2nd Gen Bed Weight Limits?

bed broke?

 

Lol i was just gonna post a new topic about this, but the search feature saved my a$$!! I just picked up an older truck camper and my 07 Access cab handled it well, but the bumps got a bit of a workout. Was looking for info on wether an overload spring or AAL would be better. Airsprings would be ideal, but the wallet says no.

 

I've hauled ~2k lbs of concrete in my stock 1st gen 4cyl 2wd taco and, although it was on the bump stops and I had to go really slowly, it handled the load. These trucks are SOLID.

 

Welcome to the Madhouse!!!

 

TIL I’ve loaded my taco with ~2300lb with the stock leafs

 

My old man loaded up my XRunner with about 2300-2600lbs of gravel.

 

Payload varies. Some Tacoma's are rated for as little as 900. Most will fall between 1000-1200 and a few could be closer to 1500 but those are rare. The GVWR is the same on all of them. That's the total weight of the truck and everything in it. The heavier the truck is, the less weight it can carry before exceeding GVWR.

There has probably never been a truck made that wasn't overloaded at some point. A few hundred pounds occasionally is one thing. Putting double what it's rated for in it is dumb. Even 200 lbs overweight consistently will wear out parts prematurely and negatively affect handling. You get the best steering and braking with weight evenly distributed on all 4 wheels. But unloaded trucks have more weight on the front. That way when loaded it evens things out some. You'll end up with a little more weight on the rear axle unless you go crazy it's still OK.

Grossly overloaded and your front wheels are not firmly in contact with the ground. The front wheels do 100% of the steering and about 70% of the braking. And unless you're using E rated tires you're asking for a tire failure.

Don't be this guy. If he'd had a gas engine the weight would have pulled his front wheels completely off the ground. The added weight of a diesel engine kept the front end on the ground and broke the frame.

This guy looked at the specs wrong. A regular cab had enough payload for his camper. But a crew cab did not.

 

Make that 15 years.lol.
While I'm here.
Gotta buddy, that is as old time country as one could ever meet. Very very capable man.
Has a 1998 Toyota Corolla sedan. Which he has doctored up to be at least a half ton hauler. No back seats, camo paint job. He recently brought me 40 OLD cement blocks, heavy blocks. We guessed they were about 25 lbs each. 1.8 4cyl with over 300k and it purrs. And grunts. Wish now I had taken a picture. The man still to this day does not own a cell phone. His rides have been pictured and plastered on FB and the likes.