Towing math you can check

Find out if your truck can really tow it. Our calculators run the five checks that matter, tow rating, payload, tongue weight, GCWR and hitch, and our vehicle tables come straight from Ford, Chevrolet, Ram and Toyota documents, with the source on every one.

Dark SUV towing a white travel trailer on a desert road

Calculators

Towing capacity calculator

All five checks in one: trailer, payload, tongue, GCWR and hitch.

Pickup truck bed being loaded with cut logs

Payload calculator

Door-jamb payload minus people, cargo and tongue weight.

Close-up of a tow ball hitch on a vehicle's rear bumper

Tongue weight

The 10 to 15% range, with the OEM sources behind it.

Dark pickup towing a small wooden cabin on a flatbed trailer

GCWR calculator

Truck plus trailer against the combined weight rating.

Towing capacity by vehicle

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Gray Toyota Tacoma parked on a grassy valley floor below mountains

Tacoma towing

2026, 3,500 to 6,500 lb

Red Ford F-150 hitched to a silver travel trailer at a desert campsite

F-150 towing

2026, 8,200 to 13,500 lb

Pickup towing a fishing boat along a coastal mountain road

Tundra towing

2026, 8,300 to 12,000 lb

Light gray pickup hitched to a silver travel trailer on gravel

Ram 1500 towing

2026, up to 11,610 lb

Silver pickup hitched to a livestock trailer with horses in a field

Silverado 1500 towing

2026, 8,700 to 13,300 lb

White SUV backing a boat trailer down a sandy launch ramp

4Runner towing

2026, 5,800 to 6,000 lb

Why trust these numbers

Maker documents only

Every number comes from the manufacturer’s towing guide or spec page, with the document and date shown.

The math is on the page

Each calculator shows its formula and worked examples you can check by hand.

Mistakes fixed in public

If a number is wrong, we fix it and log the change on our editorial policy page.

Latest updates

Towing capacity calculator: can my truck tow it?2026-10-19
Payload calculator: how much can my truck carry?2026-10-19
Tongue weight calculator2026-10-19
GCWR calculator: combined truck and trailer weight2026-10-19
Toyota Tacoma towing capacity (2026): every trim and configuration2026-10-19
Ford F-150 towing capacity (2026): by engine, axle and package2026-10-19
Toyota Tundra towing capacity (2026): every trim and configuration2026-10-19
Ram 1500 towing capacity (2026): every engine2026-10-19
Chevy Silverado 1500 towing capacity (2026): every engine, cab and box2026-10-19
Toyota 4Runner towing capacity (2026): every trim2026-10-19

Photo credits

Dark SUV towing a white travel trailer on a desert road · Benjamin Zanatta / Unsplash (Unsplash License)
Close-up of a tow ball hitch on a vehicle's rear bumper · Csaba Nagy / Pexels (Pexels License)
Pickup truck bed being loaded with cut logs · Luis Quintero / Pexels (Pexels License)
Dark pickup towing a small wooden cabin on a flatbed trailer · Natalia S / Pexels (Pexels License)
Gray Toyota Tacoma parked on a grassy valley floor below mountains · Blake Carpenter / Unsplash (Unsplash License)
Red Ford F-150 hitched to a silver travel trailer at a desert campsite · John Schnick / Unsplash (Unsplash License)
Pickup towing a fishing boat along a coastal mountain road · Liosha Shyp / Unsplash (Unsplash License)
Light gray pickup hitched to a silver travel trailer on gravel · John Steinbeck / Unsplash (Unsplash License)
Silver pickup hitched to a livestock trailer with horses in a field · Howard R Wheeler / Unsplash (Unsplash License)
White SUV backing a boat trailer down a sandy launch ramp · Helena Jankovičová Kováčová / Pexels (Pexels License)