First time towing, not impressed

if not trailer breaks check the wheel bearings on the trailer.

 

I tow a 325 pound aluminum trailer with a Yamaha Grizzly which combined weights around 700 pounds and I never had issues. I barely notice it especially with the Firestone airbags. Something is not right, but I do notice a dragging sensation when the trailer tire PSI is low but that would not explain the burning smell.

 

I have a 2002 Tacoma 4cylder and I pulled a 10,000 lb dump trailer full of top soil. I had no problem pulling but I knew it was back there.

 

If you were towing your mother in law that may have caused the issues.

 

1 passenger and the weight of my mods exceeds your tow weight. I would suggest there may be an issue with the electric brakes. If no issue found I would get the truck in the shop for a look. The best of luck.

Meh, Synthetic is a waste of money in the rear end imo.

 

We used to tow our 21ft boat with our tacoma and the motor was actually pretty impressive, Ive also towed a 14ft uhaul trailer and had no issues. We did end up with a half ton to tow the toys (much better braking, acceleration, and handling for long trips). But I would say you shouldnt have any issues towing your load, seems odd.

 

Towed a 3,000lb travel trailer this weekend, no issues.

 

My pop up is about the same weight and I just bought a '14 Tacoma. Did you have to beef up the rear end at all with air shocks/bags? Just curious as I haven't hooked up the trailer yet.

 

Smell of burning rubber seems like it might be your brakes I tow alot of shit to the desert and back when my truck had under 10k and I smelt rubber very rarely but knew it was brakes as soon as I got out to check

 

Something isn't right!No problems here with any of the towing i've done.

 

Invest in a transmission tempurature gauge. I use a scan guage II.

Pulled a trailer about 1000 miles last week. Truck felt fine. Didn't smell anything. Everything seemed great. I was happy.

Until I looked down and saw the gauge was showing my transmission was at 275 degrees and climbing.

Moral of the story - seat of the pants doesn't always work.

 

I just traveled through the mountains yesterday and in a long climb (no trailer ) my trans was hitting close to 200. Seems high, but also don't think anything was out of the ordinary. Seems high fir a vehicle with a cooler. It was like a constant climb for 15 minutes. No smell. I don't think it was the trailer that first time, so I guess I'll just keep an eye in it

 

Unrelated - where are you getting your tranny temp?

Have your fluid checked. Lots of new tacomas prove to be low on tranny fluid from factory.

Did you have a factory undercoat or anything else that could be cooking? Otherwise I'm stumped.

 

Manual or automatic transmission?

 

At 70 MPH weight is less of a factor than wind drag. I have thousands of towing miles on my 4 liter 6 spd. with about 3,000# of camper.

 

You're out in the Berkshires. There are plenty of hills out there.... did you have the gear selector in 'D' or '4' the whole time?

 

I have a 2015 DC sport 4x4 that I have had for almost a year to the day, I just hit 7,000 miles on it and every once in a while when I get out of it I get a whiff of something burning. Dealership says it's fine. I towed a 2000 Honda Civic on a U-Haul dolly one time about 30 miles. Other than that it's been normal driving. No clue, everything seems fine.