Travel trailer

Hello, new here. Have a 2015 Tundra crew max short bed 4x4 TRD with 5.7. What size camper can be pulled safely?? Thank you.

 

Hey there, welcome to the forums.

A good place to start is here on this section of these forums. https://www.tundras.com/forums/towing-hauling.53/ There's tons of information to browse through and see what others are towing. Along with how to determine your max capacity of towing.

 

@8post96, if you do a quick google search. It sates "When properly equipped with the available 5.7L V8, Tundra can tow over 10,000 lbs. 1 and haul more than 2,000 lbs."

I have a Sportsman 20' travel trailer (very light - I think its 4500#'s unloaded). The tundra pulls it with ease

 

The limiting factor will be your payload. As the weight of the hitch will overload the truck before you get to the max towing capacity.

For example my truck has a payload of 1440 (per the door jam sticker). If I wanted tow a 30' Airstream which weighs about ~7500 lbs, I'm very much within the stated towing capacity. However, the advertised tongue weight of said trailer is ~900lbs. That 900lbs + passengers + gear in the truck weighs over my 1440 payload.

We have a 17' Casita Spirit Deluxe, and have towed cross country. The Tundra never had an issue.

This is a good intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwFLOBrADBs

Edit: Never believe advertised tongue weights, they are always lower than in real life.

 

I pull a Lance 2285 with blue Sumo Springs in the rear of my 2wd, 5.7L and an Equalizer WDH. 650# tongue weight, probably close to 7,000# fully loaded. I would not recommend anything over 8,000# total. Rated to pull 10,000# but the 80% rule is a very good rule to follow. 10,000# requires a 3/4 or 1 ton truck imo.