Im thinking about towing a older pickup with my 4runner. its a 93 short bed regular cab 4x4. does anyone have any idea if i could tow a pickup with my 4runner. i think that the tow capacity is 5000lbs. it wouldnt be every day. just a occasional playing in da mud. so, has anyone ever done this? would it just be stupid to do it? would i need to mod the suspension alot? my other alternative is to buy a tundra sometime down the road. dont really want to do that though.

 

I assume you are putting a tow bar on the pickup and not using a trailer? Then the only weight on your hitch would be that of the tow bar - negligible and not enough to bother the suspension. Since you are in FL hills won't be an issue but adding a tranny cooler would be a very good idea. A couple of simulated panic stops on a deserted road will reveal if you need to upgrade the brakes or not.

 

i tow my 22re 4runner with my hilux surf.. i used to tow one 22re 4runner with another 22re 4runner on a car dolly..

 

That must have been fun. I guess you didn't take it on the highway lol.

 

haha nope no hiway... and i didnt go far..

my new hilux tows it just great though...

im thinking about putting it back on the road for next winter or all the time if i can afford the insurance so i wont need to tow it hopefully..

 

I pulled this set up with my 90 4runner seems you should have no issue with a mini truck

3.0 5 speed on 35's

 

man i wish i had that trailer instead of my dolly!

 

U-HAUL $39.99 24 hours I wish I owned it though

 

i just towed a 91 yota pickup last night with my 93 3.0 4runner

 

I once tow my 94 pick up with a mitsubishi maity max from tampa to orlando ,
it was MISERABLE!!!!!

 

well, basically we go back roads to a spot to ride and mud the trucks/atvs/dirtbikes. i would like to haul my buddys truck on a trailer occasionally so we can take it. its not street legal. and if it was, its not a very good street truck. how much does one of the small reg cab short bed pickups weigh? 3000 or so?

 

according to my title, registration and a few other documents, my '93 reg cab 22re 4x4 weighs about 3800lbs

 

WTF!!?? U-haul wouldn't let me tow my 4runner with a goddamned Tundra. They wouldnt' even rent me the equpment. (My truck was stuck in Mexico haha, wouldn't tell '[em that part)

 

I just told them I was pulling a 2000 Tacoma with my 1990 4runner on there stupid web site thing forgot to mention it was a 4wd. they were going to give me a dolly but somebody over booked so they gave me this as a free upgrade.

 

short wheel base, ty brakes, narrow trac width...i would never do it

 

dont tell them what you are towing.. say you are towing a miata or a geo metro... then they will rent you one.