Gen 3 Towing Thread

Installing a brake controller is super easy. Hard mount the controller in an orientation approved by the manufacturer, use a vehicle specific pigtail to connect controller to the truck. Done.

I bucked the Tekonsha trend and went with a Redarc Tow Pro. It's a little more coin but I was happy to pay it for the much cleaner install. Some mild plastic butchery involved, but nothing visible after wrapping up.

 

Loving the content in here! I lifted my truck, but I left the overload in. I assume ill still have the bro-stance while towing, but I wont be towing too heavy of loads

 

How is the redarc, I definitely like the smaller profile. I think I asked about it before but no one could give me any info on it

 

+1

 

Don't know yet. It'll be a few weeks before I have a chance to actually tow anything with brakes, but I'll be doing a lot of it come August/September. and will report back.

 

Does the redarc have a manual break button?

 

Sorry if this has already been mentioned but what are the problems that could arise from towing over the 3500lbs maximum that Toyota lists? I'm looking at pulling a single car trailer to the track where the trailer is likely 1000lbs and the car is between 3400-3600.

Thank you,

 

Yes it does:

 

I have flat towed my crawler about 200 miles with mine. Crawler weighs 3680lbs did just fine.

 

Good to hear. What kind of setup did you use for that? I've never flat towed.

 

I have a Reese tow bar rated for 6000lbs. When I built my bumper for my crawler I welded in 2 threaded blocks to the frame plate for it that the mounts bolt to for the tow bar with four 1/2" bolts.

 

The max towing weight is without a weight distribution hitch. It can tow 6,400 lbs with one. Although you do have to do some calculations when you get up towards that limit to ensure that you're actually road safe. You'll also want to get a brake controller.

 

Your truck looks almost exactly like mine, so needless to say, it looks great

What lift tires? I got OME 887's Front + Dakar Light Duty Rear + Nitrocharger Shocks w/ Falken Wildpeak AT3/W 265/75/r16

 

Fully loaded for family camping the trailer weights around 1800lbs. Truck has 4.88's and I got 14mpg pulling it from Winston Salem (~700') to Great Smoky Mountains National Park (~3,000') at 70mph and it's pretty hilly up there. Running a P3 controller on 10" drums. Pulls amazing for a homebuilt trailer.

 

I almost went with that same set up! I ended up getting toytec boss 2.5 with single AAL. Tires are 285,75,16 ko2s.

 

Doesn't look like a home built trailer.

 

How does she do. We were just looking at bass boats today

 

Here's a pic from a few weekends ago. Not my boat, but my truck. The BASS Masters tournament is Toyota sponsored so they needed Toyota's to pull the boats and anglers in for the final day of weigh in. I don't know how this boat weigh (or cost), but it leveled my truck out with my Dakar leafs (might have squatted it 1/2" to the rear). I'm guessing this setup was 4000lbs - ish?

Honestly, truck did it fine with ECT mode, but I didn't drive more than a half mile and didn't go faster than 30 MPH. If I made a weekly habit of doing this I'd say it would do it, but a Tundra would no doubt be better. However, I think it would do it fine if you took your time.

You knew it was back there when you took off.