Towing an FJ62

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Streakers

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Well, this is a weird question but it looks like I have bought a FJ62 in another state about 500 miles away. I prefer not to pay to have it shipped and want to go pick it up myself. My primary vehicle is a 2006 Toyota Tundra with the V8 and tow package.
I checked with uhaul about renting a trailer that will get all 4 wheels off the ground but it said that the LC weighed too much. I ruled out a dolly because I really dont want to get under the truck and remove the drive shaft...easier taken out then put back in.
This leaves me at using a tow bar but I have never used one and I wasn't sure if I would still need to take the drive shaft out.
If the tow bar doesn't work I am going to just kidnap a friend and buy his meals if he'll drive the Tundra back while I enjoy the LC for the return trip. That will just cost a lot of gas, 18mpg on the Tundra and 14mpg (at the most) on the LC.

Any suggestions???
 
well me and my dad just pulled a 60 series 130 miles tops with an 03 tundra. the truck had plenty of power but it didn't seem heavy enough. We used a dolly to pull it home being as it was a short drive and it had the 4 speed. LC would get to wagging the truck on rough roads(the interstate 44 was rough).

lunyou
 
oh yeah, uhual wouldn't rent us a dolly or trailer to pull it home on anyway.

lunyou
 
The towing vehicle should weigh at least 1-1/2 times the towed vehicle. Otherwise the 62 will be driving you.

Mark the yokes before you take the driveshaft out & you won't have any problems putting it back (get a yellow marker paint stick like welders use).
 
I don't get that , a 40 weighs as much as a 62 and I tow one every year to swanee. Someone is bs ing you, or the tow truck is too small. has to weigh more than towed car, tundra, probably weighs less than a 62
 
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2006 Toyota Tundra Access Cab SR5 V8 -
Curb Weight 5500 lbs
Towing Capicity 7100 lbs

1988 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ62 -
Curb Weight 4480lbs
Towing Capicity 3500 lbs

According to your one and a half calculation, my Tundra should be able to tow my LC with 500 lbs to spare.

Would I still need to take out the drive shaft when using a tow bar?

Around town with my old FJ 40, I just used a dolly and had the drive shaft taken out. I really don't want to screw up the 62 bringing it home.

Thanks for all the reponses.


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Thats some fancy math!!!!!! 4,480 x 1.5 = 6,720. If the tundra indeed weighs 5,500 it is still 1,220 lbs. shy of the 1.5 times guidline. Thats more than 1/2 of a ton. I think you need to look at the vehicle weight NOT the towing capacity. Just get a buddy and pay the gas. Get to know your cruiser.

Good luck

Dynosoar
 
Richard Blain said:
I don't get that , a 40 weighs as much as a 62
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Nope.


Mark...
 
If the rear wheels are on the ground, then the driveshaft has to come out. I can't see why that is a stumbling block. Takes less than 5 minutes out and no more back in. Two wrenches and an old blanket or whatever to keep you back off the dirt.

Personally I would not want to flat tow or dolley it, but pulling the DS is a non-issue IMHO.


Mark...
 
Math

Yeah, I was looking at towing capicity, you caught me.

Why would Toyota list a towing capacity that is higher then the vehicles weight if it needed to be the 1.5 calculation?

I am leaning towards the buddy idea. Going to be about $225 on the gas for both vehicles plus food. Still less than shipping the truck I believe.
 
Streakers said:
Yeah, I was looking at towing capicity, you caught me.

Why would Toyota list a towing capacity that is higher then the vehicles weight if it needed to be the 1.5 calculation?
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Cuase the marketing department knows that higher towing capacity sells more rigs.

There's the ability to tow something. And then there's the ability to tow it safely. ;)


Mark...
 
towing...

This really confuses me!

These days all the towing capacities of the 1/2 ton trucks keep rising. The Nissan Titan has a towing capacity in excess of 9000#. Is this just total BS?

It seems to me that the 1 1/2 times rule isn't correct. If you check, a Chevy Silverado 3500 (nothing special, that's just the first I found on Edmunds) has a curb weight of 6552 # but it has a towing capacity of 12000 #. I refuse to believe that a 1 ton truck can only tow (6552 / 1.5 =) 4368!!!! :confused:

There has to be more to the decision of how much to tow than just weights.

Comments?
 
ZDaddy said:
This really confuses me!

These days all the towing capacities of the 1/2 ton trucks keep rising. The Nissan Titan has a towing capacity in excess of 9000#. Is this just total BS?

It seems to me that the 1 1/2 times rule isn't correct. If you check, a Chevy Silverado 3500 (nothing special, that's just the first I found on Edmunds) has a curb weight of 6552 # but it has a towing capacity of 12000 #. I refuse to believe that a 1 ton truck can only tow (6552 / 1.5 =) 4368!!!! :confused:

There has to be more to the decision of how much to tow than just weights.

Comments?
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It's all about trailer brakes. "they" figure if your hauling over 2500# you'll have brakes on the trailer. With brakes the formula of tow vehicle:trailer weight is thrown out the door. Not only can these "little" trucks get the trailer going, with trailer brakes they can stop them. Yeah jack knife in turns is still a real issue..but you gotta change how you drive if your gonna haul any thing trailer or just in the bed...

In europe they tow horse trailers with Volvos...
 
ZDaddy said:
This really confuses me!


It seems to me that the 1 1/2 times rule isn't correct. If you check, a Chevy Silverado 3500 (nothing special, that's just the first I found on Edmunds) has a curb weight of 6552 # but it has a towing capacity of 12000 #. I refuse to believe that a 1 ton truck can only tow (6552 / 1.5 =) 4368!!!! :confused:

Comments?
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Yup, it's a lot more complex than that, but it's a general rule I too have heard tossed around elsewhere.
Flat towing would tax the towing vehicle the most, even accounting for the bulk of the trailer on a trailered tow, for those not in the know.
Either drive the Cruiser or trailer it, the Tundra will do fine, just drive like Grandpa as there is no prize for getting home an hour or two earlier.
 
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