Toyota fake 3/4 ton spotted, overheated
We were on our way out of the Jug Hollow camping site on Flaming gorge a couple of days ago when we ran into a traffic jam on the 5 mile dirt road into the area. A bit unusual. Turns out some peop...
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Grit dog wrote:
Nice stories in this thread....
Sounds like all the drivers there were dooshes too like the guys on this forum beating their chests about HD trucks.
Ever occur to anyone that he just had a problem? You know, sometimes vehicles break down?
^^^ This. One of my personal biases is to always have a truck that is spec'd to pull my load and a bit more. Nevertheless, on NEW tow vehicles, I've had manufacturer-caused failures on a couple of new Fords and at least one Chevrolet....and my BIL had his 3500 Ram blow off a cooling hose 50 miles after break-in while towing a 10' trailer with a garden tractor on it. Schtuff happens.
FWIW, due to one of the problems mentioned above, I had to use my Toyota Sequoia to haul a trailered boat...about 15 - 20% over the combined weight limit. It towed fine without blowing up even though I'd guess the Sequoia is a "fake" 1/2 ton.
