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Tundra needs sterioids
My Tundra runs like a scalded cat, even at a mile above sea level and more.
I can top the tallest passes around here (7000 feet) with a tractor in tow at 70 mph with some throttle left. It has had zero warranty claims at 1.5 years and 17k miles. I be a very satisfied customer.
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Speaking of one tons. I have been feuding with the local United Rental.
Even though the Tundra is rated for a 7000+ pound tow load they absolutely refuse to rent me anything with two axles.
Just yesterday I went there to get a dump trailer to haul firewood. The trailer had a max GVWR of 7000 pounds and I had no intention of loading it anywhere near that figure.
They refused to rent to me, saying I had to have a 3/4 ton truck. I offered to show them the owners manual and they said it was sales hype and wouldn't believe it anyway.
I asked for a written policy stating the definition of 3/4 ton truck and they got real mad and told me to come back when I had 8 bolts on each wheel.
My parting shot was to ask what they were going to do when the first Nissan Titan (9000+ pound tow rating)owner came through the door. They replied if it is a Ford, Dodge or Chevy and starts with a "2" it is ok, ANYTHING else is a 1/2 ton and doesn't leave with any tandem axle trailer.
It really ticked me off because I have been cutting firewood for a month into 80-100 pound chunks, planning to use the FEL and a dump trailer to get it home. Now I am humping big chunks up and over the side of the pick-up and unloading it by hand.
We will see if Toyota puts more than 6 lug bolts on each wheel. That is what these idiots think constitutes a 3/4 or one ton truck. Lunatics!
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Chief: I wish there were competitors. It's about 25 miles to another rental yard and he counts lug nuts too. Says it's the insurance that makes him do it.
So you can drive into these places with a 60's something PU with a smoking straight six, 3 on the tree, drum brakes on all four corners and bias ply tires and 8 lug nuts, and drive out with a two axle trailer, no questions asked.
And they refuse to rent to the following.
Tundra numbers:
Curb weight........ 4262
Payload............ 1938
GVRW.................6200
Towing capacity..... 7200
GCWR.............. 11,800
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Murf, I think the four tons per cord number is pretty close.
I have been hauling about 1/5 of a cord at a time in the Tundra (6 feet of bed space, stacked bed high), and that sets it down on it's overload springs. I'm guessing that is 1500-1600 pound load.
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I'm just tired of handling each piece several times and I would be happy just to haul 1/2 cord at a time.
My plan would have been to put about twice as much wood in the trailer as I can get in the truck. That would have given me a 5000-5500 pound tow load, about all I care to haul on a ball hitch.
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