Everyone says the Tundra's tow so great, but when my friend towed my car with an open trailer the thing seemed to struggle to hold speed. Sounds like you made a good choice and its treating you well I'm still going with a turbo diesel no matter what.

 

yeah it is a truck frame i believe. the platinum comes with air suspension in the rear which helps (i hope) and the 3rd row is amazingly spacious, one of the reasons i'm most interested in this car, aside from the towing capability. very nice inside

 

I don't know what year your friends Tundra is, mine is brand new with the 5.7 in it. Typically I'm not impressed with gas trucks. My enclosed trailer weighs only 2600 pounds empty, the GT500 is 3850 and I have the trailer loaded down with tools etc. From here to Pittsburgh isn't very hilly but there are some decent long grades, it had no trouble, certainly not struggling by any means and I am very picky about a truck power level, if you can imagine that! haha

 

Dave,

Are you fairly comfortable with the brakes on the truck going downhill? Have you considered any of the other TRD modifications that Toyota has (I'm sure you could just make your own though!)

 

My brakes are outstanding and if you are going to pull any trailer having a good brake controller and trailer brakes is mandatory. My trailer brakes would stop my truck by themselves.

 

great - hopefully no need for these then - the Midwest is pretty flat anyway

 

what?? I dont know maybe your friend tundra runs on 4 cylinder , but i doubt that...

We did tow a double car trailer (two cars on it) etc. so as we tow cars to mountain places Like Vemront - New Hampshire etc. We have 0 problem to hold speed.
In fact you are the first one who actually say that. Many times we do tow together with other racing teams, including F250 - dodge rams etc with a big TD engine. Well at least we keep up easy to say that. Suprising for them for sure....
I think the whole deal changes when you start towing big enclosed trailer, but open trailer etc is just like nothing behind the Tundra, even with two cars on it.
Are you sure he has a 5.7 I force engine?
yeah tundra are good for towing , specially open trailers




etc


one more times ... tested by guys who dont care...


Kyoo, you dont need brake upgrades, period. The brakes are excelent on the Tundra. I how ever changed the rotors, to a slotted ones, just for look. Looks much better LOL

 

My friends is a 2008 with the 5.7 in it. The biggest issue it had is when we were towing up a massive mountain going to Buttonwillow. It goes from 400 feet above see level to 4,000 feet above sea level at a 6-7% grade. This all goes on for 40-50 miles btw. The truck averaged about 12-13mpg pulled a 1,500lb trailer with my 3,200lb car on it, and on the hills it kept upshifting and downshifting all the time.

I guess I gotta pick up a truck like this to be happy

 

Hey all

We just picked up a featherlite 3110 the 17-6 open bed trailer, question for the folks who are using one. The included stock ramps are roughly 6' long, and the lip crashes into them before the front wheels make contact.

Looking for any advise you might have and what ramp set up you are using. I have a set of 4' race ramps I could place underneath the stock ramps, but the stockers are wider and wouldn't sit nice and flat on the race ramps.

Thanks
Chris

 

put couple of 2x4s in front of the trailer ramps, to raise front wheels before your lip touches them. easy and cheap fix...

 

Here's mine.. nothing to tow as of yet :S
2012 F150 FX4 3.5L V6 Twin Turbo...
I love this truck, its my DD and I have yet to have a problem, feels good pulls good and love driving to work every day.. not all that bad on gas
Might give this to the wife and get a V8 with a tow package in the future tho

 

Pic of GT500 please

 

looks mean And GREAT! Nice looking truck for sure.

 

this x1000.

 

2008 Touareg V8 with Air Suspension.. Needed something for both, daily and tow rig. Wanteg a V10 but was little out of the budged .....