The Tacoma is 2nd best used midsize pick up

In sand you need as many tires moving as possible and you need flotation in the form of rubber surface area contact patch. In the past I have pulled many stuck awd/rwd/fwd/4wd cars at lake powell's beach. Most would not have gotten stuck if they had kept momentum and if they had lowered tire pressure. The worst part of awd is the heavy bias to front or back and to one tire. An awd system can direct 90% power to one side and one wheel. Not good in sand. I think some awd systems can sort of lock the center for 50/50 distribution

 

I really would like to get one of these for an in town service truck for my company. It would be neat I think.

 

Type R grille would look sick on that thing.

 

This thread still a thing?

 

I see quite a few Toyota and Honda mini pick ups around here. Some come with the duallies and can carry a lot of weight.

 

Last Summer one of those drove by my house but it was a Nissan or Subaru, thinking that they use it on a farm.

 

Not gonna read 17 pages to see if someone already said this, but the Ridgeline isn't a pickup truck. It's an automobile with a "bed" instead of the usual trunk on a passenger car. If it's built on a unibody design, and not an actual frame, it ain't a pickup truck.

 

I dunno. Ridgeline has more payload than any Tacoma ever made, making it a great pick up IMHO.

 

My Ridgeline identifies as a pick up truck.
Payload is over 500 lbs more than my Tacoma.

 

Exactly.

 

yet is can haul more and load full sheets of plywood.......

 

.......don't you have a 2WD 'truck'??

 

It has a full 8 foot bed?? I admit I have not taken a measuring tape to check, but I have seen them in person,, and none that I have seen have more than maybe a 6 foot bed........

 

Ohhhhh, I did more than that to your sister......

 

I think he was talking about space between wheel wells (50") so you can lay 4X8 sheets flat. Can't do that with a Tacoma.

 

26 sheets in gen 1

 

26 sheets @ 54lb each = 1404lbs. Carries it well. A Tacoma would be overloaded.

 

Lol. I google the weight too but I went with 3/8 so about 250 lighter. Still 300 over