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Originally Posted by Ryland
At work we are in the market for a new truck, for the past 5 years we have been using a 2004 Dodge 1500 with the 6.7L V6, double cab with a short box, we put about 5,000 to 7,000 miles per year on it 90% of the time it's towing a 18 foot trailer, half the time that trailer has 1,000+ pounds of granite and tools on it.
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How much weight do you actually tow? Trailer + 1000 lbs (another 1000 lbs of tools) is that it? Just about any truck could pull that on a regular basis.
I've towed 7000+ lbs pretty regularly with my 4.0L Tacoma (77000 miles since new, no problems). Tacoma 4 door trucks have a lot room.
In all honesty if I was to do it again I would get a full sized truck, half ton. They can haul more and get pretty close to the same fuel mileage. I'd check out Ford's 3.5L ecoboost. My $0.02