Without thinking I towed my 1300 lb boat with four people in my truck approx 12 miles. The truck had about 250 miles on it. It didn't occur to me that vehicles today have a break in period. I have read all the related posts that tell me not to do this. I am wondering if there is any reccomendation at this point, i.e oil change or if this is anything to be worried about.

2007 Tacoma
4X4 double cab long bed
SR5
5 spd auto

 

pretty sure thats like a 4th of your 6500lb towing capacity so I would say u are fine.

 

No that truck is a gonner. Give me $500 and I'll take it off your hands.

 

LOL

probably fine.

 

I'll go even better. Give me $1000, the boat, and I'll take it off your hands and make it "disappear"

Its fine lol. Do you really even plan on keeping the truck to the point where a non-100% correct break in would make a difference? ie 200K miles (since this IS a toyota)

 

You are good to go...now if you had towed a 24' sled 1000 miles at 75 across the Rockies than you might have something to worry about..

 

thats all i needed to hear. glad everyone is so helpful, willing to unload my damaged merchandise without even thinking of themselves first. thanks for the advice/comments/sarcasm. i am feeling a little better today than i was yesterday.

ryland
2007 tacaom 4X4 dble cab long bed

 

You wont hurt it, the point in not towing for the first 500 miles is to let things break-in before getting too hot. Towing 12 miles wont hurt a thing... The break in was a PITA for me, with 250 miles on the truck we set off on a 1500 mile road trip, talk about annoying having to vary speeds all the time, oh well.. should be worth it in the long run...

I do recommend changing your oil around 1K to get all the assembly crap out of the engine.