chuckFF5
Roanoke, Virginia
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My thoughts exactly Irak. His Tocoma is a crew cab (4 door) long bed 4x4. NO kids or dogs, just him and the wife and I doubt they would use it more that 3 or 4 times a year, so they probably wouldnt have it that loaded.
2003 Ford F250 crew cab 6.0 PSD
2006 Escape (DW'S)
2006 Palomino Puma 282 rkss
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PApopup
Glen Rock, PA, USA
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Got 2 years towing with our Coachmen Ultra-Light. Loaded (and weighed) we come in around 4800 pounds. I keep the speed down and out of overdrive and we do ok. The Tacoma is a great truck. For me, I tow 5 to 6 trips a year so a major focus was regular daily trips which I can get above 21 MPG on a regular basis. A bigger truck would be great, but the lower MPG would be a big drag. There are a lot of trailers out there that match up well with the Tacoma. Hardest part is finding the floorplan. After that it is just a numbers search for the trailer weight, tongue weight, and length.
Bob, Kim, Gabby, & Matt
2007 Coachmen Captiva 269 QBH 
2006 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab 4X4 
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Sunbird
Geezerville Arizona
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With slide-outs you get additional empty floor space and additional weight to haul.
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Bumpyroad
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Sunbird wrote:With slide-outs you get additional empty floor space and additional weight to haul.
yes, but psychologically they add so much "room", much better impression of "size". I mean, back in 94/95 or whenever they added 6 inches to width out to 8 1/2 ft. those felt so much "bigger".
it's more than just adding x square ft. IMHO
bumpy
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