Taco ready to tow

Ready for national seashore camping in texas

 

Good luck! How much does that travel trailer weigh?

 

And welcome to TW by the way

 

Ive always wanted to spend a night on Padre, but leaving a TT parked on a saltwater beach terrifies me.

 

Nice!

 

Weight is about 4200 lbs fully loaded. Already took it for a short run. Probably making the 3hr trip next week if weather is good. Thought about adding icon leafs but truck doesn’t show any sag.

 

Make sure you keep an eye on coolant and trans temps if you're pulling that on the beach

 

Will do. Tow package came with trans, ps and engine cooler, usually only go about 5 miles down the beach…good sand

 

Nice setup! Enjoy!

 

I don't believe the '22 come with separate external trans coolers anymore, they only route through a small heat exchanger in the coolant radiator.

 

I'd recommend a trailer brake even for something that light. You can get by without one, but the Tacoma is already deficient enough for towing without helping out the brakes.

 

Yup, trailer brake installed. Weight transfer hitch also helps

 

Welcome to the forum
Safe travels and have a good time.

 

Just pop her in 4lo for the beach to keep trans temps down, also a good excuse to exercise 4lo.

 

Great advice. My 2nd gen came with a tow package which has an OEM trans cooler, but I added an additional cooler, biggest unit I could fit in the grill area, for additional cooling when towing.

 

good move on the trailer brakes. Most states require brakes on trailers over 3,000 lb. So, though you would be just under TX required weight of 4,500, you probably would not be legal in most of the other 49 states.

 

First trip pulling the trailer. Not too bad. Taco did good

 

Don’t let grandpa fill you with worriers. Send it!