How will it do towing a 28' travel trailer?

Well, I am guessing that he could tow it around town for a bit, only to find out that on the highway, in a crosswind, and with a grade, that he is in a heap of trouble.

28' with a Tacoma? Not on my watch.

 

k... so your options are just don't do anything? 28' is too long? so 27' is good? The standards and ratings are there for nothing? Don't tow or you'll die and kill everyone on the road? Seems real logical. You can kill yourself in an empty truck, you can kill yourself towing a cheap ass harbor freight trailer. Again, the thread is about whether the truck itself is capable of doing so, which it is.

The driver on the other hand, that is going to be much harder to decipher over the web...

 

I wouldn't do it. I've towed 5k lbs (car/trailer) and while it was ok, it did struggle. That was not a 28' long trailer however, it was open. It will push your truck all over the place.

 

Wow, I am surprised that your truck struggled. You must have been going up hills. I just towed a car and trailer weighing 6129. It did great. I hardly noticed it behind me. But I also traveled on pretty flat roads. The acceleration and braking was about the same as when it is empty, but I always accelerate and brake slowly. I kept it in 4th.

 

Yes it was up and down hills. I went from NC to MD and back with it. If your truck accelerates and stops as fast unleaded as it did with 6k lbs behind it, I want your truck!!!!

 

Yeah, I moved the car from R'mond, VA to Greenville, NC. I was a bit scared to do it being so close to the limit, but really had no choice. So glad that I did too. Now I know what my truck can do. In normal driving, I keep a lot of distance ahead of me and try to coast to a stop if I can with little braking (to save gas). I did the same with the trailer/car in tow. The trailer didn't sway at all and when i accelerated (which when I don't tow, I try to keep it below 2k rpm), there was no hesitation or "come on, you can do it" moments...lol. I was extremely happy!

 

Haha i think we scared him away...

 

I’ve towed an 18x8 foot steel frame enclosed trailer loaded with 3 roadracing bikes, two heavy toolboxes (one of which weighed 500 pounds easy) and a lot of extra gear. Two Zuma’s in the bed to boot, and 3 guys in the truck. The unloaded trailer weighed in at about 4000 according to the decal on the tongue.

The trip was through Wisconsin, and though it’s not the mountains there are some short but significant hills.

I’m guessing that we were several hundred pounds over GCVWR, also no sway bars were used. I took it easy, and our experience was that it actually took up the weight and drove better than the Titan that normally tows this trailer. It did bottom out on frost heaves but having the weight distributed correctly, no swaying at all, and there wasn’t a single moment where we were nervous.

The Tacoma can handle some serious weight but I wouldn’t do this if I lived in the mountains.

 

You’d gurantee kill people pulling that through the mountains in BC. 10km of down hill and a bit of snow... not a chance.

 

I wouldn’t attempt this in the mountains with any kind of bad weather. No bueno. Or the mountains period. It doesn’t have the brakes unless they arare seriously upgraded.

 

Op hasn't been on this site in 2 years. I wonder if anyone has found his body yet.

 

Hello everyone,
I found this website looking for another topic and the towing topic caught my interest. I agree with others I would not tow a 28 foot TT with a Taco. However, I tow a 21 foot Palomino Real Lite behind my 2017 TRD with tow package and electric trailer brake.
Length 21 ft 8 in
Dry Weight 3164 lbs
Gross Weight 4423 lbs
Cargo Weight 1259 lbs.

I use a WDH , 600# tongue weight with a 6,000 tow rating hitch.
I configure my cargo weight max at about 4000# and calculate my payload which is around 1200#

I use to S controls on the transmission to maintain RPM and drive 60 mph in S4 or S5 depending on the terrain. Gas mileage varies 12 -15 mpg.

SummaryL:

The Taco tows the Palomino fairly well on freeways and Colorado mountain passes. I will admit it is not a speed demon but it gets my family where we need to go.

Safe travels everyone.