New high (or low?) in overloading

DaveF-250SD wrote:
Thought I had seen it all when the guy a couple blocks away purchased a 10K+ GVW 34' travel trailer to tow behind his '06 Tacoma quad cab 4x4 truck. In traffic the other day, I see a Mini Cooper in front of me. Mounted on the back was a weight distributing hitch ball mount. Didn't know anyone made a 2" receiver hitch for that little car. Would love to see what he tows with it, as long as I am not on the highway at the same time. :O

Mini Cooper......2000# tow capacity
Sounds like owner knows what is required....he has a WDH

The Tacoma.......well not everyone pays attention :S

Forgot to mention the Mini Cooper also had a 7 pin connector flush mounted in the rear bumper cover.

DaveF-250SD wrote:
Thought I had seen it all when the guy a couple blocks away purchased a 10K+ GVW 34' travel trailer to tow behind his '06 Tacoma quad cab 4x4 truck. In traffic the other day, I see a Mini Cooper in front of me. Mounted on the back was a weight distributing hitch ball mount. Didn't know anyone made a 2" receiver hitch for that little car. Would love to see what he tows with it, as long as I am not on the highway at the same time. :O

It's possible the 10k lb TT has a 4k lb CCC. So 6k dry and possibly 7k ready to travel.

I'm not the weight police for sure, but that is plain ridiculous with the Tacoma. Some of the fault is on the dealership as well. They should be more responsible and tell people no.

And you're sure that Taco is not a Tundra?

Bedlam wrote:
And you're sure that Taco is not a Tundra?

No, it is the compact size Tacoma. Will get model info. from trailer to see if a ballpark empty weight can be obtained on line.

Trailer that the Tacoma guy has is a Salem M341 RLDS. Not sure what dry weight is, but it is quite huge. Way too big for his truck.

8690 lbs is the weight listed for that 35x8 dual slide trailer from Forest River. They stopped making that model in 2006.

Bedlam wrote:
8690 lbs is the weight listed for that 35x8 dual slide trailer from Forest River. They stopped making that model in 2006.

Not wanting to be branded as the weight police, but that is too heavy for his truck. I should say something to him. He has a wife and two kids. He is out of his tree. He bought the trailer here in town, off a private party. At least he didn't have to go far to pick it up.

Even with the trailer tow package, the Taco was only rated for 6500 lbs (3500 lbs without).

I owned a '89 Mazda B2600i which I used to tow a 3500 lb 20' boat (Sea Doo Challenger 2000) over the mountains - It was possible, but it was not fast or relaxing. I could maintain 4th gear unless someone got in my way - At that point I was stuck in 3rd the rest of the way to the summit. Towing the boat to the local launch was not a problem - The surge brakes did their job and it never felt out of control. Trying to do that with 2.5x the weight with a large draft on anything but lower speed flats will wear out the driver and Taco quickly.