tundra owners roll call

[v8only]

So i did some searching and seems like alot of you have traded 1/2, 3/4 and one tons in for the Tundra. What made you do it? I currently drive and tow with my 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 5.3 w/ 3:73s and have over loaded it a few times and it has never let me down it will always bring me home safely i never sagged out the back or bent the frame when looking at the body lines, im looking into getting something new and i think i want to try the Tundra out but one image always stick out in my head, i was on the highway being passed by a Tundra towing a flat bed with a cavalier on it and the body lines were so out of level from the box back compared to the front half, i was shocked!

And i look online and found this picture of the same thing:



now is there something wrong with these trucks that would make them sag like this or do they all do this?

Thanks

 

[JLinder]

I have a 2008 with the 5.7. My only complaint is the rear suspension is a little soft but a properly balanced load is no problem. Lots of power, good handling and awesome brakes. I think an airbag kit would be the ticket but haven't really needed it yet.

 

[oldnslo]

08 regular cab 8 ft bed with 5.7. It replaced a GMC Sierra 1500. I would say they both handled tongue weight in a similar fashion. I have 11 square of architectural shingles in the bed and it never hit the hard stops. Sales ticket said 2729 lbs. This was all loaded on one skid that was roughly centered over the rear axle. I have hauled my Branson 2400H with FEL & MMM on my single axle 77 x 10' trailer. I was more worried about the trailer being over loaded than I was about the truck.

 

[deerefan]

Just bought a 2013 Crew Max 2wd with the 5.7 and max tow. Have not towed with it yet. It had the most standard options for the $ that were important to us vs the other 3. The room did not compare. So far we really like it.

 

[Patches]

I have an '07, 5.7, Double cab, 4X4 that I traded my '05 Ford, Lariat, 5.4 in on. The Ford was never what I expected it to be; everyone bragging up the 5.4, 3 valve Triton. The Tundra has turned out to be more than I had hoped for. I tow two antique pulling tractors to fairs and other meets; one weighs 3500lbs and the other weighs 5500lbs. That's 9,000lbs of tractors on a 14,000lb Bri-Mar trailer that I have no idea what it weighs; I would guess around 4000+lbs, which would put the total somewhere near 13,000lbs. The load doesn't seem to bother the truck at all. I load the lighter Farm All upfront and nestle the Ford 960 on the rear of the trailer over the axles. I've 94,000 on the clock with nothing more than routine maintenance, 10,000 mile oil changes on synthetic oil and have never added between changes. Maybe I got an exceptional one, but I'm more than satisfied with mine

 

[Diamondpilot]

I have an '07, 5.7, Double cab, 4X4 that I traded my '05 Ford, Lariat, 5.4 in on. The Ford was never what I expected it to be; everyone bragging up the 5.4, 3 valve Triton. The Tundra has turned out to be more than I had hoped for. I tow two antique pulling tractors to fairs and other meets; one weighs 3500lbs and the other weighs 5500lbs. That's 9,000lbs of tractors on a 14,000lb Bri-Mar trailer that I have no idea what it weighs; I would guess around 4000+lbs, which would put the total somewhere near 13,000lbs. The load doesn't seem to bother the truck at all. I load the lighter Farm All upfront and nestle the Ford 960 on the rear of the trailer over the axles. I've 94,000 on the clock with nothing more than routine maintenance, 10,000 mile oil changes on synthetic oil and have never added between changes. Maybe I got an exceptional one, but I'm more than satisfied with mine

Nope, you got the average one. I looked hard at the Tundra in 08 but ended up with a Nissan Titan. Like you I came out of a 07 FX4 F150. It was a great truck but compared to the Titan it lagged behind.

The locking Dana axles with Detroits in them sold me on the Titan and if Toyota would have offered a lockers I probably would have ended up with a Tundra.

So far no issues other then a recall on my Titan and one burt out tail light, $4. Its got 80,000 miles and more than 50,000 of them are pulling 7,500 to 10,000# with no complaints.

Chris

 

[Patches]

Yer right about the lockers; I wish Toyota had used some type of limited slip/lockers instead of taking that mousey ALSD system from Lexus. Having said that, I've never been in a situation I couldn't get out of, and I've been in some cockers, especially with my snowmobile trailer

 

[lutt]

TRD toyotas have electric operated locker in the rear activated by a switch on the cab.LlUTT

 

[Diamondpilot]

TRD toyotas have electric operated locker in the rear activated by a switch on the cab.LlUTT

Not in the Tundra when I was looking. They did in the Tacoma.

Chris

 

[Bob77064]

This is my 07 5.7 double cab 4x4. It has over 136k miles, the only repair was a replaced water pump @ 86k miles. I agree the ALSD is worthless and it only works in two wheel drive.