Towin' With Our Toyota:

[Wake Bandits]

I've always been skeptical about towing tandem axel trailers with mini trucks.
But the new Toyota Tacoma is more of a mid-size truck and has a tow rating of 6500 lbs.

We suffered a blowout on our GMC 2500HD in Shreveport Louisiana, and the body shop wanted a month to replace the fender and rear bumper from the catastropic damage.

Our new boat arrived early, so we decided to press the Toyota into towing service to and from Parker and the 909.

The Toyota Tacoma Pre Runner tows teriffic.
The V6 plenty of snot on the hills. Averaged about 14.3 MPG.
I added the rear rubber springs, kinda like rear bags, and they helped alot with the tongue weight.

Click on pic to see the rear rubber springs installed:

[Lunchbox]

How much HP is the Toyota putting out?

I have a Honda Pilot that I tow with putting out about 260 HP out of a V6 and she's kind of a pig uphill... My trunk is also only rated at 4500 lbs. It does o.k. around town, which is very flat, but when I get to the hills it's hard on the Pilot.

Who else tows with a V6?

My new 22Ve will be a couple hundred pounds heavier than my 20V... I'm kind of concerned that it will take a toll on the Pilot...

LBX

[kko]

the brakes is going to be the weakiest link. just take it easy on those and you should be ok.

[deanwarwick]

we tow with a volvo V70R =] its a turbo charged box with a 2.6 v6. tows our 20i pretty easilly up or down hill, its a real tank XD

[Wake Bandits]

How much HP is the Toyota putting out?

I have a Honda Pilot that I tow with putting out about 260 HP out of a V6 and she's kind of a pig uphill... My trunk is also only rated at 4500 lbs. It does o.k. around town, which is very flat, but when I get to the hills it's hard on the Pilot.

Who else tows with a V6?

My new 22Ve will be a couple hundred pounds heavier than my 20V... I'm kind of concerned that it will take a toll on the Pilot...

LBX

260 HP on the Toyota.
The Pilots have a brutal drivetrain, you should be OK.

[anhaney]

Toyota Tundra

We are looking at trading in the Nissan Titan for the new Tundra. That turck is built to kick the but of the American Manufactures and I am scared to think it will.

I may be contributing to the cause. I will know on Tuesday if I can make it happen or not.

[hoopykat]

I tow our 20I with an '03 4.6L Ford Expedition, and we've had good results...about 12 mpg on a good day. I am looking at an F250 diesel though...just love the torque...our ambulances have the diesel engines and they haul ***....

Mike

[sparky216]

hmmmmm. You guys are making me think my 8.1 is overkill.






















yea right

[Timmy!]

We are looking at trading in the Nissan Titan for the new Tundra. That turck is built to kick the but of the American Manufactures and I am scared to think it will.

I may be contributing to the cause. I will know on Tuesday if I can make it happen or not.

I looked at the new Tundra and then I saw a review on them that said their posi-traction/locker rear end was no good for a wet boat ramp. I guess on a wet boat ramp it still allows one wheel to slip. No bueno!

[aredub]

Towing with the 'new' Tundra

The new Tundra tows my 24V great. I have the 5.7 4wd Crew Max and have yet to need 4wd at the launch ramp. MPG is about 9 with the boat and 14 unloaded. However, I am always in the gas (always).

[Timmy!]

I would be on the gas all the time in that truck too! Lots of power!

[ragboy]

hmmmmm. You guys are making me think my 8.1 is overkill.

I think it is probably overkill for any boat by Tige. I have a sierra with a 5.3, and it tows my 24Ve well, I would prob prefere the 6.0 if this was my primary tow vehicle.

The 8.1 we have in the yukon XL is the tow beast, but we got the 8.1 because we have a 27 foot travel trailer and that needs the 8.1. If it wasn't for the trailer, I think I would have looked for the 8.1 in the yukon.

That said, I love the 8.1, even without towing, it is the smoothest power I have ever driven.

[Jason B]

I've never used 4wd to get my boat out. I LOVE my Tundra. I've got 170k and it still rides like a Cadillac. I absolutely pound the truck--always towing something MX or boat related and I've never had a hiccup. I've put new struts in the front and had the 60k service done that's it! Oil changes roughly 5k or so. I'm not soo good on maintanence
I'll buy another one for sure.

[helmut]

My buddy pulls his MC with a mini van. No hills in florida and ramps are very mild.

[Timmy!]

I can tell you first hand that the 5.3L is not the way to go here in Colorado if you plan on driving on the interstate, hence the reason I got a diesel. Maybe I'm just too picky, but I would like to at least be able to do the speed limit while towing my boat and not have the engine at max rpm's trying to do so at the slightest hill.