Saw a Tundra pulling a big load today...was suprised
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Saw a Tundra pulling a big load today...was suprised
A guy who trucks cattle for me has a 24 ft Featherlite gooseneck trailer. He normally pulls it with a F250 Superduty but something happened with the injectors today so he had to borrow a friends truck. It was a 5.7L regular cab Tundra and he was pulling the 24 ft Featherlite trailer with about 6000 lbs of livestock on it. It obviously didn't pull as well as the Superduty and he had to load the trailer differently but I was still surprised how well it did. Anyone else have towing experience with a Tundra and how does it compare to the F150? I always thought a F150 would kick a Tundras *** in towing! I would not do it on a regular basis but I would like to be able to try towing a trailer like that on a F150 a couple times a year. Any big problems this could cause? I know that a Superduty would be the thing for the job but it would only be a couple times a year and if I got a Superduty I wouldn't use it to its potential any other time.
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If you have the 5.4 engine and towing package and brake controller and antisway/load leveling then your truck can pull 6k pounds no problem. I have pulled ~7500lbs on my truck over 10k miles in the last year alone.
Note, this is tag trailer setup though. 6k is likely too much weight for 5th wheel setup.
Note, this is tag trailer setup though. 6k is likely too much weight for 5th wheel setup.
Last edited by robertmII; 07-10-2008 at 10:24 AM.
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