Can I tow a 6000lb travel trailer with my 2012?

I have a 2012 Tacoma with the towing package and is well maintained. I found a travel trailer I love but it’s heavier than I thought and I’m wondering f I can safely tow it. It’s double axle, I have a heavy duty weight distribution hitch and it weighs 4800lb empty, maybe close to 6000lb packed for a long trip.

What say the group?

 

https://towingcap.com/toyota/tacoma/2012/

 

I mean, I wouldn't

 

Won’t be fun, but doable for small trips

 

According to the link that was provided, your PreRunner can only tow 3500lbs.

 

Gonna say no, not SAFELY. It will tow it, and with trailer brakes it may stop it, but the things that really get you are the turns. The front wheels have to manage all the extra weight, and you won't know weather or not it can make a turn until it doesn't and at that point its to late. Find a different trailer or buy a tundra.

 

Don’t. It wont be a fun time hauling. I haul a TT that’s 3000lb loaded and that’s enough for me

 

yeah, also what a lot dont realize is while you might be under the weight limit, that 6000lb travel trailer is A LOT different from a "sail" perspective vs say a low profile car on a car hauler weight the same. The surface area the wind has (either pushing through it in a forward direction) or getting hit from crosswinds is FAR greater.

It will do it.

It wont be fun, nor safeish.

 

This travel trailer weighs 5,080 lbs dry. 2006 PreRunner, 4.0L, auto. With the exception of the blackwater and greywater tanks this 26' travel trailer was empty when I towed it. I towed it 140 miles through mountainous highways and on the freeway. My trucks brakes have been upgraded and the rear ring and pinion swapped to be over-geared slightly. I didn't use any trailer brakes or weight distributing hitches. The biggest issue I ran into with my 8"+ lift towing a travel trailer was cross winds and when that happened I kept it at 45 mph, otherwise it was at 55 mph. Overall it was an easy tow.

 

This wrecked F150 weighs 5800 lbs. The Trailer it's on weighs around 1,400 lbs. 2006 PreRunner, 4.0L, auto, lots of brake upgrades and slightly over-geared. I towed this package around 6 miles. It was a total nightmare. The ABS kept kicking on while braking as I approached red lights. Once I let the ABS do its thing and I damn near rear ended a car because of it.

 

Do you have that pit pull stance or Cali lift on purpose, or is that sag from the trailer? If the latter, your steering and front brakes are greatly diminished. And no trailer brakes, huh? Don’t you have a dad to slap you over the back of the head?

 

That's a strongly worded no from me, dawg.

 

I def would not with a Tacoma. Too light and small to do it safely IMO

 

Well just because you could pull beyond your trucks tow limits doesn't mean you should. The consequences can be fatal.

 

That trailer empty is right at the practical limits of a Tacoma. Once loaded and at 6000 lbs you could technically do it. But only on level ground and as long as there is only a driver in the truck with no other passengers or cargo.

 

I’m curious of the circumstances as to how this came to be krisko. You doing it for a friend or have the opportunity to borrow it or something? If you have a taco you wouldn’t buy a 6000lb trailer and if you have a 6000lb trailer you would buy a bigger truck to pull it with so I’m guessing this is a loaner type of thing? My answer is of course no do not pull that on a long trip fully loaded. Not only will it put a ton of unnecessary wear and tear on the truck it will be dangerous to other people on the road.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/towing.34/

 

You're asking questions and trying to teach at the same time so you should make up your mind if you're a student or a teacher, not that you could teach me anything, but it'd help you out big time.

 

5,000 lb trailer hanging off the hitch and he wants to know if it affects the trucks ride height. YIKES

 

He didn't say it in the nicest way... but why no trailer brakes? They're pretty cheap to install the controller and it'd be MUCH safer.