Who said Tacoma's can't haul?

I remember seeing comments on Youtube videos of how Tacomas aren't real trucks and cant do a thing. Well, I have proof that they can lol. 12 sheets of 3/4" 4x8 plywood and about another 1xx lbs of broken up concrete underneath it. Also once had a trailer full of wet plaster and lats and a bed full of lats. Had no issues at all. I'm very impressed with these trucks!

 

Better check your leaf springs. I worked out of my truck 17 yrs. Broke leaf spring twice. Had to do aal.

 

I would be checking leafs and bump stops...

 

i hauled a full pallet of St. Augustein grass a couple of years ago.

 

Can't and shouldn't are two different things.. I have overloaded my truck plenty of times the fact is though without aftermarket help these trucks can't handle a load safely.

 

Dont think thats really considered a big load. These trucks werent made to haul. They were made to be reliable and go places where the big boys cant.

 

Oh jesus it's a light truck to haul light loads, designed in an old country with many small, crowded streets in old towns an villages where they needed to navigate. Load capacity ranges from 750-1000 lbs depending on model and options. Go beyond that and you'll fuck it up eventually.

That the stock leafs suck is another story.

 

Its funny I found this thread. I've got new OEM leaves in the back and just filled the bed with scrap steel and an old water heater. I'm about 1" away from resting on the overload leaf.

 

Nothing wrong with new leafs,It's after a few yrs they seem to start working toward negative arch. Better to tow the load then put in the bed in my opinion.

 

Previous owner was older and babied it. Barely had any scratches or anything when I got it and had 155k miles. So I don't think he loaded it like I have in recent times. Yea I know its probably not the brightest idea to load the truck up with that much weight, but hey, gotta use whats available to me. Leaf springs are original ones. So its time for replacing.

 

I prefer towing loads. However, I don't have enough money to buy a trailer :/

 

I hauled $3800lbs of motorcycles, gear and me and my Dad around in my 2011 access cab with a trailer, 2.7 4 cylinder and 5 speed manual. Was really pushing it, but the truck got the job done. You can do anything with a Tacoma if you really want to!

 

I had an uncle who had an old 80's chevy S-10 and would fill the bed of his truck full of bags of concrete used to build his house. He could fit well over a thousand pounds of it in the truck, and could only do 45mph the whole way home. It can be done, but one day it'll catch up. Just like when he blew his transmission shortly after a few trips.

 

I miss my F-250. I almost never had a need for it's total capability but every time you got in it you knew you were in a hell of a machine. It was just so damn expensive to drive and maintain.

But, back on point, the in-bed payload capacity of that truck was almost exactly the same as the curb weight of my Tacoma. Towing? Fugetaboutit.

 

As much as I love heavy duty trucks, I couldn't own one unless I got money to throw around. Plus they're HUGE lol.

 

It was a mixed bag, to be honest. I don't need a tank, but I can't help but think it would be fun to drive one.

That truck was sort of the same way. I had capacity beyond belief. Way more than I needed to haul the eggs home from the grocery store. But damn.

Really, though, it was hard to see the road, it was crazy expensive to drive, it was a bitch to park. Yada yada. But, I liked it. Just impractical for my needs and uses.

 

I hear ya..kind of miss my old Duramax but running around not hauling anything seemed like a waste. Not to mention the cost for fuel. What's funny is all the guys on my logging sites can't believe where I venture with my little yota!

Looks like a pretty decent load of plywood the OP is hauling!

 

Using the plywood as a subfloor while we are re-modeling our house. I could have just took half and came back for the rest but I didn't feel like going back and forth so I just said screw it lol.

 

I've actually never driven a diesel truck before, so I can't say I know what you're coming from. However, I do know what you mean.

 

If they aren't made to haul why do they come with a bed? I use mine for hauling every day. I have a big F250 7.3 diesel for the big jobs though. It's the truck that brought my Tacoma back home to Montana from south dakota.