Towing with a Tacoma
Hello All, I am new to this forum so bear with me. I have a 2013 Tacoma, tow capacity of 6500lb. I just purchased a 2014 Sportsmen Showstopper 242sbhss dry weight 4400lb, gvw 6000lb. I did purchase...
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Mike Up wrote:
The tongue weight alone will exceed your Tacoma's hitch rating greatly. I suggest beefing up your hitch receiver at a hitch shop before something negative happens.
The Tacoma comes from the factory with a class IV receiver, so I don't see how beefing that up would be beneficial.
Also my Tacoma has a 650 lb tongue weight rating. With a dry TW of 485 lbs that leaves me with a bit of wiggle room for gear, albeit it's close and for that reason, as I said, I'm careful. I can't however fathom a situation in which the TW will "greatly exceed" the hitch rating, especially with a WD hitch.
I had a trailer & hitch shop confirm my setup (MY truck and MY TT, not internet proxies) and they gave me the green light without reservation.
OP, as others have suggested, head on over to Tacoma World - they're a wealth of good (and accurate) information.
