Tongue Weight Capacity?

See the highlighted bit in the pic. Absolute best case payload would be 1730 lbs. That would be a 2WD no option truck. Remember max numbers advertised NEVER apply to anything but the most stripped down basic models. You have an SR5, not an SR, so there is no possible way for your truck to have the max advertised numbers.

Do you have floor mats, bed liner, or steps? That all comes out of payload. You added a sway bar and a weight distributing hitch, so that weight comes out of payload. You add bags and cradles, that weight reduces it. Are you running heavier tires? You guessed it, that weight comes out of payload.

There is no way to increase capacities listed on the door stickers. They are legal limits that you cannot change.Period. Air bags do not increase capacity. Helper springs to not increase capacity.

Now subtract the weight of you, any passengers, bags, gear, and even your water bottles.... you are overweight. You need less trailer or more truck.

Not trying to be rude, just trying to educate how payload works.

Payload is not just about suspension or sag. That number is calculated to account for all aspects of the vehicle. Frame strength, braking power, cooling for the engine and transmission, axle load, gearing... all of that is calculated into your payload limit. Those calculations also have buffers built into them to account for sudden changes and shock loads from things like pot holes and the like.

TLDR: You are overweight with that trailer.

 

As always, you explain it better than I can.

 

I have dealt with some really slow people in my life, so I have developed the habit of putting things down in really easy to understand and sometimes repeated ways so that there can be no misunderstanding. Basically, because I'm dumb I can write things in a fairly idiot proof way. Gets me in trouble sometimes as people see me as being condescending or a know-it-all.

Edit: Reading this a day later I feel like it might be taken the wrong way. I am not implying that the OP is slow. My comment was purely meant to clarify where my way of explaining things comes from.

 

Oh my god, you're such a man-splainer!

 

There is nothing that you can do to the truck to increase GVWR. You do not have increased tow/haul capacity. In fact, everything that you have added to your truck has decreased your payload. Do not tow that trailer with your truck. You are grossly over weight.

 

Not a cheap option but another thought for you to take care of that tongue weight issue
https://racetoolsdirect.com/product-category/towing-tools/trailer-toad/

 

Here's a cheaper option...

 

And I don't know what everyone is so up in arms about. My buddy tows crazy weight with lesser trucks all the time!







Jokes aside, and another person mentioned it, be careful moving weight behind the trailer axle. If overdone, it could create lift on your truck's rear axle which IMO is more dangerous than overloading the tongue (unless done to the point the fronts are barely touching the ground). You probably already know all that, but in case others new to towing see this thread and haven't thought about it...

I wouldn't be real concerned if moving that locally (like 15 miles or so at 55mph limit), but for the long haul trips maybe consider renting a 3/4 or 1 ton truck? Could be cheap insurance in the grand scheme of things. Good luck, and safe travels!

 

Those Toyota techs should be fired..

 

I have an 18 foot travel trailer and I am on the limit with my payload with my 2 little ones , wife and dog in the truck.
Plenty of power towing , the problem with tundras always been with payload.
There is no way your tundra will be able to handle this trailer.

 

You can get a different hitch from curt with the proper capacity. But your truck doesn't legally have the capacity that the hitch is rated for.

 

Wow!

 

That's better. Thanks!

 

Very well stated.

 

Think the OP didn’t get the answer he wanted to hear so he isn’t coming back. But I bet he is still out there towing that trailer.

 

One good gust of wind and said trailer will quickly become toothpicks and scrap iron. Possibly a funeral or several funerals and a lawsuit, maybe even criminal charges. Just nuts IMO!

 

Yep. In my rv shopping, I’m trying to stay under 500 lb tongue weight to be able to carry people and gear. He thought 1500-1600 lbs was ok because he has airbags.

 

Many think bags are good, maybe if towing around the block. Let 1 fail at 60 mph with 900# on the hitch! Spooky indeed!

 

I didn't have that much on the pin at the time, but I did have that happen. Makes for a very sketchy ride. Had a 2005 Sequoia at the time, about 3 weeks later had a dodge 2500 megacab with the then new 6.7ltr Cummins.

Younger and much dumber at the time also.....

 

Payload is what kills ratings on new trucks, even my Ram 2500 only has a 2,380 payload capacity

 

GM manages around 3800 lbs in their 2500s...

 

Some Ram 2500's are rated at like 3600, just depends on configuration.... lol

 

Diesel engines are heavy, so if you want diesel AND payload you usually need a 1 ton.

 

This is my 6.6 gasser payload.......

 

I really don't think 90% of truck owners understand what GVWR means....... They only look at the tow rating. People see the tow rating of 10,200 pounds and magically think they are good And do not realize that the GVWR factors in to that.

The OP Has no business hooking that up to a 1/2 ton truck.

If I was moving that 3 miles down the road, on a country road, to a buddies hunting slip or something like that I would. Other than that, that is a way bigger truck job.

 

I don't think that's fair. Some people don't check in frequently. If he were to check back then he might just bail after these kinds of comments, though. I hope he comes back and can see that we are really just trying to share what we've learned through experience. We all have to start somewhere.