Towing Casita Trailer

[plugnickel]

We have a 17' Casita Trailer Limited Deluxe and I was wondering if anyone has towed a Casita with V6 Tundra? For anyone else's information this trailer is about 3500 lbs loaded. If you have towed this vehicle, did you purchase a sway bar or weight distribution hitch? How did it tow and what are some characteristics of the towing experience?

Thank you for the replies in a advance.

[mikeking56]

I have a new Tundra std cab, but it is a V8. I towed a 16' Casita to Bonnevile Salt Flats and back to west Texas. Absolutely no problems whatsoever and I got 15.6 MPG average in the mountains. The truck has a tow package. I believe your V6 will do just as well. I wanted the V6 myself for better mileage, but it just wasn't available. Go ahead and have fun!

[coal miner]

I have a 2000 long bed V-6 Tundra & tow a 17 foot Casita & have absolutely no problem with it. Don't need any sway bar or weight distribution hitches etc. I just tow on the ball & you don't even know that Casita is behind you. Your trailer weighs in at 3500 pounds? My goodness, what are you taking with you-the kitchen sink! PS: I've also towed a 24 foot Layton Box trailer that weighed 3700 pounds. The Tundra worked a little with that one but did okay. Thats when you'd appreciate having an 8 under the hood. Good Luck, Coal Miner in New Jersey.

[huachuca]

Not a Casita but --- 16' Scamp towed w/05 Tacoma double cab. Weight of trailer is around 2,800 w/another 500 in the bed (Honda EU3000 genset, chairs, screen shelter, bikes, stoves, etc.). Tekonsha Prodigy brake controller strongly recommended. No W/D or sway bar equipment and it does great on the OBX and in the Smokies.

Al

[galenphd]

I'm outfitting a 2.7L Tacoma Prerunner to tow my Casita Liberty Delux 17'. My previous tow vehicle for the 2005 was the '89 Isuzu Trooper II, 2.6L, with which I pulled it to Albuturkey from SE of Dallas. The only problem with the Trooper was the aerodynamics of the Casita caused it to suck towards semi tractor trailers on the hwy, when the air dam on the front of the semi airplaned along the side of the Casita, and then released away from the semi after the semi passed. I found that by hugging the white line on the edge of the road allowed enough air gap to minimize this sucking action.

The weight distribution hitch was a really good idea, at least with the Trooper, and made it seem like the Casita was otherwise not even back there, and the Tekonsha brake controller worked great in making that potential problem pisadeer. I'll use both with the new Taco.

Good Health!!
Galen

[Roger H]

This is a little late for a response to an April '05 thread, but I have an '02 Tundra x-cab 4WD 3.4l six that I towed a 2900 lb '02 Scamp 16' Custom Deluxe using a bare ball. It was amazing how well it towed.

I recently sold the Scamp and now tow a 3200 lb Bigfoot 15B17CB 17' and the tongue weight pushes the rear of the Tundra down about 3", far enough that it warrants a WDH. I use a Reese with a friction sway control bar. I also tow the Bigfoot with an '02 Excursion on a bare ball with the friction sway control bar.

Your 6cyl Tundra won't be the gutsiest truck on the road with your Casita 17 behind, but it'll do just fine. Drop out of OD when necessary.

Roger

[amadorj]

Originally Posted by galenphd

I'm outfitting a 2.7L Tacoma Prerunner to tow my Casita Liberty Delux 17'. My previous tow vehicle for the 2005 was the '89 Isuzu Trooper II, 2.6L, with which I pulled it to Albuturkey from SE of Dallas. The only problem with the Trooper was the aerodynamics of the Casita caused it to suck towards semi tractor trailers on the hwy, when the air dam on the front of the semi airplaned along the side of the Casita, and then released away from the semi after the semi passed. I found that by hugging the white line on the edge of the road allowed enough air gap to minimize this sucking action.

The weight distribution hitch was a really good idea, at least with the Trooper, and made it seem like the Casita was otherwise not even back there, and the Tekonsha brake controller worked great in making that potential problem pisadeer. I'll use both with the new Taco.


Good Health!!
Galen

Galen:
I too have a Tacoma 2.7 ('99 Pre) and am looking for either a Casita 16 or Scamp 19' to tow. I was concentrating on the 16' Casita but do you think the 2.7 can pull the 17' with enough power? Let me know your thoughts.
Jesse (ABQ)