Excellent Towing Experience

[mc71454]

On Sunday I towed a car and car trailer 450 miles from eastern Ohio to Eastern NY.

The towing experience was Awesome. My Tundra pulled like I didn't think it would 65 to 70 mph with the AC On, Overdrive off excpet on long down hill grades. Even on long extend up grades I was passing passenger cars that were doing 60 or so. no downshifting either. 2800 RPM at 65 to 67 mph the whole time. I was blown away on how well this worked out. The car was 3500 pounds and the trailer 1500 pounds. it is a new car trailer with brakes on both axles using a Jordan Prodigy controller, Reese/Drawtite weight distributing hitch, no sway bars though. Incredible control and absolutely no drama the whole 9 hour trip. I stopped every hour to check things over.

I must say I say some other Tundras on the road without weight distributing hitches, and let me tell you it looked real scary. There were Chevy and Ford 1/2 ton trucks that looked just as bad. Don't even think about towing 5000 pounds without one.

I was thinking of selling my '05 a year or so after the New bigger Toy comes out because of not enough power, but now I don't think I will.

I am also not going to pursue the header install anymore because although the benefit would be good, I don't feel it is necessary at this point.

I also have 10 ply tires at 65 psi, so when the weight went to the front tires with the hitch, there was minimal sidewall flex, I really beleive this helps stability and likely mileage.

Just wanted to share a succesful setup for towing.

[chrispitude]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for sharing your experiences. My first towing experience is coming up. I need to tow a diesel rental tractor with PTO rototiller. With 16' trailer with surge brakes, it comes out to about 5500lbs. I have the Equal-i-zer hitch ready to go, and my BFG All-Terrains are anxious to be aired up and tow. I guess there's nothing like jumping in the deep end for your first time. Your post definitely helps relieve some anxiety I had about whether the truck was up to the task or not.

- Chris

[mc71454]

Originally Posted by chrispitude

Hi Tom,

Thanks for sharing your experiences. My first towing experience is coming up. I need to tow a diesel rental tractor with PTO rototiller. With 16' trailer with surge brakes, it comes out to about 5500lbs. I have the Equal-i-zer hitch ready to go, and my BFG All-Terrains are anxious to be aired up and tow. I guess there's nothing like jumping in the deep end for your first time. Your post definitely helps relieve some anxiety I had about whether the truck was up to the task or not.

- Chris

Your Welcome Chris...Good Luck with the Tow.

Tom