Saharicon
Adventurer
Hey guys. I am pretty new to Tacomas and I am less than week new to towing.
I purchased Jeff Lawrence's cargo trailer build last weekend.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/73403-Jeff-s-Cargo-Conversion
I started a thread in the trailer section, but it kind of went to talking all about tongue weight
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/137116-New-to-trailers-A-few-basic-questions
So I don't have time to get the exact tongue weight now or the resources near me, but it seems to be fairly heavy to me. (remember I am a towing newb, so I could be over reacting)
The rear end sags some and it feels a lot softer. So I am afraid to hit any trails with the stock suspension and so much weight on it. I did plan to do a full 3" suspension, but after buying the trailer somewhat unexpected. That is going to have to weight a little bit longer on funds.
So I have been doing some research on what I can do to the rear suspension to help this out. I have a couple questions though.
It looks like the Ride rite air bags are a big recommendation. If I installed airbags, would these not be able to be used once I did a full lift?
Also, I was looking at Icon, king, etc aftermarket bump stops. Would these help at all or am I thinking the wrong thing? These seem that they would be able to stay on once it is lifted as well.
Any other recommendations are also welcome. I want to beef up the rear suspension for towing, but also want to truck to keep its ride height while not towing.
Again. Truck is completely stock suspension wise right now. I believe Jeff said he thought the trailer was around 2100lbs in the build thread. The heavy part in the front of the trailer is probably the 200 amp hour AGM battery the solar charges. Worst case I guess I could relocate that over the axle.
Thanks for any help.
I purchased Jeff Lawrence's cargo trailer build last weekend.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/73403-Jeff-s-Cargo-Conversion
I started a thread in the trailer section, but it kind of went to talking all about tongue weight
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/137116-New-to-trailers-A-few-basic-questions
So I don't have time to get the exact tongue weight now or the resources near me, but it seems to be fairly heavy to me. (remember I am a towing newb, so I could be over reacting)
The rear end sags some and it feels a lot softer. So I am afraid to hit any trails with the stock suspension and so much weight on it. I did plan to do a full 3" suspension, but after buying the trailer somewhat unexpected. That is going to have to weight a little bit longer on funds.
So I have been doing some research on what I can do to the rear suspension to help this out. I have a couple questions though.
It looks like the Ride rite air bags are a big recommendation. If I installed airbags, would these not be able to be used once I did a full lift?
Also, I was looking at Icon, king, etc aftermarket bump stops. Would these help at all or am I thinking the wrong thing? These seem that they would be able to stay on once it is lifted as well.
Any other recommendations are also welcome. I want to beef up the rear suspension for towing, but also want to truck to keep its ride height while not towing.
Again. Truck is completely stock suspension wise right now. I believe Jeff said he thought the trailer was around 2100lbs in the build thread. The heavy part in the front of the trailer is probably the 200 amp hour AGM battery the solar charges. Worst case I guess I could relocate that over the axle.
Thanks for any help.