[alphamedic]

Wondering if anybody out there has any experience or advice in towing a 23' hybrid trailer. Specifically a 2002 Starcraft Travelstrar 23RBS. I think the dry weight is about 3500#.

 

[Only Toyota for me]

Wondering if anybody out there has any experience or advice in towing a 23' hybrid trailer. Specifically a 2002 Starcraft Travelstrar 23RBS. I think the dry weight is about 3500#.

I towed a 23' house trailer with my 02 sequoia & it did a better job than my 02 tundra. Both had CAI's & flowmaster exhaust.
The reason it handled it better (power & handling) was the fact it is heavier than the tundra & it has 4.10 rear end gears (tundra-3.90).

Of course, make sure you have a good equilizer hitch & it's adjusted properly. Oh, and trailer brakes.

Dry weight was 3900 lbs. w/ 390lbs tongue weight (dry).

Hope that helps, need any other info just pm me.

 

[tomhole]

Your Sequoia should have no problems with that HTT. It does indeed have a dry weight just under 3500 lbs, but, more importantly, it has a GVWR of 5,000 lbs. Watch out how much you put in the Sequoia and you should be fine on weight.

Make sure you have a good brake controller and weight distribution hitch to go with it and you will be one happy camper.

Tom

 

[Geodude]

We tow a 32' Antigua with our Sequoia. Power isn't any problem at all. Handling is excellent, with the use of a Hensley Arrow hitch. We run the rear tires at maximum PSI of 44 on the rear, and 40 on the front.

Last week I added a set of Air Lift 1000 air bags to tighten up the back end. I haven't towed with this mod yet, but I can tell you that it rides a lot tighter with 20 PSI in the air bags. The reason I made this mod is because these SUVs are designed to ride like a car, meaning the rear end can be a bit squishy under load.

My web site can give you more info about towing with the Sequoia.

IMHO you will have no problem towing the 23 footer with your Sequoia.

 

[Only Toyota for me]

We tow a 32' Antigua with our Sequoia. Power isn't any problem at all. Handling is excellent, with the use of a Hensley Arrow hitch. We run the rear tires at maximum PSI of 44 on the rear, and 40 on the front.

Last week I added a set of Air Lift 1000 air bags to tighten up the back end. I haven't towed with this mod yet, but I can tell you that it rides a lot tighter with 20 PSI in the air bags. The reason I made this mod is because these SUVs are designed to ride like a car, meaning the rear end can be a bit squishy under load.

My web site can give you more info about towing with the Sequoia.

IMHO you will have no problem towing the 23 footer with your Sequoia.

About the only thing i would recomend with your sequoia is: Get rid of those 4-ply tires & get some 6 or 8 ply's.