Taco vs Frontier: Your Thoughts, Please

[SouthPaw]

The newer Tacomas have a tow capacity of 6,400lbs IIRC.

[Ronin13]

My guess is that most people with smaller trucks (even the Dakota V6) don't really tow many trailers. I can only speak for myself, but I needed the bed for hauling firewood and misc building supplies, otherwise I would have bought an SUV; I imagine it's somewhat of a similar story for others.

[Monky]

The newer Tacomas have a tow capacity of 6,400lbs IIRC.

My friend pulled his Wake boat with a Taco once.. he then went out and bought an F250.. then a Dodge 2500... then a Tundra.. then back to the F250.. he's also a toyota mechanic

[Grant H.]

I did tow a '67 mustang on a flatbed trailer from Grand Junction to Denver in my Tacoma once. It did it...but I was struggling up Vail pass (downshift to second, redline, upshift, slow down til I could downshift again. Repeat) and it got dicey once when trying to slow down. I wouldn't want to do it on a regular basis.

I had a buddy buy a 26' camper and tow it with his Frontier. He towed it home from the dealer and then went and bought a 2500. He learned his lesson.

This was more my point.

You can technically pull a trailer with lots of things. That doesn't make it a good idea. A 67 mustang is 2600-2700lbs, and a trailer for it, depends on the trailer, probably 1500 or less. 4200lbs, well within the listed "towing capacity" of the truck, but towing it was to infer from Dave's post, not a good idea.

There is a LOT more that goes into towing something than whether you can hook it up and get it rolling. Tongue weight, pulling power, stopping power, suspension roll, frame strength, etc...

I'm not a "size queen" at all.

I have just spent too much time pulling a trailer to not get worried when I see people talking about towing with a little "run-about with a bed" truck. I've seen too many people have really poor outcomes from trying to pull something with the wrong vehicle.

Hopefully, Ronin's supposition of mostly needing the bed (not towing) with the mini-trucks is true.

[ColoradoTJ]

Best of both worlds.....



I have towed my flatbed with the 14' LB Sport. Not bad actually. It was only 4K lbs and did just fine.


So I am a Toyota fan boy, but I would buy a Nissan product in a NY minute.

[Grant H.]

My friend pulled his Wake boat with a Taco once.. he then went out and bought an F250.. then a Dodge 2500... then a Tundra.. then back to the F250.. he's also a toyota mechanic

Our wake boat and trailer is ~4700 no fuel/gear. Even the 1500 pickup seems undersized for it.

[ColoradoTJ]

This was more my point.

You can technically pull a trailer with lots of things. That doesn't make it a good idea. A 67 mustang is 2600-2700lbs, and a trailer for it, depends on the trailer, probably 1500 or less. 4200lbs, well within the listed "towing capacity" of the truck, but towing it was to infer from Dave's post, not a good idea.

There is a LOT more that goes into towing something than whether you can hook it up and get it rolling. Tongue weight, pulling power, stopping power, suspension roll, frame strength, etc...

I'm not a "size queen" at all.

I have just spent too much time pulling a trailer to not get worried when I see people talking about towing with a little "run-about with a bed" truck. I've seen too many people have really poor outcomes from trying to pull something with the wrong vehicle.

Hopefully, Ronin's supposition of mostly needing the bed (not towing) with the mini-trucks is true.

You our should post up some of your trailers Grant. Lol. They might understand. Ever sell your enclosed you had for sale on colorado4x4?

[ColoradoTJ]

My guess is that most people with smaller trucks (even the Dakota V6) don't really tow many trailers. I can only speak for myself, but I needed the bed for hauling firewood and misc building supplies, otherwise I would have bought an SUV; I imagine it's somewhat of a similar story for others.

I would have to agree. Most people that buy smaller trucks do not plan on towing much. The ones that do get very disappointed after 4500-5500 lbs if they even hit a hill.

[Grant H.]

You our should post up some of your trailers Grant. Lol. They might understand. Ever sell your enclosed you had for sale on colorado4x4?

I know, my trailer selection is a little different than most.

It did, finally, thankfully. It's nice to have it out of my driveway.

For reference:

Enclosed trailer I just sold off:
32' Enclosed Trailer, all steel construction...
0806151909 by ARNEWB, on Flickr

[ColoradoTJ]

That was such a good deal too. Glad it sold.