hilux towing capacity

I think so.
What does the plate on your towbar say for towing capacity?
What does your driver handbook say for towing capacity?

cheers

4wd??? think they do 2.8t.

yea well Lex the specs say tow max 2250 which makes me fully loaded by the time i load up with gear .not having towed a van bfore is this ok?rgds Phil

I have towed an off road camper trailer GVM of approx 1t with the 3L TD for a number of years and trips

Handles that weight Ok when maintaing a constant highway speed or travelling off road....for example that combination has done the GRR, Great Central and around the Alice.........Rudall River NP several times and most of the Beadell tracks

there has been times on those trips when I could have done with more grunt..particularly in the sandy sections and river xings..but driven sensibly and knowing your vehicle and limitations we have always come home and never had any serious issues with that combinbation of vehicle and weight

on the highway and needing power and response to pass is another issue and a passing a road train needs planning and a 2 way conversation with the truckie before you attempt...the wind vacumm you get when sitting behind him is a false sense of how much power you have when you get out along side!...we always ask them and state we need a long safe run well foward...they have the better view than us at our ground level and we wait until called around

having said that ours is a safe combination driven within its boundaries

to tow the weight you are talking about I would definately not contemplate it...not only the extra weight but the profile and wind drag of the van would be unwise and in my opinion unsafe

PS we have upgraded to the 4.5 TD V8 and now look forward to the passing of road trains it is like a jet engine compared to the previous years !

regards

bungurra




however for safety in overtaking or if / when a fast response of power is required it is not there!

I tow a 2000Kg ATM off road van with my current model 3LTD Hilux, does it OK but yes you have to plan passing, not heaps in reserve. But they auto transmission cooling problems. Toyota Aust. know about it but refuse to do anything about it. So I could get away on holiday have fitted after market oil cooler at my dealers recommendation, Toyota will not pay for but have written that this will not effect my warranty. Not sure if the 2250Kg towing capacity is realistic. Toyota Aust. have several complaints and I queried other owners on our trip and it is a problem. They will not act as the number of complaints is a very small percentage of vehicles sold. I said if you are only getting the bread and milk or towing the garden trailer it won't be a problem, it's when you load up for a trip.
Ian.