Will A Lifted Tacoma Be Up For The Challenge Towing A Camper For Such A Great Distance
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- This will be our first long haul in our 2016 Toyota Tacoma. We are towing a 2019 No Boundaries Camper to Canada in the Providence of New Brunswick. Our plans are going to be to stay at Fundy National Park for a couple of nights before heading on to Novia Scotia. The journey will start at Kentucky and were going to make only one stop so we can spend more time exploring Canada.
Hey man, I saw the St Martins sea caves on your thumbnail and thought I'd check out your video, I live in New Brunswick and am always riding in the Sussex area. I also have the same truck as you but I believe yours is newer (mines 2017) the Taco's are awesome trucks, not the best for towing/fuel economy but it was nice to see you pulling a decent size trailer, I'm actually thinking of doing the same now that I have two kids. Anyway I'm hoping there is a Pt2to this video. Cheers ! and thanks for visiting.
We really enjoyed your area so much and plan on returning as soon as possible. The border crossing was terrible though. That is going to be our next video then after that I will have a Fundy video. We also discovered your awsome covered bridges while on our adventures. That video will be coming down the pike. If you have any questions about camping or campers don't hesitate to ask.
Maybe add some info like- How heavy is the trailer.-What were your transmission temps_ What did your MPG equate to...?
That is something I need to improve on. The wieght of the trailer is 3500 dry and the Tacoma tows 6500 with a payload of 1000. Sad to say I don't have transmission temp but over 60 miles an hour I was getting around 8 to 10 miles per gallon depending on the grade of hills. Then under 60 I was getting above 12 miles to the gallon. The truck does really well on back roads. Dead stop hill climb not so much.
Definitely get a Scangauge 2!
Monitor oil temp, coolant temp,transmission pan temp and transmission converter temp.
Elect ECT mode to in the Taco.
Is Scangauge 2 the one you recommend? We wanted to get one before our trip but couldn't decide which one was best. Sad to say I just figured what that switch was lol. 😆
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Any new Scangauge 2 with the latest software work in the Tacoma.
If you go to their website, all the codes are there.
Very easy job and extremely useful data when towing.
Have you checked out the overland tailor tune? Makes a world of difference best 500.00 a guy can spend on the tacoma in My opinion "honestly who care about my opinion " lol but it's amazing
Thank you I will definitely look into that. How does it affect your gas mileage?
@notaboutthedestination5693 depends on how you drive does not really change alot . It can improve a little It more or less re-tunes your shift points on your ecu making it feel more powerful there are a lot of reviews online they can probably explain better then me
best wishes .
Do you have a tune on you taco? Or is it stock ?
I thought I responded twice but it seems to disappear. It is stock!
I like camping
Camping is great👍
What’s the year and mileage of your Tacoma?
It's a 2016 with 100 000 miles on it.
We towed our 5500lbs travel trailer with our Toyota Sequoia over the years no problems... I'm sure the Tacoma will be fine as long as it's under the tow capacity and hitch limit.. and we weren't even sure about our hitch weight most of the time😂 it's been 5 yrs. Great vehicles Toyotas are. Will never get another make ever again.
That's good to hear about your Sequoia. We hope to get a lot of use out of our Tacoma. We plan on driving up to Alaska next summer so we will be putting a lot of miles on it.