I will just put in my $.02 here that my brother had a Nissan pickup,
supposed to have had a heavy-duty bumper, had a hitch built into it,
supposed to have been rated heavy enough to tow a loaded u-haul trailer
(he checked all the weights), but halfway down I5 in California, not any
unusual strain on it, he happened to pull into a gas station and saw
that the bumper was twisted and had been about to pull off from the
truck. The welder who put a new bumper on that afternoon said the old
one didn't have the reinforcing internal struts it was supposed to have
and it was a wonder it had gone as far as it had. Others have had good
experiences with the lighter weight tow vehicles but I would just
caution, watch out for the phrase "supposed to have" and be skeptical
about weight ratings unless you know that vehicle has in fact towed
those weights without a problem. The trucks that are being discussed
here are somewhat heavier than his Nissan, but it was supposed to be
capable of doing what he was doing, and it wasn't.
--Sarah
phil patterson wrote:
>
> My wife (then girlfriend) had a Toyota 4Runner V6 that we used to pull a
> small utility trailer from Tx. to Co. about 5 trips. The head gaskets went
> bad, Now Toyota has had to have a recall on them because of a defect in
> their V6. Also a rear wheel bearing went bad, and if I had not interveined
> at the dealership and helped them fix it, we would still be there. I believe
> the 4Runner had a 5000 lb. tow rating, but with that small trailer the trans
> shifted a million times and struggled on hills. We pull my A\S with a 93
> Crown vic, or a new Chevy truck. The CV is rated at 5000 lbs also and does a
> good job with the 24 ft. TW. It usually makes 15 to 16 mpg pulling the A/S,
> about what the 4Runner made by itself, no trailer. You are better off
> getting a real tow vehicle not a "Toy".
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