Bed tie down load???

What's the load limit on each of the bed tie downs? I'm thinking around 750 pounds each.
Any idea's?

 

It’s load limit is likely higher than anything you can fit in the bed...

 

As long as your not using a hi-lift jack to chain down your loads, i would say that the factory tie-downs should be plenty strong for any load you are carrying in the bed. That is as long as your not exceeding the maximum payload rating like what @jbrandt said.

 

good question
how thick? my guess is somewhere in the rnage below
1/4" 1,200 lbs
3/8" 3,000 lbs

 

if you're trying to strap down a bike you'll be fine. I drove a GSXR 600 from Tampa to my house (12 hours) and it was fine, no issues.

 

Probably at least as strong as the sheet metal they are attached to.......

In all seriousness, I'm not sure what would fail first; the tie down or the section of bed the tie down is mounted to. In any event they are strong enough for most applications.

 

1900lbs. is the payload for a 1st gen bed So whatever weighs that much (a little more is probably ok) lol and roll the dice! It should hold

 

I hear you man though I highly doubt they would mount those tie downs to just sheet metal! Lol It is a good point though. I would bet my paycheck the thickness of the tie down is proportionate the the size/depth of the screw and also the means by which is screwed down. I’m sure Toyota did some duediligence. Would be a fun destructive test though

 

I do know they hold down a 700 lb. Yamaha cruiser without any issues.

 

Good luck getting anything even close to that weight in the bed without bottoming out the suspension, lol...

OP's double cab is more like 1600 though... Even then , I put a few hundred pounds of concrete bags in the bed, and my bumper about scrapes, lol

 

I do have some add-a-leafs in there. I have filled it with compost a couple times. It does make it squat down quite a bit.

 

I've done a few gravel and dirt loads. It looks like a dog dragging its ass on the carpet. I use a trailer for those kinds of loads now...

 

Sheet metal is precisely what those tie downs are mounted to. Just because the structure is sheet metal doesn't mean that sheet metal is weak. What do you think a uni-body car is made from?
The section of bed that the tie downs are mounted to are folded and doubled in such a way that those bed corners are very strong. There's a captive nut or a threaded plate to accept those screws but the surrounding metal is simply sheet metal folded into those corner shapes.

 

This isn’t a question about payload. Who hangs a payload off their tie downs? Keeping your load stable doesn’t mean you need to apply that much force to your tie down points.

 

The comments here aren't meant as instructions for how to tie your loads down, but as kind of a sarcastic way of saying "you don't need to worry about how strong the hooks are since you probably can't fit anything in the bed that would exceed the limit anyway."

 

Ok, what I meant was the tie down isn’t just screwed into a flat piece of sheet metal. Maybe I misinterpreted his post.. My guess is they wouldn’t use that large of a tie down for the truck if there wasn’t sufficient support for it. So the size of the tie down itself (and it’s support) is likely proportional to the load capacity it can take

But yea, probably some type back plate behind the shaped bed where the tie-down is screwed into. I’ve never taken one apart though so I wouldn’t know.

 

Wonder if anyone has used those tie down points as recovery points?

 

I did find with constant use they tend to work loose . Now my use is pretty much every time the truck moved

I no longer use them but to attach tarp straps

 

Loose how?... like the screws come loose and need tightened, or the
threaded holes get egged out and sloppy?

I took mine off when I got LineX, and thought they were pretty nice
tie-down hooks compared to some stake-pocket tie-downs I
have tried to use... and the folded metal places where the threaded
holes are seems substantial.



-Mike

 

Thanks everyone for your answer's. I was curious because I was going to carry a full size bike, I believe it is about a 1000cc Yamaha with fairing and bags. I didn't want the tie's to break if I had to turn quickly with all that weight, that high up might pull a tie down out of the bed. If I still end up doing the transport, I will also use the rear tie's to help!

Thanks