1100 lbs of payload with stock leafs and add a leaf?

I'm going to be taking a 3,000 mile trip in 2 weeks where I'll have 1100lbs in the bed. I currently have stock leafs with 5100s in the rear and plan to add a leaf but I'm curious if it will be enough.
Thoughts? Recommendation for an add a leaf?

I don't haul anything regularly so I don't have huge aspirations of dropping $500 on a leaf pack plus new shocks.

My other option is to rent a uhaul but I'd prefer not to.

Thanks guys.

 

Toyota claims the Tacoma's payload is 1250lbs for V6's.

http://www.toyota.com/content/ebrochure/2015/tacoma_ebrochure.pdf

 

AAL or airbags. You'll feel the weight.

 

I really recommend the airbags. You'll be so glad you did it

 

1400lbs of tile. Wheeler's 3 leaf AAL, stock rear bumps. I only needed to drive a few miles up the freeway; it sucked.

 

Firestone ride rite air bags are the best investment you'll ever make if your hauling weight in the bed! I'm running them with dakar leafs but I'll show you a before and after picture of the bags!


So the top photo is with the Dakar leafs and no air bags and the bottom one is with the dakars and the air bags with 50 psi in them!

 

3000 miles in a taco, fully loaded...

Yeah, that's going to suck. Sell all your stuff, buy a plane ticket

I did 2 2000 mile trips in the last few months. First with a fully loader 26 foot penske towing a car trailer. Top speed... 60mph. And lots of time foot to the floor at 40. That was a looooooong trip.

2nd time in an expedition towing a small uhaul. Not as long, still not fun.

If your truck has the 2.7, I'm guessing your trip will be a lot like my 1st.

 

+1

 

I have the V6. Leaning more and more towards renting a trailer. I'll probably do a test run this weekend locally and make the decision after.

 

After considering everyone's advice I ended up renting a 6x12 uhaul trailer. I'm very happy with this decision.
Stock suspension no add a leaf and about 1100-1300lbs on the trailer.

One side note for anyone using this setup in the future: check your tire pressure. I went from 32 psi up to 40 psi and it made a world of a difference. The truck and trailer feel much more solid and "together" at this tire pressure

 

Personal thought, I think bringing your psi up is not only not safe but running the risk of popping the tire.

Have a safe trip

 

Max psi as stated on the sidewall is 44psi.
Thanks for your concern. Always open to constructive criticism.

 

This is invalid.
When you add a load, you MUST increase tire pressure, otherwise you run the risk of overheating your tires, causing them to "pop".
The pressures listed on the door frame are for no load to small load.

OP: You've got some serious "bro-lean" there. Think you may have loaded the trailer too far forward, the weight is all on your truck.

 

Oh I have some bro lean going on for sure haha

I think the angle of the pic accentuates the lean. We played around with the placement of the weight and ended up moving it back a touch from the pic above. Although, we did move it back a little too much at one point and had a nasty sway at 70mph.


In the end our best set up was slightly farther back than what is pictured but a combo of saggy leafs and bilsteins set on highest notch does make for a bro lean.

 

Just for a final wrap up on this topic: Here is a picture with the load positioned best as far as ride/sway. Some bro lean but I'm more than happy with the way it performed.

 

im kinda in the same situation and i was wondering how my truck would hold up with a 1200 lb slab of stone in the bed for 2 days? i don't have to drive far its just that i live on an island i had to ship my truck over on a boat to get an OME suspension lift put on (885 coils, 60091 nitro's for the rear with OME leafs as well) and now want to bring back stone for an out door bar that i have built and was wondering if it would be ok?

 

Good call

 

With OME leafs you should be fine

 

Appreciate it EatSleepTacos thanks for the feed back.