Towing Trailer with a 4Runner
Hi- I currently own a 2016 Toyota 4Runner. My husband and I are looking to purchase a travel trailer this spring. Our 4Runner has a towing capacity of 5,000 lbs. My question is, has anyone towed a ...
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camp-n-family wrote:
In your own words SoundGuy, what a load of rubbish. What experience do you have with the 4Runner to say that it is inadequate to tow any high wall tt? Have you ever owned or even towed with one? Or are you just in the boat that if it's not a V8 truck it's useless?
The 4Runner, from experience, is a very capable tow vehicle within its ratings, just like any other vehicle.
Total BS. Yes, I towed (correction - tried to tow) a 21' TrailCruiser hybrid with our 4.0L V6 SOHC Explorer with ratings similar to the OP's 4Runner and it took but 2 brief weekend trips to clearly demonstrate this wasn't going to work at all. That truck towed our low profile popup just fine but for any full height trailer it was completely overwhelmed. The OP's 4Runner is no more capable. :(
