My wife and I just bought a Genesis X3, three horse slant trailer to go with our 2004 4x4 Double Cab tow package Tundra. We have a B&W Hitch (not a flip hitch) for a goose neck connection.
Now, we are a Tundra family (she has a 2002), and our neighbors, who have a Ford F-150 with a similar trailer said "it'll be a'ight.."
But we started doing some research and have become concerned-
The trailer is 4270 lbs Dry weight.
The horses are 2300 lbs total weight (we only have two)
I weigh 200 lbs
The Tundra weighs 4780, acc'd to manual.
That puts us at 11550.
The GVWR is 11800.
Which means we have only 250 lbs for gasoline and weight gains and whatever else might happen before we go over the GVWR.
Now we are already planning on putting saddles, food, hay bales, luggage, a cooler, etc... in my wife's Tundra, so it won't affect the towing weight and capacities of my Tundra with the trailer.
But we are very close to the GVWR even doing that, and I don't know what the effects are of "living on the edge" of the GVWR. What should I be concerned about/notice?
We won't switch to a different truck for at least another year, so please have your answers relate to using our Toyotas.
Thank you!
Now, we are a Tundra family (she has a 2002), and our neighbors, who have a Ford F-150 with a similar trailer said "it'll be a'ight.."
But we started doing some research and have become concerned-
The trailer is 4270 lbs Dry weight.
The horses are 2300 lbs total weight (we only have two)
I weigh 200 lbs
The Tundra weighs 4780, acc'd to manual.
That puts us at 11550.
The GVWR is 11800.
Which means we have only 250 lbs for gasoline and weight gains and whatever else might happen before we go over the GVWR.
Now we are already planning on putting saddles, food, hay bales, luggage, a cooler, etc... in my wife's Tundra, so it won't affect the towing weight and capacities of my Tundra with the trailer.
But we are very close to the GVWR even doing that, and I don't know what the effects are of "living on the edge" of the GVWR. What should I be concerned about/notice?
We won't switch to a different truck for at least another year, so please have your answers relate to using our Toyotas.
Thank you!