Newbie: Towing TT w/ 2008 Toyota Sequoia
The camping bug bit my wife over the summer so we decided to attend the RV Expo in Boston over the past weekend. She fell in love with the 2018 Rockwood 2706WS and after two days of looking at smaller...
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RinconVTR wrote:stevevalwa wrote:intheburbs wrote:
Can someone PLEASE explain to me how you're going to tow a 9100-lb trailer, when the best possible payload rating of any configuration is only 1380 lbs? Last time I checked, I'd expect a 9100-lb trailer to have about 1180 lbs of tongue weight... - the limiting factors are most often rear axle weight rating or payload.
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Who's towing a 9100lb trailer within this thread? No one.
Mine is 6800lbs - loaded - scaled.
Do I have to count the number of responses contradicting my post regarding the Trailer Life tow rating of the Sequoia vs the sales brochure? Including you?
RinconVTR wrote:
BTW, nearly everyone is wrong about the Sequoia's tow ratings.
The Sequoia's top end tow capacity is 9100lbs prior to 2012...when it dropped to 7300lbs via SAE performance test.
GCWR was 16,500lbs and is now 13,600lbs
RinconVTR wrote:
Oh, I am very knowledgeable on the topic of weight and capacities, I assure you. You're opinion is that trucks can handle more, as anything can handle more than a given design specification, but those ratings are solid and need to be adhered to.
Ignorance is ignoring OEM ratings and you're an absolute fool to say anything on the contrary. End of story.
So then, by your own admission, you're saying that the Sequoia can tow a 9100-lb trailer. Sure, no one on this thread might be doing it, but you (and others) are saying it can do it.
And then there are those of us who have experience towing trailers that large and heavy who are saying that it'd be a really bad idea. Short wheelbase, half-ton truck? Yeah, good luck with that.
