| .We recently went through an extended research project to decide on a tag-along trailer puller... Long story short last year we purchased a Toyota Tundra 5.7 L crew cab with 2" lifters. We have towed now several thousand miles a 9,000 lb 32 ft North Trail trailer with a tongue weight of about 850 lbs. We can make pretty good grades at speed limit (55 here in Ca)...some being Tioga pass, Sherwin Grade, etc. There is a good hitch with 2 sway and 2 load bars and we have survived 70 MPH winds on the road (allbeit at 10 MPH for 20 minutes till we found shelter)... All in all after about 14 months of trailering we are pleased with the Tundra --it is quiet (aka not like a diesel although the new ones are a little more quiet), strong and dependable... We also installed about 500 watts of solar on top with a Xantrex converter and Xantrex solar controller and 3 Grape Solar large panels (3x5', 200 watts each) and 2 large 12 AGM Batteries (500 amp-hrs) Rich email me off line for pics and more details Re: *Pulling* Loads w/VehiclesPosted by: "Donna Brantley" bdbrant@yahoo.com bdbrantSat Jun 9, 2012 2:43 am (PDT)Thanks for all of the input. It gives us a starting point & there may be more specific questions as we get a little further along. My husband located the magazine, Trailer Life, through our county library system, as recommended by someone on here. The specified issue w/all the pulling-vehicle ratings should be at our local library for us early next week. We can hardly wait to take a look at their recommendations to try & decide what to shop for. We're really leaning toward a 3/4 ton SOMEthing! It would feel good to be on the "safe side"!! Thanks, Donna Ad Inexplorata; De oppresso liber ______________________________________________________________ |
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