New Vehicle, Tacoma or 4Runner?

[Kermit]

This topic has been so beat...

Tacoma if you want a wash down cargo area and you haul wood, wet dogs, greasy car parts, leaking garbage bags, etc

4 runner is a much nicer driver...less cargo room...

Why we have both a truck and a SUV.

Haul dirty, grab the truck, haul people, grab the SUV, want to haul arse grab one of the motos...

... but no trailer will substitute a truck bed.

Sure it will. I have a nice 1 ton 5X8 trailer beats the heck out of my 6' Taco bed. Awfully nice to fetch a load firewood, sheets of plywood/drywall, making dump runs, moving furniture, hauling motos....what have you. So it is like having a fullsize truck bed, without the hassle of owning a fullsize truck.

[p nut]

...Sure it will. I have a nice 1 ton 5X8 trailer beats the heck out of my 6' Taco bed. Awfully nice to fetch a load firewood, sheets of plywood/drywall, making dump runs, moving furniture, hauling motos....what have you. So it is like having a fullsize truck bed, without the hassle of owning a fullsize truck.

Like I said, my opinion. I've had my share of trailers. Trailers are nice, and you can definitely load up a trailer much like a truck bed. However: 1) It's not convenient dragging a trailer around, especially in traffic or off-road (ie, I usually go over bumps and washboards with no second thought, but with a trailer, it's turtle mode). 2) Extra maintenance. 3) Gas mileage drop. 4) Storage--my driveway is small. It'd be a tight squeeze with the trailer and would get in the way more than being useful. I also notice I drive a lot differently when I have the trailer in the back--slower, neurotic, frustrated, as I can't manuver the truck as well. (I can never be a big rig driver!)

But I am fortunate to have both an SUV and truck, so don't really have to decide.

[Kermit]

Like I said, my opinion. I've had my share of trailers. Trailers are nice, and you can definitely load up a trailer much like a truck bed. However: 1) It's not convenient dragging a trailer around, especially in traffic or off-road (ie, I usually go over bumps and washboards with no second thought, but with a trailer, it's turtle mode). 2) Extra maintenance. 3) Gas mileage drop. 4) Storage--my driveway is small. It'd be a tight squeeze with the trailer and would get in the way more than being useful. I also notice I drive a lot differently when I have the trailer in the back--slower, neurotic, frustrated, as I can't manuver the truck as well. (I can never be a big rig driver!)

But I am fortunate to have both an SUV and truck, so don't really have to decide.

Yeah, all personal needs and wants. Thank goodness I have RV parking on my lot. Have an amazing amount of outdoor space for being in the middle of town.

I grew up in the construction business...so pulling a trailer is a no brainer. Actually feel a little lost without one. My little 5X8 feels like nothing compared to towing a 21,000 lbs. crawler loader, with a Tri-Axle dump.


I would like to mount a set of trailing arms and ditch the leaf springs so it will be smoother down wash boards.

[p nut]

Are you one of those people that can back up a trailer into the driveway without pulling forward at least 3 times? If so, I hate you.

[Kermit]

Are you one of those people that can back up a trailer into the driveway without pulling forward at least 3 times? If so, I hate you.

yes, and around corners.


We had a dogleg curve at our old shop that I got plenty of practice on.

I will say this...smaller the trailer the more squirrelly it is backing up.