Max Tow Rating (82' Pickup)

[House78]

I no longer have the owners manual for this vehicle. I would like to know the maximum tow rating for my 1982 Toyota 22r 2.4 liter pickup. Its about 3,000lbs if that helps. I'd appreciate input regarding this, and I've also heard you can exceed the rating.

[94cnytoy]

This is the 2wd you have???
No, I don't know it.

But, the ratings are two-fold.
1) realistic vehicle capacity
2) safety.
both really the same.

What are you trying to do?
#1500 dead load is substantial for this truck.
on the motor.trans and brakes.
It's not only the amount a weight you can "move"
but control of that weight and the ability to stop.

so, what do you have in mind????
Stew

[82yota]

Well I have an 82 also and i will pretty much tow whatever i can hook up to haha. Just the other day there i towed a 600 amp motor driven welder on a trailer with a bunch of chains and stuff in it and the trailer had 4 flat tires on it and i had to drag it through the mud so they will tow a good load. It may not go the quickest on the highway but i wouldnt be afraid to tow anything any other trucks would, it would just be alot slower. I went and checked the owners manual and its 5500 pounds combination vehicle and trailer weight and your not supposed to have more than 200 pounds on the tounge. I tow alot more than that with mine but i also have a really heavy duty homemade bumper on it also. I wouldnt trust the one that came with the truck to haul a really big load. On saturday there i had about 1500 pounds on the tounge because we had to use my truck as a lifting point to hold a dock in place. If you want to tow anything major you should get a good bumper and what I'm looking at getting are some air shocks in the back so my truck doesnt bottom out as much as it does right now. Hope that helps.

[House78]

The plan was to take a utility trailer (Not sure of its cubic feet) and fill it with bark dust. The trailer itself is about 6' wide by 10' long. I don’t think it has brakes. In addition to the trailer we were going to fill the bed up with bark dust as well, which might actually help it from jackknifing.
The truck is 2wd. It will only be towed 20 miles round trip.

[House78]

Also, my truck also has a heavy duty homemade bumper on the back. Now that I think about it, the trailers cubic feet is 150. 5X10X3 feet is a rought estimate.

[94cnytoy]

Is there a high $$$ street value for "bark dust" in your area????
just wondrin,,,just kidding.
Sounds dense, like peat-moss or top soil.
should be ok. braking is so important though.
I don't care what you do off the road.
Other innocent people are on the road though.
Take your time. be careful.
Slow down way..... before your stop.
slow stops are easy... hard/fast is what counts/kills.
no loss of pride in goin slow and in control.
Stew
good luck.

[tennyota]

Remember you can downshift to help slow you down.I don't think about it a lot of times and just step on the clutch and brake but when I gotta stop real quick like in a hurry I always down shift and work the clutch to try to stop quicker without locking the brakes up.Like someone already said there's no pride lost in takin it slow and easy when you're towing a heavy load.Safety first,load reaching the destination second.