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RedRocket204
Mar 18, 2016Explorer
Bob Vaughn wrote:
Is a toyota sequoia platinum suitable as a tow vehicle for a travel trailer. It has a 7400 lb tow rating. My concern would be in the mountains of the west...
Although I do not agree with the 2nd post about an ultra light weight trailer, hybrid or pop-up... I would not consider pulling more than a 6000 lb travel trailer with a Sequoia. I actually have a 2010 Sequoia with the 5.7l and have pulled our loaded and weighed 8500 lb trailer down the OR coast into northern CA and back. The 2010 Sequoia had tow ratings that were changed the next year down into the level where they are now. I didn't like the tow I had with Sequoia but it wasn't as bad as some might speculate without having actually done it. The 2010 Sequoia has something like 9100 lbs tow capacity but the payloads do not match up for that rating.
That one major trip in the Sequoia allowed me the leverage and opportunity with my wife to upgrade my truck to a suitable 1 ton diesel and that is what I pull our 9500 GVWR TT with now. But, I would have no reservations of pulling a 6k lbs trailer with the Sequoia so long as all the ratings checked out fine. Make sure and understand what the Sequoia's payload is as some of those can be lower than you would expect.
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