Tow capacity

Didnt get one, havent got an owners manual with my rigs in years, I always have to buy really used.

According to cars.com all V-6 4Runners had a maximum trailer weight of 5,000 lbs. Are you sure you have 4:55 gears? For the V-6, either 3.91 or 4.10 was standard depending upon model. 4.10 and 4.30 were optional on V-6 models.

Ed

1200kgs braked trailer. 750Kg unbraked trailer,

Dunno what that is in pounds though sorry.

Used an online vin and RPO code converter and it said I had 4:55's.

1200 kg = 2645 lbs 750 kg = 1653 lbs

"Scotty" wrote:

4Runner would like to put a hitch on it and want to

that turns into 1600 and 3300 Lbs perspectivley. ty.

Huh?

sorry about the typo, im a night person awake during thed ay

Not just the typo, the arithmetic. 2.2 pounds per kilogram. 2640 lbs and

1650 lbs respectively.

My '95 4Runner V6/Auto had a max 3500 lbs. My '00 Ltd V6/Auto has a max

5000 lbs. These are weights from the manual.

Ron

My guide says 3,500lbs ('93 3L SR5 Auto).

But there is no way in the world my 4Runner has (or every had) the power to pull that kind of load on anything but a local non-highway trip. I have and pull around a boat/trailer that weighs right at

2,000 and add to that a backend full of stuff and well my 3.0L 150 HP motor is breathing really hard.

I just got back from a 1,800 mile trip two weeks ago. Half of that drive was pulling a 1,300 lbs camper with about 500 lbs of gear. Going 60 on the flat was a moderately hard push... went down to 8 mpg at that load and speed. Going over 60 mph on the flat was a full throttle foot-in-floor task. A main observation for me was that I could not really overcome the wind factor of the camper with just 150 hp unless had a down hill or tailwind. Pulling something with a really low wind profile would be a different matter.

And what about stopping with 3,500 lbs of extra weight behind? That has got to be at least 75% of your GVW. Stopping length will be double... and if you need a panic stop... well it might be safer to jump out of the window.

In my opinion with experience pulling 2,000lbs boat/trailer.... or unless you plan on not going over 50 mph or stick with comparatively local trips... I would recommend you not get anywhere close to the max of your towing capacity.

Dave-in-Denver

Any trailer I will be pulling will be less then 75 miles and will have trailer brakes. I appreciate all the responces. I know my mileage will drop when pulling and my prefered camper would be a pop up ( less wind resistance ). thank you for all your imputs.