I just became the proud owner of a Gold 2007 double cab 4WD Limited 5.7L. It has 96,000 miles. The previous owner central California really took good care of it. I found it on Craigslist. They guy retired, sold his boat, and his Sequoia is all he and his wife need now. He hated to sell it, and I loved to buy it.
I bought the Tundra to replace the '97 Chevy Suburban 5.7L 4WD I use to pull my 27', 7,500 lb. travel trailer. The Burb has 235,000 miles, but a new motor and tranny and rebuilt front ends steering/suspension/brakes at 215,000. It is generally just tired, and after owning her for 12 years, decided to replace it.
I wanted a truck, but had bad luck with 2002 Chevy crew cab, long bed, 4X4 Duramax/Allison diesel/tranny. The motor went through three sets of fuel injectors. I sold it a year ago. I looked at Ford F2/350 Powerstrokes and Dodge Cummins, but from internet and personal friends accounts, learned that the early 2000 something Powerstrokes and 2003-2006 Dodges were the most trouble free. But Toyotas? I had a Previa Mini Van I bought from a dealer with 104,000 miles on it and drove it for 10 years and sold it with 325,000 miles on it. It never had a hic-up. Not one. That thing was bullet proof and amazing.
Anyway, in my research I discovered that the 5.7L makes 135 more horses than the Suburban, and 85 more than my Duramax! Way more torque than a Suburban 5.7L, and comparable to the Duramax there too.
So I decided on one and am so glad I did. Today we pulled the trailer around the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains outside of Sonora California and I was truly amazed at how it did. When I lowered the trailer onto the ball (after successfully backing up to it perfectly myself with the tailgate hitch camera it came stock with), the Tundra didn't even lower an inch! I had air shocks on the Suburban and it still settles down a couple of inches. And the Tundra hauls ass with that trailer!
Anyway, I'm excited about being a Tundra owner and belonging to such a great family of owners.
Later,
Sixweeds
I bought the Tundra to replace the '97 Chevy Suburban 5.7L 4WD I use to pull my 27', 7,500 lb. travel trailer. The Burb has 235,000 miles, but a new motor and tranny and rebuilt front ends steering/suspension/brakes at 215,000. It is generally just tired, and after owning her for 12 years, decided to replace it.
I wanted a truck, but had bad luck with 2002 Chevy crew cab, long bed, 4X4 Duramax/Allison diesel/tranny. The motor went through three sets of fuel injectors. I sold it a year ago. I looked at Ford F2/350 Powerstrokes and Dodge Cummins, but from internet and personal friends accounts, learned that the early 2000 something Powerstrokes and 2003-2006 Dodges were the most trouble free. But Toyotas? I had a Previa Mini Van I bought from a dealer with 104,000 miles on it and drove it for 10 years and sold it with 325,000 miles on it. It never had a hic-up. Not one. That thing was bullet proof and amazing.
Anyway, in my research I discovered that the 5.7L makes 135 more horses than the Suburban, and 85 more than my Duramax! Way more torque than a Suburban 5.7L, and comparable to the Duramax there too.
So I decided on one and am so glad I did. Today we pulled the trailer around the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains outside of Sonora California and I was truly amazed at how it did. When I lowered the trailer onto the ball (after successfully backing up to it perfectly myself with the tailgate hitch camera it came stock with), the Tundra didn't even lower an inch! I had air shocks on the Suburban and it still settles down a couple of inches. And the Tundra hauls ass with that trailer!
Anyway, I'm excited about being a Tundra owner and belonging to such a great family of owners.
Later,
Sixweeds
