Help! Need Real World Towing Experiences with Tundra 5.7 4x4

[TwoTrick]

Thanks for the insight, everyone. Thought Id add that I have 33s and leveling kit on truck. Tires are BFG all terrains. Think I'll have issues with tires/lift other than less mpg?

[Camper_bob]

Originally Posted by TwoTrick

Thanks for the insight, everyone. Thought Id add that I have 33s and leveling kit on truck. Tires are BFG all terrains. Think I'll have issues with tires/lift other than less mpg?

The leveling kit will probably give you grief unless you stiffen up the rear suspension (like with Roadmaster Active Suspension or Hellwig add on springs, I don't care for air bags). When you put the weight in the back of the truck it'll squat and the headlights will point up. Trouble is that with a 5er, there's no way to distribute that weight off the drive axle to the steer axle to level it out, so you have to use suspension to do it.

Also, if your lift is an off-road suspension lift, designed for longer suspension travel needed in off-road applications that will exacerbate the problem; your truck will squat that much more.

[TwoTrick]

Thanks again for the good info. It amazes me how big and nice some of the TTs are. Most of todays TTs are larger and much nicer than my apartment in college.

[Camper_bob]

Originally Posted by TwoTrick

Thanks again for the good info. It amazes me how big and nice some of the TTs are. Most of todays TTs are larger and much nicer than my apartment in college.

Right?! Nicer by a long shot over some of the places I lived as a bachelor! And I'm not even talking about the really high end rigs!