When are we going to get HP numbers on the Gen 3...

I find it pretty funny that you felt compelled to put disclaimer on your last tree pages of rants. Afraid your boss reads and sends you on unemployment ?
I understand your "struggle" but using that as a reason to buy equivalent of Peterbilt to tow 700lb jet ski is probably most stupid comment so far. Of course trucks will struggle when you get right there to the limit. Heck 18 wheelers struggle when you driving at the limit of their capacity. That does not mean they can not do it.
What did you expect?
Not having fun time towing? WTH Never heard anybody say "hey let me hook up a trailer for fun and just drive around"
My advice would be to get your head out of your ..... and spend some time with prof drivers. Otherwise your future of employment my not be that bright with that attitude.
Go to 2gen section and see how many people Tow with Tacoma, not everybody need a fullsize to tow 7000 lb Colorado would be enough unless you got your driver license by accident.

 

Actually Toyota sneaked a second info. 280 HP on 93 octane (which is inline with 276 for international on their equivalent of 87 )
280 is not terrible but its not great either. Still less than Colorado which is a major issue.
they sneaked 6800 LB towing capacity before
When you embarrassed by numbers you sneak them in I guess.

 

Enough personal insults in there?

How about you read my posts instead of turning everything into a personal BS thread.

No disclaimers. I'm trying to tell people how shipping things works from my side. Safety is a massive concern in the last ten years. If you don't want to go home to your family with all your shit intact that's not my problem.

I never said to use a Peterbilt to tow a jetski your moron. If you have a 2000 lbs load you don't put it on a half ton box when a 3/4 ton is available. It's just common sense, which you seem to like to try and make fun of.

Most people want to enjoy driving instead of worrying about excessive sway and braking distances due to excessive loads. Again, if you don't believe in that, that's your business.

If you want to tow 7000 lbs with a Colorado go ahead. Talk to me in 3-5 years. Let's see whose truck is still in one piece, my F150 or your Colorado.

 

I laugh when I read the towing thread on here. A bunch of folks have their trucks seriously overweight and think it's fine. You don't buy a truck with a max tow rating of 6500 pounds to tow a 6500 pound trailer on a regular basis. That's incredibly foolish and very hard on your vehicle.

 

That is the thing...I couldn't trust the GM. The only thing that has me interested is the mileage and the torque.

Just rolled 300K on my poverty 1st gen. Be real hard to buy anything else, even though Toyota doesn't build exactly what I want....they do build vehicles that last.



Rolled 300K in a pretty good spot too.

 

Agreed. It really is unbelievable. Everybody in there is towing 26 foot long travel trailers "great" and with "no problem". They also think a massive travel trailer with little 13 inch donuts for wheels behaves the same as a 10k gvw trailer loaded with bricks just because they may weigh the same. Towing newbs is what they are. When I had the 06 DCSB V6 I used my dads diesel truck whenever anything was above ~4k pounds.

The 2nd gen and 2016 Tacomas have the same tow capacity as far as I'm concerned. If you're pushing a mid-size to 85%+ capacity I think you're a fool.

 

My rule of thumb is to never tow max, I like to tow about 1/2 that...3/4's if I "must"...max towing/payload is just dangerous and real hard on equipment.

Kinda why I wish the payload was in the 2000# range on the Taco, gives a bit of wiggle room. Toyota will never offer it, so prolly should quit talking about it.

Maybe if Ford stuck that I5 diesel in the F150, that would be somewhat close to wants/needs. Believe they have 3000# payload option and still can get in 4WD.

Ha ha....fricken coal rollers...I don't get it.

 

Why wait 3-5 years:
I own my Tacoma for 9 years already, Towed many times at 6500 LB limit and so far all I replaced is oil, filters, one set of wheel bearings , one set of tires and one set of front brake pads.
How do you think I move my Land Cruiser around since its unregistered... ?
How do you think I get crap from Home Depot.... ?
Kids these days...

