amxpress
Clayton, NC
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Spade,
I don't know about the Jayco 218, but my 4 Liter Tacoma pulls my Jayco 213 just fine. I know it's back there, but I can cruise at 60-65 mph and get 12-13 mpg. It works for DW & I, occasionally bringing my DD and hide her one of the front bunks. It's light enough and your Tundra would have no problem with it. I have a friend with a 4.7 Tundra that pulls a Jayco 29X.
There are plenty of TT's out there that will work. Shop around and see what fits your needs, and your Tundra's.
You'll find a lot of naysayers on here, you don't need a 1 Ton diesel to have a good time RV'n.
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babyj
Oregon
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We tow our jayco with our 4.7 Dakota.It is a smaller trailer than you are looking at,but we load heavy with 5 people,gear,ect.On the truck scales we are about 10500-11000 lbs combined.No complaints.Go as fast as we want and the ride is good.We just got back from a week long trip.986 miles from the williamete valley south to crater lake,up through the cascades and back.Lots of steep grades.Averaged 12.2 mpg for the trip.
2006 DODGE DAKOTA QUADCAB 2WD 4.7 V8 WITH FACTORY TOW PAKAGE,LIMITED SLIP REAR END WITH 3.92 GEARS,FLOWMASTER DUAL SYSTEM, VOYAGER BRAKE CONTROLER,LINEX BEDLINER,ROLLIN ON 20INCH MILANNI WHEELS WITH 265/50VR20 TOYO PROXES ST TIRES PULLIN 2005 JAYCO 19H
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Camper-Man
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We towed a 5,950 lb (certified weight) Outback 26RS with a Toyota Sequoia, same engine and transmission, for one season. We were close (but not over) the gross combined weight, and that trailer was far too heavy for the Sequoia to tow comfortably. (The Sequoia was rated to pull 6,200 lbs.) After three trips towing the Outback (300-400 miles rountrip each) we blew the transmission at 60,000 miles. The 4.7L is a great engine -- smoother and more refined than the 6.0L I now have in my Avalanche. But I was never comfortable towing the Outback, even though technically the Sequoia was rated to pull that load.
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i5
Washington State
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I don't have that vehicle but I have a Jeep Wrangler with a 4.0L and it can tow a small shadow crusier but it's really too short for safety. I have a Dodge truck now with V8 and that's the ticket, I don't know it's back there now.
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willise
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We tow a Jayco 254 with a 4.7L V8 Grand Cherokee. We haven't had a problem in the last 5 trips we have been out. We have more than enough power for the hills in Eastern Canada and when it is windy, you can feel the trailer moving a little, but I wouldn't call it sway. All in all, it does very well.
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Liriope
Sun City AZ 85351
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I have a 2002 Tundra SR5 rated to tow 7000lbs+. I have a coachman weighing 4228 lbs plus I added about 500 lbs of supplies. I towed on the freeway at 65 to 70 with no problems. I also towed through the Ozarks mountains with no problems other than oviously slower up the hills. Stay under around 5000lbs and you should be ok. My last trip was over 700 miles one way.
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fivecodys
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Spade Cooley wrote:I have a 4.7 Lt. Tundra, 2005 model and suspect it is not up to towing very much. Does anyone out there have any experience using this as a tow vehicle? I have the 4 W/D with crew cab and it gives a tow rating of 6700. I might be out of luck and need to ditch the truck.
Yes it can pull a trailer. I did it for 2 years with mine. I pulled my 25' TT all over the place. In the hills is where you will find it's shortcomings. My trailer is about 6,200 pounds loaded and that little V-8 was working hard in the hills but it still never caused me to hold up traffic. I pulled the 6% grades on HWY 41 at 55 mph. If I got behind a slow semi then I was dead. It just didn't have the umph to get back up to speed.
I usually ran in 3rd gear at 3200 to 4,000 rpm's in the hills. That sounds bad but this little v-8 is made for high rev's. It never overheated or cooked the tranny fluid. It's a very good truck.
It was pulling at my tundra's max capacity and some here don't think that's wise. You will need a good weight distribution hitch and a brake controller.
Be wary of the salespeople at the dealerships. Those bone heads will tell you that you can pull anything and it's just not true.
There are some really good light weight trailers out there that you can pull safely. You just need to do your homework and math.
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Matthmobile
Toledo, OH
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We just pulled our KZ 240BH through the pennsylvania turnpike with our '03 Seqouia. We caravaned with another family ('27 Salem, PSD Excursion). We were probably at about 5000lbs. The Diesel Excursion always pulled away from me on the uphill climbs but I still managed to catch up. We did 70mph most of the time. I was leary about how our Seqouia would performed but in the end I was very pleased.
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geneowens
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I had a 2000 Toyota Tundra 4X4 Reg Cab with the 4.7 and towed a Starcraft fiver weighing around 4400 pounds with no problem. I suggest the small fiver over a TT. The fiver is much more stable and safer IMHO. Fiver actually gives you more space as well since its stated length is actual and the TTs include length of the tongue.
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JayFlightFlyer
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geneowens wrote: Fiver actually gives you more space as well since its stated length is actual and the TTs include length of the tongue.
My experience has been the opposite. My TT is over 31' total length.
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