Hauling water with 2015 Tacoma - payload related question

Not to get off topic, but I have a 2013 DCSB 4x4 Baja with towing package, and I thought I looked up my payload at 600#. Yours is more, like way more. Looks like I'll look that up again...

 

I'm going to give you a very different take on this question that the typical response of "don't do it".

Do it.
The payload ratings are there for a reason, yes, BUT, they are designed for the GENERAL case, that involves driving at highway speeds indefinitely, and being able to react quickly and safely to high traffic situations.
You've got a 3km gravel road.
You're going to drive the thing at about 10 kph.

The biggest issue you're going to be facing is that if you load it full, the factory back suspension will be, if not bottomed out, pretty close to it.
This may or may not concern you. If you take it really easy, then it is probably fine to drive even like this under those conditions.
However it would be much nicer with a suspension upgrade -- the "medium" duty OME springs would be ideal for this.

And given the short distance and low speed involved, I sure as heck would NOT be overly concerned about the question of "sloshing".

The truck will EASILY handle 1500 pounds at low speed, whatever springs you have in it.

But since this is something you're going to have to do fairly frequently, a trailer would be a better solution anyway.

 

He will 100% be straight up riding the bump stops if he filled that thing even 3/4.

The truck would easily tow that much if you just got a cheap trailer. You can get a decent trailer for as much as you would spend on suspension upgrades to handle a half full tank. It's the way to go.

 

The OP only stuck around for 2 minutes after he made his 1 and only post. He's NOT coming back.

 

Looks like the OP has left the building. One post and gone.

 

You're probably American, which means yours probably came with 3-leaf springs instead of 4-leaf configuration more common in Canada. Since I haven't actually seen how the American 3-leaf configuration handles a load, I can accept that your statement might be correct for those.

Note that OP referred to distance as 3 km and used other metric units. He's in Canada.

And I can say with authority that 1500 pounds on a Canadian market Tacoma with factory 4-leaf springs will NOT be "riding the bump stops".

 

Maybe or maybe not. Not everyone sits around in a forum waiting for the new posts notification. He posted on the 16th, which was SATURDAY. Now he's accumulating some notifications in his email and may have time next weekend to check through them.

 

Are the Canadian 4-leaf packs the same as the American 4-leaf packs? Most American 2nd gens got 4-leaf packs from the factory starting around 2011 and the ones that were made before that were recalled and swapped to 4-leaf. And they both would bottom out with 1,500 lbs.

 

I have no idea.
But, like I said, a factory Canadian Tacoma will hold 1500 pounds without sitting on the bump stops. Mine sure did, on numerous occasions. I probably had it up to 2000# a few times too.

 

X2

You can tow 6500 lbs

If you've got a long bed, you're payload capacity is more like 900 lbs.

Technically your engine and transmission can do the added weight but not your suspension or frame.

 

Where are you coming up with 900 pounds?

2015 Tacoma payload capacity ranges from 1175 (5 lug double cab) to 1500 (6 lug access cab).
http://autotrends.org/brochures/2015-toyota-tacoma-brochure.pdf

 

I think the obvious solution here is to just go buy 105.6 100' garden hoses and run them from your house to the cistern.

duh

 

Oh yeah, you're right. I have an 06, I think I got 900 lbs from the capacity you suggested less my weight and a passenger. Lol.