LX470 Tow's Effortlessly

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TeCKis300

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Wanted to share this pic of the LX470 loaded up for a track day today. The LX made this trip smoothly and in great comfort. It was nice heading out to the track day knowing that I had a guaranteed ride home no matter how hard I beat my other car on the track. :steer:

This combo weight was 2100lbs trailer + ~3400lbs car for a grand total of 5500 lbs. Cruising on the fwy was easy. I could hold 70mph up most any hill that I wanted to. The truck was never pushed or swayed by the rear load. Super stable. Can't imagine the max rating is 6500 when this load was so effortless. :cool:

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Did you hold 70mph in 4th gear?

I dunno, I know when my Kawasaki Ultra 260X is back there and it's only a jetski.

FWIW be careful of Uhaul trailers. There are quite a few horror stories - on this board included.
 
I think a VVTI 2UZ-FE makes a big difference. I have been told this engine upgrade is better than a TRD supercharger...
 
SupraTuRD said:
What type of track event? Autocross? Road racing?
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Road racing. This was at Auto Club speedway in Fontana with the Roval layout - front straight is a ~1 mile section of a banked oval. I was hitting 130mph before turn one. Pucker factor was awesome.

RPMLX470 said:
Did AHC re-level and ride well?
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It did! But it did not like to go into high (only worked half the time) when I wanted to raise the trailer up to get a better ramp angle. I don't have a clue how much tongue weight there was. But the car did fine in normal height and leveled the truck without issue. And rode like a cloud on roads.

04UZJ100 said:
Did you hold 70mph in 4th gear?

I dunno, I know when my Kawasaki Ultra 260X is back there and it's only a jetski.

FWIW be careful of Uhaul trailers. There are quite a few horror stories - on this board included.
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4th and 5th. Level grade had no issue with 5th. I was somewhat concerned prior with 32.4" tires but it was fine. There were some hills where I was toiling in 3rd, but still keeping 65 mph and able to accelerate if necessary.

I read some of the stories on here as well. But the trailer was actually really nice. Lots of nice touches - folding fender to open door. Hydraulic surge brakes. Nice tongue jack to help me get that better ramp angle and AHC into high :)
 
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