TOY: towing

["Kenneth Emanuel" <KEMANUEL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Woodworth, Eric" <eric.woodworth@sap.com> wrote:

>I tow with my 99 Taco fairly often.  The most weight is my 83 on a flatbed
>trailer.  I am guessing the weight is about 5000 lbs. or so.  The
>supercharger allows me to keep up with most cars going up the steepest
>grades.  I flat towed my 83(~3500 lbs.) when I first bought my Taco(w/o
>supercharger) and it towed great.  

I forgot about the supercharger option.  Are you having any pinging problems with the supercharger?  The last thing I would want to do is ping the truck to death while towing.

>My biggest concern would be braking.  Does your trailer have electric or
>surge brakes?  If it does not have any type of brakes I would go for
>something bigger than a Taco.   

The trailer has tandem axles with electric brakes.  This trailer used to be towed by a 1981 2WD Dodge pickup with the carburated 318 ci engine.  I'm sure a stock 3.4L V6 Toyota makes more power and similar torque than the Dodge.

I would like to make due with a T100 because of the Tundra cost factor.  What do you guys think about a supercharged T100 towing a total of 4500 pounds?

-Ken