Toyota Tacoma Owners: What do you haul?
I am a very happy owner of a brand new V6 Toyota Tacoma with the towing package. I'd like to by a small travel trailer and have been looking at various models including Jayco Jayflight Swift and Starc...
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I'll weigh in with some comments about what I refer to as "the brother" to the Tacoma. And that is, my Frontier. Most all of the sizes and specs are very comparable between the Taco and the Frontier.
Mine is a '06, 4.0L V6 crewcab, 4WD six speed manual.
I pull a funfinder 189FDS ( and also a two horse bumper pull ). My funfinder weighs just under 4000 ready to camp, although with all the water tanks dry.
Nissan also specs just over 6,000 pound tow capacity, but as others have said, before you hit the limit of 6000 lbs of travel trailer, these trucks will bump up against their GVWR and/or rear axle rating.
However, at the comfortable weight of just under 4000 pound camper, I am, as hitched, right at 500 pounds under my trucks rear axle rating. So it's a good match, in my opinion.
I have pulled from the gulf coast ( sea level ) to over 13,000 feet in Colorado, Wyoming, and have been all around New Mexico, Arizona, and from Ohio to Wisconsin. It's a good match. At 2800 to 3000 engine RPM, I can pull most hills I encounter, in fourth gear ( that puts me at about 55 to 59 mph ). On steep grades in the mountains, I can still outrun 18 wheelers up the hills, so I call the power "good", and generally just slow down some and hang out in the right lane with the slower traffic. I'm in no hurry anyway.
To the OP, PM me if you would care to discuss any of this further.
Mine is a '06, 4.0L V6 crewcab, 4WD six speed manual.
I pull a funfinder 189FDS ( and also a two horse bumper pull ). My funfinder weighs just under 4000 ready to camp, although with all the water tanks dry.
Nissan also specs just over 6,000 pound tow capacity, but as others have said, before you hit the limit of 6000 lbs of travel trailer, these trucks will bump up against their GVWR and/or rear axle rating.
However, at the comfortable weight of just under 4000 pound camper, I am, as hitched, right at 500 pounds under my trucks rear axle rating. So it's a good match, in my opinion.
I have pulled from the gulf coast ( sea level ) to over 13,000 feet in Colorado, Wyoming, and have been all around New Mexico, Arizona, and from Ohio to Wisconsin. It's a good match. At 2800 to 3000 engine RPM, I can pull most hills I encounter, in fourth gear ( that puts me at about 55 to 59 mph ). On steep grades in the mountains, I can still outrun 18 wheelers up the hills, so I call the power "good", and generally just slow down some and hang out in the right lane with the slower traffic. I'm in no hurry anyway.
To the OP, PM me if you would care to discuss any of this further.
