What do you TOW with your Tundra?

Towed a new toy home a few weeks back. Super impressed with how it towed with the falcon shocks. 70mph cruise set no sway. Passed everything except the gas stations. Not sure on weight but guessing around 7k for tractor and trailer.

 

As pointed out, that trailer is causing a huge issue. Here is my boat that weighs about 1,500 lbs more…

 

If you can back up the trailer with the lights disconnected and not hear the trailer brakes screaming it means your brakes are not working at all.

 

I took it as sarcasm, but... one could go in reverse without being plugged in and the brakes locking up, just put the special key in the tongue to prevent the brakes from engaging.

 

A 43 ft goose neck that hauls fencing supplies, a barbed-wire fencing machine, and a 4-wheeler. Half the time the fencing machine is swapped out for a skid steer with attachments when only a few posts need to be replaced. Fixing fence is not my favorite chore.

 

Pulling a 2019 Imagine 29RL so just under 34 feet overall, 7400 lbs dry, 800lbs on the pin, never load water and minimal gear in the truck. Tugger is a 2017 limited crewmax, 2nd stage chip, cold air intake, bilstein 5100's in the back added a TRD rear sway bar and roadmaster active suspension. This pic is before the mods but now it sits nice and level and up here in Ontario keep it between 55-60mph. between 9 and 12 mpg depending which way the wind is blowing............. cuz its never calm after I hook up former Class A driver in a former life hauling max weight 136000lb in Canada....

 

I dig those trailer fenders! Nice touch.

 

Picture from when I dropped it off at the storage lot the other day.

 

Here is out rig in the mountains

 

Sumo springs before the next trip.If you have any experience with these please let me know how you like them.Thanks all

 

I put a Wheeler's add-a-leave in my spring pack, a Hellwig EZ-990 on top and the black Sumosprings on ours. Hitch is 935# and only sagged an inch without WDH. I use the Anderson WDH and brought the back up the lost inch and nudged the front back down to within 1/4-inch unloaded. Towed through the state park between Plummer and St Maries Idaho just fine in S4 and Tow/Haul.

 

Great,thanks so much for the info brother .Was going to do the blue but black is probably better for this beast of a trailer.Im averaging 11.6 mpg ,not tooo bad

 

How NOT to tow with your Tundra
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CehbkUcj9MM/

 

Wow. Impressive, but that trailer (3 axles) is likely 14,000# or more. Bed looks like its bending down. Not a good setup.

 

Don't have an account to view it.

 

^^ It's okay. He has a transmission cooler.

 

Dang. Sorry. I thought it was a public video. I'm not good with Instagram or Facebook stuff.

 

You're not good? You're a genius compared to me.

 

Oh jeeez. Thanks for the picture. Gotta help us old farts out .

 

That's enough wood to build a space shuttle....and heat Johnson Space Center for the entire mission!

 

I really like mine. I went with the black ones. I did not notice any decrease in ride quality when unloaded. (I'm never fully unloaded with the cap). I installed them when I was just renting trailers, so I don't have a "before" perspective.

My trailer is likely not as heavy as yours.

This was before I finished setting up the wdh.


This weekend, not hooked up:

 

Spent a week mountain biking with my family. EVO T2360, probably about the largest trailer I would personally want to tow with my truck.

 

Not anywhere close to capacity but my buddy bought a 1967 StarCraft with the original ‘68 (yes) 40hp Evinrude and original seats. Thing was absolutely mint. Owner said “it lived a charmed life”.

So we drove a couple of hours into the mountains yesterday to pick it up.
As expected, the ole shopping cart pulled her fine.

 

As soon as I saw the bow, Starcraft was the first thought I had. That combo will shit n git. If that motor was well cared for and you use real gas with synthetic oil it will last many more years. The boat? You're never going to kill it. That era Starcraft was the golden era for aluminum boats.

 

@Retired...finally

yeah it was a great find on his part. Everything was well maintained. I don’t have YouTube but the video the guy sent of the motor running made it sound like a 4 stroke.
He bought it from the 2nd owner. 1st owner took immaculate care of it obviously. Second owner continued that (for 7 years) and decided that he wanted to find one in rough shape and restore it. Plus had another boat he was working on (in first pic). Gotta pick your mornings to use it as things could get bumpy quick but serendipitous find, fun drive/trip yesterday.

 

Get bumpy quick? Oh yeah. I have a 5 meter Alumicraft with a Honda 45 and it beats me up in anything but the smoothest water. The Starcraft being a much better hull design will ride better than my Alumicraft but it's still going to slap pretty hard. Good times, those older boats.

 

I just tow my two boats.

 

Helped my friend tow a mini kubota excavator he was renting for some work in his backyard

 

How is this possible? I was always told a 30ft was too heavy as far as tongue weight, Whats your setup? Currently in the market for a 25-27ft Airstream.