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UncleShiloh

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The Little Bride and I stays over in Foat Wuth. Early 60's on both counts. Been retired nearly two years and been sorta wasting awav from sitting around too much. We started in Rv'ing many moons ago when the kids were little with a tent camper..then a 28' hard shell bumper pull..which sit still way too much. Still have a runnable 77 model 20' Ford Class C Leprechaun which aint been cranked in a few years. It makes a great place to store stuff. We are currently leaning toward getting back in the swing of things. We have a nearly new half ton Toyota Tundra pickup truck which appears to be built like a dump truck..seems mighty solid..come equipped with tow package..transmission coolers etc.  Can pull 10 k max supposedly but everybody say stay as much under max as possible. Thinking the best bang for the buck may be a not real heavy 5th wheel with one slide.  Have a goal of spending at least a week or two in Texas's most NW County aka Colarada when it starts heating up in God's Country for the summer time. Give us some input here. Thanks.
 
Hi Uncle Shiloh and welcome to The RV Forum.

Do you have the actual tow rating for that Tundra or are you going by the tv ads? Not all Tundras are configured for 10k tow rating, so check the specific rating for yours.  2013 models have ratings from 8100-9800 lbs with the tow package, based on the more rigorous J2807 towing standard, but earlier models had a higher rating because the tow ratings were more guesswork than back then. I think the 5.7L engine is needed for the top rating.

A further consideration for a 5W is the truck payload. A 5W puts a lot of weight on the hitch (20-25% of the total trailer weight), so a half ton often runs out of payload before reaching the tow rating. A 6000 lb 5W will put 1200-1500 lbs on the hitch, which probably exceeds what the Tundra can handle when passenger, hitch and gear weight is included.

If the truck is a given, then you need to get the exact payload and tow capacity numbers and then look around to see what trailers will be viable with it. And see if you like any of them.  Otherwise, look around to see what trailer suits your fancy and then shop for a truck that can handle it.
 
Gary RV Roamer said:
Hi Uncle Shiloh and welcome to The RV Forum.

Do you have the actual tow rating for that Tundra or are you going by the tv ads? Not all Tundras are configured for 10k tow rating, so check the specific rating for yours.  2013 models have ratings from 8100-9800 lbs with the tow package, based on the more rigorous J2807 towing standard, but earlier models had a higher rating because the tow ratings were more guesswork than back then. I think the 5.7L engine is needed for the top rating.

A further consideration for a 5W is the truck payload. A 5W puts a lot of weight on the hitch (20-25% of the total trailer weight), so a half ton often runs out of payload before reaching the tow rating. A 6000 lb 5W will put 1200-1500 lbs on the hitch, which probably exceeds what the Tundra can handle when passenger, hitch and gear weight is included.

If the truck is a given, then you need to get the exact payload and tow capacity numbers and then look around to see what trailers will be viable with it. And see if you like any of them.  Otherwise, look around to see what trailer suits your fancy and then shop for a truck that can handle it.

Hey Gary. Thanks for that scoop on the Toyoter. Its a 2011 with 5.7 engine 2wd full cab short bed.  After a brief amount of research in the owners manuel read where its not configured for pulling a Fifth Wheel. Guess the bed is just too short. That should simplify the trailer choices a bit..lol.
 
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