Equalizer hitch on Taco 4wd V6?

2.) If you have a gross trailer weight that is within the limits, but the tongue is heavy, why not just shift the load a bit so the weight goes to the rear?

I suspect you are trying to tow from the bumper or the factory hitch, and you can get around the weight limits these two impose ou you. You have a Class 1 or Class 2 hitch, the Class 3 should do the trick. I'd roll the load a few inches towards the rear before I traded up on the hitch.

Jeff-- Sorry about the HTML post. I know better, but slipped up.

Actually, I have no hitch at all yet. And the trailer is a TrailManor camping trailer, so redistributing the weight--certainly a good thought on your part--isn't really an option. (Other than moving the can goods aft, or some such.)

I'll look into the Class 3 hitch you suggest. But do you know, after all, why Toyota discourages weight-equalizing hitches?

Thanks a million.

Dick

No idea. I'll check into it. I'd be looking at Trailer Life and the TL forums.

Weight distributing hitches, a.k.a. equalizer hitches*, pull down on some of the attachments of the hitch receiver as they lever up the back of the truck. If the truck's frame isn't make for this load, the hitch might pull loose.

All that said, here's the Draw-tite/Reese/HiddenHitch brands info for your truck where they list their receiver for a 5500# trailer if a weight distributing hitch is used (but I would't tow that much trailer with a taco...I feel that's a real-world max for a Tundra).

Ken

Hey, Ken, thanks a lot. Your advice about staying under--WAY under--the