Scared to death while towing a car

How fast were you going man?? Towed cars with a tow dolly plenty of times, hundreds of interstate miles and just down the road without a hiccup. I do drive like a little old lady though.

 

phew. sounds sketch!

 

and you should sell your router and never get on the internet again

derp derp derp derp derp de derp

 

I towed an old Firebird over 300 miles on a dolly, and you couldn't even tell it was there. That's the ticket. No way would I do it with a trailer.

 

Holy shit! You are an asshole. I didn't do a fucking thing to you. I made a mistake because I'm a human. So are you, Mr. Perfect. If you say you've never made a mistake then you're a fucking liar. I traded the Tacoma in for a Tundra, Problem solved, so fuck off and die. I hope your asshole grows shut.

 

You probably should have trailer brakes but I wouldn't think you would have that much trouble without them. I would say planning ahead and driving slower and breaking sooner would help, but maybe your brakes are just bad on your truck. I probably wouldn't have traded for a Tundra already unless you tow that load very frequently, it would be far cheaper to just add brakes to the trailer. And FTD I don't think you really provided anything useful.

 

I'll probably get bashed for this (Do NOT recommend what I did to anyone who does not have a lot of experience towing and is not set up for it). I moved back to Oregon from Arizona. My 1940 chrysler on a 20' dual axle trailer. Total weight of trailer/car/loaded items was ~7k (had my dual bay with top box and all my tools along with household items split between the bed and in the car). Truck was a little slow on some of the bigger hills, but towed and handled beautifully. Trailer has brakes on both 3500lb axles. Additions to my setup were: new aux trans cooler, air bags, w/d hitch, sway controller, completely required trailer with new break away box. I monitored trans temp with my Snap-On Ethos and it never got "hot" but stayed within a reasonable range and only had to stop to let the brakes cool down on the 8% grade (I think 5 miles at 25mph of winding road) going into Adel Oregon. Though I did run very rich on the hills and she puffed a cloud out when I floored it to 75 on I5 to clean my cats (yes, I monitored the O2 sensors and fuel trim while driving). I must say that I am very impressed with how well these trucks do when properly set up.

Oh, and kept it at about 60. Had some nice people give me the one finger wave. But I just laughed because they got pulled over about 10 min after they passed me.

 

BAM! +1 To you good sir.

 

HAHAHA..that would be awful..hahahah. damn,that is funny.

i will use this phrase by week's end.

 

Under 20k, they didn't care about me other than checking out the car. One cop almost rear ended a semi looking at my car when I was stopped for gas in Nevada.

 

2013 stock prerunner double cab with no towing package from dealer. what is max towing capacity, that the tacoma can actually pull? I believe the sticker indicates it is around 3500lbs. total. If you have brakes and sway control, it will pull OK, but will kill gas mileage. Does this sound correct?

 

I actually got the Tundra for the same price as the Tacoma, less than half the miles, plenty of warranty, two years newer and Toyota certified. I don't like it quite as much as the Tacoma but I do tow pretty often especially since I move a lot, (military). The Tundra had no problem at all towing the same car on the same trailor. I really do miss my Taco.

 

BTW, thanks to everyone else who gave useful information. I know this is a good community as are all the Toyota groups I'm in so I won't let one jerk form my opinion.

 

*trailer

 

Whenever I hear someone begin a sentence with this I like to tell them they should just stop right there. If you really don't want to sound like an asshole just stop talking.