Eric,
I seen this posting and thought I should answer something about the bike rack. We bought the Yakima Raptors off e-bay, great deal but I have not had the chance to use them yet.
You will love the HA, it is just fantastic and a worthy investment for your safety and peace of mind. It is heavy though, maybe 300-400 lbs? I was actually thinking to ask Hensley about that as I just had my rig weighed in full of fuel and passengers, with the tounge weight applied I am 100 lbs. over the GCVWR of the Sequoia. When I hitch up (using the HA factory WD bars (1000lb)) the Sequoia sqwats about 3 inches. I plan to get the Air Lift 1000 bags for it and then I suppose it will be ok after that. Of course I am at/over the limits, but here in Illinois we dont get into the mountain terrain. The 4.7L does a fine job pulling, on the long steep grades that I have been on the transmission shifted into 2nd to regain speed on a few occasions. The speed to regain was from 55mph back to the 60's. Most cases it just stayed in 3rd, I'm always towing with OD off. My KZ Frontier 2505 weighs in dry at 4850ish.
Careful with the Hensley back there, you will forget you are pulling a trailer and find yourself running with other cars at 75mph in no time.
I would comment to make sure you have a good brake controller too. I'm using the Prodigy from Tekonsha, nice product and no fooling around with it.
Not once have I felt any sway, have passed semi's, been passed by semi's, hit fairly strong side winds and she just goes along like an arrow (no pun intended, I think?).
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
-Bryan
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