Peter T
New Member
Greetings!
I'm trying to sort out if a Tacoma or a Hilux is the best for my situation.
My needs and desires are:
Able to pull a 2 horse trailer over short distances with the full weight of the trailer and the load being 2500-3000lbs. This will be very occasional, but it will also see a lot of light to med duty farm use. We may be moving to an area where I would almost never need to trailer, but I can't count on that yet. From what little research I have done so far, it would seem a manual tranny will be a much better idea for this possibility, but may be hard to find? I have heard a general comment that Tacoma's are not as well made from a work truck standpoint compared to the Hilux, but how much opinion vs fact this is I can't say. Maybe I'm wrong but at first glance Tacoma's seem to get much better mpg?
Thanks!
Peter.
I'm trying to sort out if a Tacoma or a Hilux is the best for my situation.
My needs and desires are:
Able to pull a 2 horse trailer over short distances with the full weight of the trailer and the load being 2500-3000lbs. This will be very occasional, but it will also see a lot of light to med duty farm use. We may be moving to an area where I would almost never need to trailer, but I can't count on that yet. From what little research I have done so far, it would seem a manual tranny will be a much better idea for this possibility, but may be hard to find? I have heard a general comment that Tacoma's are not as well made from a work truck standpoint compared to the Hilux, but how much opinion vs fact this is I can't say. Maybe I'm wrong but at first glance Tacoma's seem to get much better mpg?
Thanks!
Peter.