Safely tow with a lifted tundra?
OK, here's a question for the experts... I have a buddy that wants to buy a travel trailer. He's single, so initially he was looking at travel trailers in the 19-22' range. After spending some time...
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f150camper wrote:
With a lifted truck and larger tires, pretty much all components are stressed more than stock. That means that the real towing capacity is reduced. I doubt that somebody here will be able to put a number on it though.
One thing that's specifically stressed are the brakes, they need to work much harder to stop the heavier wheels. And brakes are much needed for stopping heavy trailers, even if the trailer does have brakes. A 7" lift is quite a bit.
I would agree with all above, in addition the truck is less stable, no mater how high the quality of the lift kit. Bigger tires change the effective gear ratio, makes it numerically, lower so a 3.73 goes to a 3.55 or taller.
Most likely will need a stepped receiver to get the trailer level.
