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Originally Posted by nicon10
With all that said. Your tranny will only last as long as you maintain it changing the fluid and watching your temp and exe.. if you tow heavy often more service is required. I drive truck for a living and am over my gvw almost every day. and i would say, for what the tundra is. 1/2 ton its great at towing and people 1/2 ton is 1000 pounds. in your bed. so when it squats when you put 1500 in it, thats what it should do.
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I mounted my 5ver onto my hitch for the first time, expecting to see a significant lowering of the bed due to the weight being applied to the springs. But guess what? The truck rear depressed a little less than a inch. Not sure why. I'm sure I must have about 1500 lbs riding on the rear axle, with the hitch weight of the trailer and the weight of the hitch receiver (about 80lbs). I have no actual weights as yet; just going by specs on the trailer and the hitch. I was only carrying 5 lbs in the airbags at the time, I guess just that little bit was enough to support a lot of the weight and keep it off the springs.