towing

I have a 1998 toyota tacoma 4-cylinder two wheel drive manual. I
would like to know if my truck would be able to pull a 5' by 8' u-haul
trailer, from salt lake to seattle.

[email]David.Strasser@gmail.com[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
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> I have a 1998 toyota tacoma 4-cylinder two wheel drive manual. I
> would like to know if my truck would be able to pull a 5' by 8' u-haul
> trailer, from salt lake to seattle.[/color]

David,

It could do so easily when it left the factory - towing cap is 3500 lbs
/ 350 lbs tongue wt. Assuming your 98 is in reasonable mechanical shape
you will have no problems. Keep it out of 5th gear.

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<David.Strasser@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 1998 toyota tacoma 4-cylinder two wheel drive manual. I
> would like to know if my truck would be able to pull a 5' by 8' u-haul
> trailer, from salt lake to seattle.
>[/color]

I'd make absolutely sure you had your gear lube changed before the trip, and
make sure your cooling system's in excellent shape. My only other comment
involves just one experience with a U-Haul trailer - one of the flat, open
ones - not the enclosed kind. I already had my own hitch on the truck, and
I'd been towing a boat without any trouble at all. The U-Haul trailer jerked
the truck all over the place in ways that definitely did NOT feel right.
(2002 Tacoma TRD - nice, stiff suspension). Fortunately, I only needed to
make two short local trips with it. When I returned it, a different guy came
out and said something about the hitch on the trailer being adjusted
incorrectly. Not sure how, but look out for that. I would NOT have wanted to
take that trailer on a highway.