 

i used to work out of serveral gasser 3/4 ton silverado ( an 03, couple 07's, and my old boss finally bought an 05 duramax 1 ton, about 2 months before i no longer worked there ha ) the gas burners leaked in every corner. they had to have 3 to keep work going cuz one was always broke down. all with right around 100,000 miles when i left (bought with 60-80k). one of the 07's powersteering pump leaked like a siv and they all had at least a little bit of the "whine". that same truck also would use a qt of trans fluid (rear seal) a week until the boss's great idea of just using lucas trans treatment to top it off eventually replaced all the fluid and was too thick to leak out. something conked out on the 03 one day and i was 60 miles from the shop and it went in limp mode so i drove 30 mph the whole way home ha. it was some little sensor but u have to take the whole top half of the motor off to work on anything on those trucks. also the 03 was a regular cab and the drain plug points straight back and on a regual car is about 1" from the cross over going to the y pipe on the exhaust so it always got covered in oil when we change its and it was to close to get a socket on it so u had to use a wrench. needless to say ill be driving around a lawn mower before i own a gm.

 

So you tow over the legal regularly and yet call me an idiot. Then you also cite DOT regulations in the same breath as talking about how truckers should exceed there vehicles limits so they can keep there job?

Last time I rented heavy equipment I borrowed a trailer and 3 ton from work. Why tow a 15,000 lbs load that my 3/4 ton isn't rated for when it's a ten minute drive to pick up the proper, legal, and safe vehicle.

As for towing a load around over legal the cops in your state must be lazy. Unsafe load tickets are easy to write. I doubt you were right at the 6500 lbs limit when you already mentioned home depot has 10,000 lbs equipment and requirements.

 

Depends what kind of lawnmower. My Deere 2210 (Yanmar, Japan made) with 62 inch mowing deck and loader was awesome to drive! I drove it to the gas station to fill with diesel and put ice and drinks into the loader bucket from the grocery store. Yes, it did have a cup holder, lol.

 

You apparently have more trouble with English than me. My Tacoma is rated at 6500 So its yours, so if my trailer wit h LC weights 6400 on scale I am at 6500 limit than its legal.
I am not the one who wrote it estimates crap

 

Wut, you may want to check your english so I can respond to you.

You put any gas in that LC? A cooler maybe. Again, I doubt you are towing at 6400 lbs. Quit filling every thread I'm on with that sort of BS. I don't know why you even try. Take a look at the comments and likes. No one here believes a word out of your mouth because you are so full of it.

See above.

If you meant estimates then yes, all of our loads are estimated except for our liquid trucks which have Transport Canada endorsed scales. As for boxes I've never seen a box that says 9.5645645 kg in the system and I'm not dumb enough to think that 9.5 kg is the same as that number. I'm also not dumb enough to load trucks right to the max when I don't need too.

If I do have a load and the only truck available will be maxed out doing it, I make sure it has an experienced driver.

 

Nobody here estimates anything, truck weight scales are available all over the place...
Simple load crap up and weight at the scale.

See Below

 

I said you, not I. Learn some grammar.

I highly doubt there is a scale at home depot or that every time you load up your land cruiser you stop at a scale to double check you are still at 6400lbs.

 

Now thats just pathetic....
but I quoted this so it can not be changed anymore

 

All I know is that if I'm looking to consistently tow over 5000lbs, I'm not looking at buying a mid size truck. You don't think Toyota could have easily matched the Colorado's towing numbers with a few tweeks?? They don't care and they're confident they will outsell GM even with 200lbs less towing capacity. But hey, I also wouldn't consistently post in a thread about a truck I dislike and have no interest in... so there's that

 

Yes, and I said you not I. I used it as a descriptor of a common practice. Which it is. The numbers in the computer ARE ESTIMATES of each box. We do not weigh every product as it enters our location, and yet the box, packaging, and pallets change with each load. Anyone with some intelligence will ESTIMATE the additional weight so as to not put himself in an overloaded situation.

You are a joke @BlueT

 

If you're towing a 6400 pound trailer, and you are sitting in the driver seat, you're over weight.