Tow Capacity Travel Trailer - Need help

Looking for some guidance from my fellow Tacoma owners. We have our sights set on a Micro Minnie 2100BH travel trailer. I have never towed anything in my life and would like reassurances that we can tow this TT from someone other than the salesperson.
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Good, bad and the ugly.

Travel Trailer specs:
Dry Weight: 3780
GWRW: 7000
Dry Hitch weight: 430

My Truck info: (2017 TRD OR Double Cab 4x2 short bed).

My truck GVWR is 5600. (Internal door sticker info)
Combined weight of occupancy and cargo should never exceed 1200. (Internal door sticker)
Payload 1400 (Toyota Website)
Curb Weight: 4180 (Toyota Website)
Tongue load: 350/670 (Toyota Website)
Towing capacity: 3500/6700 (Toyota Website)

About us:
2 Adults and 2 boys (4 & 2 year old)
Total cargo or camping stuff weight - I don’t know. What is a good number to shoot for? I’m not planning on boondocking. Other than clothes, bedding, cooler (w/food +beer +ice), folding chairs, bikes, folding table, towels don’t plan on taking much else.


I plan on using WTH/Sway bar, tow breaks.

Thanks - John

 

Your truck have the tow package

 

Yes, it has the tow package.

 

You should be fine, just take it easy and use 4th gear.

 

What he said!

 

I have the exact same set up weight wise and truck wise and I don't have any problems. Your mpg will suck but it will do it no problem. 4th gear is strongly recommended.

 

Welcome aboard. Your truck should handle that camper fine. Figure adding about 1000lbs of the stuff you will need for camping. If you have not read the Tacoma towing bible you should check it out. Give you some pointers for the suspension, mirrors, transmission coolers and monitoring. A WDH makes life towing a bit more fun too.

 

To give you my experience with a camper that size.
I borrowed my buddies camper. Its a Wolf Pup 19ft something. It showed dry weight 37xxlbs. Single axle.
Used a WDH, have a brake controller.

First evening was towing it 180miles from his place to mine. Trailer empty, truck empty other than my tool box in the bed.
First thing I noticed, was MPG. 8.5 Miles Per Gallon. That's it. No matter what I did, speed, gears, etc. That was the best I could do.
Second, speed. 65mph absolute max. Unless dropping to 3rd for a bit to max out around 6k rpms then to 4th for a bit. I would only do that if necessary to pass a 18 wheeler. Oh, and doing 60mph felt the same as for power to pass or mpg.
Third was available power to pull out of a sway. Of course the days I would be traveling was the days of a front moving through. With the WDH and anti sway. I was fine for the most part. Every now again, a gust at the top of a overpass would catch me off guard. Never got out of hand or close. The thought of not having enough to pull out of a sway was always on my mind.
Oh, MPG. Did I mention that? With only a 21gal tank. You're basically getting gas about every 120miles to have a cushion in case you missed that last exit for 45miles. So, do expect to stop every 2hours. No matter what.
If you can cruise/draft behind a 18 wheeler, it helps; but not very much.

Otherwise it was fine. But for the fuel costs of towing the camper. I could have stayed at a hotel for the same.

Edit: The only thing I can think of. Is, if it was a dual axle vs single axle. It may have towed better.

 

Thanks @Sixthelement. The camper or TT I’m interested in has dual axel and I heard that is better for towing.?. Basically, I want to know if I could tow something that size and what everyone else’s experiences has been towing with a Taco like mine. I don’t plan on any cross country trips or any extreme modifications other than brake controls and WDH. MPG does not concern me as much as running the RPMs up for extended intervals. I live in SoCal so there are some areas that have long inclines but for the most part I plan on sticking to the freeways. Also, I heard somewhere some advice of towing a camper that resonates with me 2-2-2? 200 miles or 2 hours and check in/set up before 2pm per day.. I have two boys under the age of 5 so anything more than two hours in the truck might make us go crazy

 

Your truck should tow it just fine. Tandem axel has several advantages over single axel but there are some disadvantages. It costs more. It also costs more the maintain, 4 tires to replace instead of two. 4 sets of bearings and hubs to maintain. It takes a little more power to tow it and is heavier. Gas mileage will suck way more than a single axel.

 

This is mine. Weighs about 3400 as it sits in the pic. I am getting between 10 and 11 MPG with it

 

If properly set up (tow package, brake controller, WD hitch) you'll have no issues with that trailer. My trailer is about 4,500lbs dry (Jayco X213). You will want to load your gear in the trailer instead of the truck if possible.

 

Good info, I know I got horrible mpg even with my Silverado pulling 5k lbs

 

Late to the party....I tow your trailer with my 2nd gen. Mph stinks, get a good wdh, stay in 4th. I take my time and no issues so far (knock on wood). Go enjoy!

 

I went with the Coachman 204RD and it comes in at 4,000 lbs. No issue towing at 65 and I run it in 5th gear and 4th on hills with 3rd on very steep hill. I have a manual trans. I just bought the trailer and towed it 400 miles to get it home. No issues and towed better that the 3,000 lbs single axle trailer it replaced. WD hitch with sway control is a must.