Tow rating of my Tacoma

When I bought my 2014 4x4 SR5 with tow package I was told that the tow rating was 6500 lbs. we are up grading our TT so in doing research I read my door sticker and it says max tow rating is 6200 lbs. What gives? Now I know that 300 lbs is not much but its tounge wt.
Does anyone else have a door sticker that reads 6200 lbs?
I think we have settled on a Escape 19.

 

That would be correct. You will max out your payload long before you max out your towing capacity.

 

I'm guessing you have the long bed double cab. The weight difference is due the extra weight of the long bed. You should have no issues pulling your trailer.

 

With these trucks, it is best to max out your tow weight to about 5k for safety. Anything bigger on a regular basis, get a full size.

 

10% of 6200 pounds is 620, which won't be maxing out your payload unless you are hauling a whole lot of other cargo as well.

 

Your assumptions are off. That 300 pounds is *not* off the tongue weight. Its off the gross trailer weight. Your tongue weight should be 10% of the gross trailer weight, and counts against your available cargo weight, typically 1200-1490 pounds depending on configuration. So say you have a trailer that is at the max 6200 pounds with tongue weight set at 620, and a payload capacity of 1300 pounds. That leaves you with 680 pounds for fuel, cargo, driver, and passengers. Not so much that you can load the heck out of it obviously, but it certainly doesn't mean that you break your payload limit before your trailer limit.

 

His payload is probably around 1100lbs, which would leave 480lbs. Assuming he has a family that will be traveling and supplies and you're knocking on the door of that capacity, even using the lower end of the acceptable tongue weight.

 

Where are you coming up with 1100 pounds? That seems incredibly low.
http://www.toyota.com/tacoma/features/weights_capacities/7516/7128/7150/7182

 

If you look at the sticker inside the driver side doorjam, you'll see the payload capacity. On my 14 DCSBOR it was 1,080lbs.

 

Not really. From your own link it shows 1370-1540. Put 2 adult 200 lb men in there and you've got about 1100 pounds or less to play with. A 1/4 ton truck isn't a lot of 'use' when it comes to hauling.

Don't confuse 'payload' (not much) with GVWR (a little better). If you tried to put the same amount of weight in as payload you've got broken springs, bent axles, etc.

Even with payload you need to see how they came up with their figures. Is the curb weight true wet weight with 2-4 passengers? Or is it dry weight? Or is it with fuel at 50% capacity etc etc etc.