Significant Brake Upgrade Needed...pics.

Here's the deal. We have a customer that will be towing an agricultural implement on rural country roads. The implement weighs more than the truck is "rated" for...yes he knows this...let's just get that out of the way . He will be traveling at slower speeds when on-road.

What would be a good performance brake upgrade for his 2005 regular cab Tacoma? SS brake lines? Pads? Rotors? Is there a kit that includes what we should install on his truck? Thanks

 

How much does that trailer weigh? Just curious.

 

that poor transmission too...

besides better brakes i would look into addition cooling and changing out all of his oils to a better high performance type.

That little truck is a dwarf compared to that trailer.

 

Drag chute? No, wait - you said he was going slow. Anchor?

 

Beyond the brakes, he could also benefit from a stronger leaf pack in the rear if he's going to be towing that quite a bit.

 

Boy I sure hope he's got trailer brakes. Some good performance pads and better fluid would certainly help but that looks really heavy. I suspect if this were real public road towing the first time a cop saw that being towed by a tacoma would result in a traffic stop.

 

even leveling airbags too to help the sag

 

This should be good...

 

a hard stop on level dry ground is still going to be scary as hell and may even jack knife..

in other words advise against this type of towing until the owner gets a truck designed for the task.

small and mid size trucks have their place.. that trailer belongs behind a tundra size only for safety reasons among other things.

 

Thanks - I'll pass this to him as an option.

 

When it's fully loaded with 500 gallons of water??? ...somewhere in the neighborhood of 11,500 lb.

 

If he plans to tow that rig around regularly, even if at low speeds, the owner would be better off selling the Tacoma and using the money he would need to spend on upgrades to put towards buying a full size truck.

 

Manual Transmission should stay a lot cooler than Auto Transmission...there are dozens of farmers located here in the Central Valley of CA spraying orchards this way...works real good.

 

I've already ordered a AllPro Exp Kit

 

Farmers get to use what we call "Farm Husbandry." It exempts them from having to follow typical DOT regulations. Things that would get a commercial driver in all kinds of trouble are OK'd by local CHP. Farmers know what they are doing.

 

Brake upgrade$, Tran$ wear, leaf spring$, airbag$ Might as well buy the proper truck with the right capacity. Save him the $$$$ and save the rest of us California drivers from this road hazard

 

Is this your input? I'm missing the part where you're recommending brake upgrades

 

Look. I understand your concern. Both the owner & us (as a company) are fully comfortable with this setup because it is time-tested. You're going to have to trust me on this.

I could go into an explanation of why a small 4wd pickup is the only option for compact orchard use, but you're going to have to trust me

 

Full-sized truck won't fit in an orchard. Trust me.

I appreciate your concern. 100% of the use of this setup on-road will be on rural country roads that are very lightly trafficked. Also 95% of the time, this setup will be on-road from the hours of 8 pm until 5 am in the morning.

 

Air bags for rear. Trans cooler. And should be fine with trailer brakes. That trailer has brakes right?