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Tacoma towing a bayboat
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:26 pm
Anyone ever towed a 22-24' bay boat with a Tacoma? Max towing capacity for the TRD with a towing package is 6500 and I'm assuming my boat loaded is about 4000 (22' nautic star xts). Any thoughts or recs?
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:27 pm to magicman534
You can tow it for sure, now stopping on time is another question
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:28 pm to magicman534
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I'm assuming my boat loaded is about 4000 (22' nautic star xts
Seems a little light
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:29 pm to Purple Spoon
You'll be fine just slow down way sooner than you're used to
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:31 pm to magicman534
I have a 2012 v6 4x4 Tacoma. It pulled my 20 xpress no trailer brakes. It was about 3000lbs. It had the truck squatting pretty good and stopping was tough.
I loved the truck but had to move up to an f150 and that was one reason. I now have a frontier 2104 that's right at 4000 loaded. I wouldn't want that behind the Tacoma espically with no trailer brakes. Tacoma's rear spring are soft. You will want 4x4 pulling that heavy of a boat out of wet/steep ramps.
You will max out the GVWR ofnthe Tacoma before you reach 6500lbs. So don't use 6500 as your only unit of measure. Towing 1-1.5x the weight of a mid sized truck will get old
I loved the truck but had to move up to an f150 and that was one reason. I now have a frontier 2104 that's right at 4000 loaded. I wouldn't want that behind the Tacoma espically with no trailer brakes. Tacoma's rear spring are soft. You will want 4x4 pulling that heavy of a boat out of wet/steep ramps.
You will max out the GVWR ofnthe Tacoma before you reach 6500lbs. So don't use 6500 as your only unit of measure. Towing 1-1.5x the weight of a mid sized truck will get old
This post was edited on 5/3/17 at 5:38 pm
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:32 pm to magicman534
Let me know when and where you're towing and ill be sure to stay home.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:32 pm to magicman534
I towed a 22' sketter back in the day when I had mine. It squatted pretty good and had to give plenty room between cars to stop it but power wise it was fine.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:37 pm to SeaPickle
Thanks y'all confirmed by thoughts. I have a z71 now and it looks like I'll be sticking with a full size for my next truck
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