Help, I'm freaking out!

"Plastics" is a very generalized term. Thermoset, Thermoplastic, Nylon, Reinforcement materials are all in a general area of mold able products. Sorry, I thought that was understood on the current level of the Conversation.

 

tossed a 50lb bag of dog food in the back of mine when i first bought it... cracked right down the middle. i only buy 10lb bags now

 

I dumped a partial bucket of somewhat rocky topsoil from a cat 950 in my truck once. I tried to be careful but you can only be so careful with a 25 year old hydraulic system. Long story short the bed is fine but I am damn lucky I didn't break a leaf. You will be ok.

Side note, a bed mat will soften any blows it receives and spread the force out a bit. They are worth every penny.

 

Some people crack them....but those people are the kind of people that could destroy an anvil with a banana

 

Stiff bag for it to crack. You sure it wasn't a glass box?

I've thrown my 80~100lb spare tire around a few times. Still looks good.

 

Rolled into the scrap yard with a shit ton of scrap steel once. 1560lb the owner of the yard had to do a double take.

Also have several times dumped 1/2yard of stone from a bucket loader. They aren't that gentle at the stone yard and I think they load you a little generously too.

I have the spring tsb and the timbren rubber springs. And I try not to go to far with heavy stuff. But she does fine.

I did have a motorcycle sitting rear tire on the tailgate once from Tampa to Bridgeport and it deflected the gate about 1/4". Not really noticeable but at the time I was upset about it.

 

Use it like any other truck, only difference is it won't dent and if you scratch it it won't rust. Any truck you buy has a destructible bed just treat it like you are the one paying for it and it will hold up fine.

 

ftfy

 

Everyone keeps saying the beds are plastic, nylon, etc. When I drilled holes in mine for my onboard air it sure does look and smell like fiberglass to me.

 

It's fiberglass. I've punctured my bed. It's def not simple plastic.

 

Yea there's no way they would have gotten the strength without fiberglass.

It is a glass reinforced plastic.

 

I've got the Ethiopian version of the Tacoma. Yeah, a 5 lug 2wd. I had a vending machine tipped into the back straight on a corner and it gouged it maybe 1/4th inch, if even. Then I hauled about half a ton of pea gravel in it dropped from a skid steer. You'll be fine.

 

You won't notice it until you do. At least that's how it happened on mine. Repeated loading of large maple rounds and lots of sitting and hopping up into the bed and now it's bowed pretty good. Wouldn't even care except I can't get my undercover hardcover on now. Not sure if it can be bent back or if I'm going to have to get a new one.

The bed itself has been fine though. Years of tossed in firewood, huge wood rounds, stone, dirt, dirt bike, sled. It gets well used and no problems.

 

bed will be just fine, its the leafs thats concerning

 

If anything the tailgate is a weak point, I wouldn't worry aboot the bed.

 

Is it really a concern that the plastic bed stays pretty? It's not going to break. I've thrown dirt, rock, lumber, pellets, tractors, furniture and everything else. There's nicks and scrapes here and there but no real damage.

 

Nope. It's a truck and I plan to use it like one. As long as it doesn't crack, break or fall off the frame I'll be good it.

 

OP.... I have a 2011, work in construction and load the bed down at least once a week with block, mortar, lumber trash, dead subcontractors (scratch the last one). Mine has held up for 109,000 miles and still rolling. You made a solid investment.