ...
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You'll have more luck towing if you have the V8. The payload is about the same, though it's not a heck of a lot less than some 1/2 tons out there, plus it's much smaller, so harder to load it up anyway. I just came back from a two week trip in Sept/Oct to Colorado. The v8 is fine on the flats, works hard on the hills and mountains. It was the 30-40 mph winds that caused me the most problems. The trailer weighs 2800 lbs empty, 3500 gvwr. So, I can't put in too much weight, but I had all I needed and then some on the trip, weighing close to 3500 lbs. Overall, the 4runner did a good job. If you have the V8 you'll be fine as long as you keep the weights down both in the TT and TV, but mostly in the truck.
Keep the TT low profile and limit the gvrw and the V8 4runner will be fine. The V6, I don't think so.
Oh, and for a matter of perspective, I'm coming from a Yukon XL 2500 8.1 4.10 towing monster pulling a 7500 TT.
Keep the TT low profile and limit the gvrw and the V8 4runner will be fine. The V6, I don't think so.
Oh, and for a matter of perspective, I'm coming from a Yukon XL 2500 8.1 4.10 towing monster pulling a 7500 TT.
