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Originally Posted by mittens
(Post 3924247)
Would I move that boat in traffic with that truck? NO,
would i move it far with that truck? NO. Would i move it 2-4 miles, at 35mph, with no traffic and my hazzards? maybe. Thats coming from someone with the same boat. My parents have a 330 Formula. and I have my baja 342. both fully loaded. and there is a BIG difference in weight when moving them around.. and I am using a gmc 2500 Desiel. and pull a 342 EVERYWHERE. EDIT EDIT EDIT.... i read tundra, not tacoma. HELL NO that **** pushing past the limits of the big version the little toyota is going to HATE LIFE... let alone no control. |
I believe that this has opened up a whole different can of worms? LOL, BTW Dan you seem new here, WELCOME TO OSO! Keep coming back and thank you for your questions and common sence! Enjoy the season and stay safe!
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Originally Posted by soldier4402
(Post 3924297)
I have an eco boost and tow 10 grand without a hitch, truck is impressive to say the least. I would bet if you look it up the ecoboost probably acutally weighs more and in reality is bigger truck and probably has the same if not more power than the engine in that dually.
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Originally Posted by DracoDan
(Post 3924148)
But... this may come as a surprise... I DIDN'T ARGUE WITH YOUR OR ANYONE ELSE'S RESPONSE! Maybe you're so used to people arguing with you that you just assumed I was arguing? I even made a follow up post reassuring everyone that I decided not to even consider using my truck... Then you go on to reply to my post where I said "For what the truck is made for, it absolutely excels in every way" with "I like TACOS, they serve there purpose"?! So what you did was pull out a thesaurus and reword my sentence? Gee, thanks! I'm sure you'll somehow see this as arguing and restate your opinion again... Are you even still reading? You seem like the kind of person that reads four words of a post before responding.... Honestly, I'm done here with this sub forum, thankfully I've decided to just leave my boat in the water so I won't have to come ask anything else in here. Was not trying to argue with you, was being more sarcastic then anything. Not everyone gets my dry humor. |
Originally Posted by soldier4402
(Post 3924302)
the force:lolhit:
OP, Have you ever towed something this heavy with any truck? From personal experience, the first time you try it with the taco will be the last time you ever have this thought again. We had a 16' tandem axle flat bed trailer to haul our old CJ7 around on. We used an 01 Grand Cherokee with a V8, tow cap. maybe 6500#. 3 trips was enough white knuckling for me to buy a suburban. Total weight for the Jeep and trailer was around 7000#. |
Originally Posted by Fischan
(Post 3924912)
He already missed his day this year. On May 4th, my dad likes to tell people; "May the 4th be with you." Weird, I know but we still love him anyway.
OP, Have you ever towed something this heavy with any truck? From personal experience, the first time you try it with the taco will be the last time you ever have this thought again. We had a 16' tandem axle flat bed trailer to haul our old CJ7 around on. We used an 01 Grand Cherokee with a V8, tow cap. maybe 6500#. 3 trips was enough white knuckling for me to buy a suburban. Total weight for the Jeep and trailer was around 7000#. |
Originally Posted by soldier4402
(Post 3924297)
I have an eco boost and tow 10 grand without a hitch, truck is impressive to say the least. I would bet if you look it up the ecoboost probably acutally weighs more and in reality is bigger truck and probably has the same if not more power than the engine in that dually.
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Originally Posted by articfriends
(Post 3924944)
I did go back and read and re-read the Ford f-150 tow ratings, I will give you that they have very impressive front brakes but I do see for the normal "hook your boat to the hitch and drive down the road" that the rating using just the hitch and no weight draw bars and all that they are actually rated to tow 5000 lbs with 500 tongue with a limit of 60 square feet of frontal area, not actually 11300 so although the weight distributing amount is quite high the weight carrying hitch rating is more like what I would expect, my factory rating of the dually I was referencing was 750/7500 using the hitch as weight carrying. Thats something else to keep in mind too, this Tacoma has a MAX tow rating of 6400lbs but its real world hitch rating is only 350lbs tongue and 3500 lbs trailer WITHOUT a weight distributing hitch set-up so you really wouldn't want to even hook a typical 27 ft 7000 lb single engine boat to it as it is double its factory ratings, Smitty
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its not pulling it, its stopping it.
and the little toyota is NOT GOING to like it. a tundra would not like it. its not a light boat. My 2500 desiel dont like it. haha will do it, and does but it dont like it. haha |
Wow you guys are too hard on this poor chap......I would tow that thing my my lawnmower for a little 4 mile trip.....:coolcowboy:
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