Towing Capacity LX450 vs 80 series

case2005 · 07-12-08, 10:36 PM

I was doing some research on autotrader comparing the LX450 to the 80 series. There site lists the LX 450 towing capacity at 5000 lbs and the 80 series (same year 1997) at 3500 lbs. Can anybody explain the difference to me?
thanks

The Nak · 07-12-08, 11:13 PM

No difference, the LX450 IS an 80 series.

Nak

The Nak · 07-12-08, 11:14 PM

Oh, and the towing cap is 5000#.

Nak

NorCalDoug · 07-12-08, 11:28 PM

as mentioned already -- they're the same.

tow rating pretty much blows, IMO.

case2005 · 07-12-08, 11:35 PM

That's what I thought, thanks for the feedback. The autotrader site must have some bad info on it. I am looking to pick up a LC or a 450, I want to pull a boat and wanted to make sure there wasn't something substantially different about the two before buying one.

jamie_scotland · 07-13-08, 12:21 AM

I wonder why the 80 is only rated to 5000 lbs in the US?

Here in the UK the official figure is 3500kg which is almost 8000 lbs and thats only because thats the legal limit with overrun brakes. Fit air brakes and you can go higher...

I regularly tow 3500kgs with my 1-hdt 80 and it manages no problem.

Jamie

Tools R Us · 07-13-08, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by case2005

I was doing some research on autotrader comparing the LX450 to the 80 series. There site lists the LX 450 towing capacity at 5000 lbs and the 80 series (same year 1997) at 3500 lbs. Can anybody explain the difference to me?
thanks

IIRC there are two ratings for the LC, 5000 with the tow package and 3500 without. Most, if not all of the later rigs came with the tow package and all LX's have it, so 5000 for those rigs.

case2005 · 07-13-08, 02:39 PM

thanks for that last post, that makes much more sense than the "just because" type answers I got before.

kbellve · 07-14-08, 02:23 PM

My LX450 didn't come with the tow package.

brian · 07-14-08, 02:44 PM

what was teh 'tow package'?

Schmeal · 07-14-08, 02:57 PM

Would it be safe to assume if your truck has the factory hitch receiver on it, you have the tow package? I think I saw a tranny cooler in there somewhere as well.........

kbellve · 07-14-08, 03:33 PM

My LX450 doesn't have the hitch, but does have the tranny cooler. I added a hitch later.

NorCalDoug · 07-16-08, 01:26 AM

it's my understanding (but I could be mistaken) that all US market 80 series came with the "tow package" bits, plus or minus the tow hitch and harness.

psfpilot · 07-16-08, 07:16 AM

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07-12-08, 10:36 PM	#1
case2005 IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 10	Towing Capacity LX450 vs 80 series I was doing some research on autotrader comparing the LX450 to the 80 series. There site lists the LX 450 towing capacity at 5000 lbs and the 80 series (same year 1997) at 3500 lbs. Can anybody explain the difference to me? thanks

07-12-08, 11:13 PM	#2
The Nak I'm sofa king we todd did Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East TX Posts: 145	No difference, the LX450 IS an 80 series. Nak __________________ 97 LX, stock/locked, 295/75/16 Terra Grappler's

07-12-08, 11:14 PM	#3
The Nak I'm sofa king we todd did Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East TX Posts: 145	Oh, and the towing cap is 5000#. Nak __________________ 97 LX, stock/locked, 295/75/16 Terra Grappler's

07-12-08, 11:28 PM	#4
NorCalDoug I Solve Problems... Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: uhhhh...duh...Northern CA TLCA# yes, I have one Posts: 5,063	as mentioned already -- they're the same. tow rating pretty much blows, IMO. __________________ a couple pairs of pink panties... Another convert to the Church of Latter Day Swank, a sub-cult of Shahrislam "...Opportunity doesn't knock, you have to kick the fuckin door in and drag the bitch out screamin." -- Ullr "I have more respect for people who change their views after acquiring new information than for those who cling to views they held thirty years ago. The world changes. Ideologues and zealots don't." - Michael Crichton Buy TEQ Bottle Openers

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07-12-08, 11:35 PM	#5
case2005 IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 10	That's what I thought, thanks for the feedback. The autotrader site must have some bad info on it. I am looking to pick up a LC or a 450, I want to pull a boat and wanted to make sure there wasn't something substantially different about the two before buying one.

07-13-08, 12:21 AM	#6
jamie_scotland IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 2	I wonder why the 80 is only rated to 5000 lbs in the US? Here in the UK the official figure is 3500kg which is almost 8000 lbs and thats only because thats the legal limit with overrun brakes. Fit air brakes and you can go higher... I regularly tow 3500kgs with my 1-hdt 80 and it manages no problem. Jamie

07-13-08, 02:39 PM	#8
case2005 IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 10	thanks for that last post, that makes much more sense than the "just because" type answers I got before.

07-14-08, 02:23 PM	#9
kbellve IH8MUD Junior Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 146	My LX450 didn't come with the tow package.

07-14-08, 02:57 PM	#11
Schmeal IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 14	Would it be safe to assume if your truck has the factory hitch receiver on it, you have the tow package? I think I saw a tranny cooler in there somewhere as well......... __________________ "whats a FZJ?" "if you have to ask big man, ha.... you can't afford it"

07-14-08, 03:33 PM	#12
kbellve IH8MUD Junior Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 146	My LX450 doesn't have the hitch, but does have the tranny cooler. I added a hitch later.

07-16-08, 01:26 AM	#13
NorCalDoug I Solve Problems... Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: uhhhh...duh...Northern CA TLCA# yes, I have one Posts: 5,063	it's my understanding (but I could be mistaken) that all US market 80 series came with the "tow package" bits, plus or minus the tow hitch and harness. __________________ a couple pairs of pink panties... Another convert to the Church of Latter Day Swank, a sub-cult of Shahrislam "...Opportunity doesn't knock, you have to kick the fuckin door in and drag the bitch out screamin." -- Ullr "I have more respect for people who change their views after acquiring new information than for those who cling to views they held thirty years ago. The world changes. Ideologues and zealots don't." - Michael Crichton Buy TEQ Bottle Openers

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