Family wanting a trailer

2600# nucamp T@b320s teardrop behind my 23 longbed 4x4 tacoma. 1000 lbs of gear and people.
Springs are absolutely flat. No give. Putting in airbags over leaf springs.
Mileage awful at 70mph 11mpg in S manual mode. 4th gear 99% of time driving cross country. Trying 5th downhills, cannot maintain headway on the level.
200 mile fill ups.
My 2012 manual four banger was underpowered but got 300 miles per tank at 55 mph top speed.
Wind resistance at highway speeds kills mileage.

 

Is that the Tab 320 or 400?

The 320 seems like it would be really nice to to behind a Tacoma or 4Runner, narrow and light.

 

320 boondock was the most the 2012 could tow. Easy to maneuver. Plenty of room for two if you each stand on one leg. With this 6 cylinder truck I'd prefer the 400 that has a dedicated place to sit. Literally have to banish one person to bathroom to have room to make or break down the 70x73 bed.

Narrow enough you don't need towing mirrors. I switched my clamp on mirrors over to this new truck. First windy outing the POS stock mirrors on truck would slam folded shut every time a truck went by. Zip ties and 1/4 in bungie cord did not deter. Towing mirrors are gone and not missed.

 

When I lived in a condo, my RTT stayed on my truck for 2 years. I had absolutely no room to store it.

Now I’ve got a storage shed in my backyard

 

There is absolutely nothing wrong with starting out safely with a pop-up trailer. You sound like you have done your homework and understand the limitations of towing
with the Tacoma. Better safe than sorry.

 

Something like this is a sensible trailer for a Tacoma. Yes, you could pull a heavier trailer, but you're going to have to limit what you can put in the truck. Its 19', about 2900 dry with a GVWR of 3840. ASSUMING I have it loaded to max that would be about 500 lbs on my hitch. Add another 180 for the cap and that leaves me about 520 lbs of my original 1200 lbs of payload for my wife, myself and a few things in the truck. I have to pack carefully. Realistically I'm probably closer to 3500 lbs than 3850

If I'm traveling very far I pull this with my F150. We are leaving GA in JULY for Glacier and Yellowstone. My Tacoma pulls it easily and I often use it for trips inside 100 miles. But at 17 years and 247,000 miles I'm not pulling it to Montana with the Tacoma.

My TT is a 2022, the specs are slightly different for this 2024, but the layout is the same. The listed CCC on this 2024 can't be right. You're not going to carry 2200 lbs in a 2800 lb trailer. The CCC on mine is 950.

r-pod RP-171C - Forest River RV (forestriverinc.com)

 

You have 1200 lbs of payload??? Wow

 

Ran a junk hauling business with just a 2.7prerunner taco for a year. Always caught crap for the lil truck, but towed a small trailer and did big hauls. Was in the flat lands though. Now that I live in the foothills and see tourists lose control of their rigs all the time, I'm not even messing around.