How much weight is your off road gear?

I am interested in this topic since my TRD OR can only do 1155 pounds.

Whats the most amount of weight you have outfited your rigs with when you plan to go camping off road.

Is 1155 enough for 4 people, and all there gear including wayer weight.

Thanks

 

What kind of travel are you planning to do off road, and what kind of difficulty level is the terrain you want to cover? What climate are traveling in and what times of year? Going to cover long distances?

Answering some of those questions might help you think about and then balance the amount of weight capacity you're looking for. While there are modifications that greatly increase payload like AAL springs, air bags, progressive rate spring sets, if you're consistently traveling long distance in severe climates with 4 people, you may actually find a larger platform to be better suited.

Typically its myself and one other person, going on trips ranging from 2 day (overnight) to 3-5 days. We usually cover 300 miles on road and around 50-60 miles off road, in weather that varies from 80 degrees when we leave home to 30 degrees at night in the mountains. It can be dry and hard to find water sometimes, and other times we can draw and purify water very easily.

Water weighs 8lbs a gallon, and people need quite a lot of it. Bringing 4 people in a vehicle like a Tacoma for 4 days in a warm climate would be around 16 gallons, or 128 lbs of water alone. I personally like carrying water in cases of bottles, and in gallon jugs from my local grocery store (refilling them), but in this case now we're talking about a lot of water taking up a lot of space.

Weight wise my other gear is:

Recovery gear: Hi-lift, MaxTrax, Snatch Strap, Tow Strap, Tree Saver, Snatch Block, Shackles, Receiver, compressor, saw, axe, shovel, prybar, etc = 150lbs
Basic Stuff: 4-6 Gallons water, food, stove, tent, sleep systems, portable table, etc. = 100 lbs
Misc: Cold weather Clothing, Binos, comms gear, etc. = 50 lbs

A lot of the trails we end up going out on are doable in a full size truck. It's not uncommon to see mildly modified Tundras accomplishing some awesome feats, with the whole family onboard. You could also consider a Tacoma with an off road trailer pulled behind, if you have an outdoorsy family. Frees up a lot of space in the truck itself and the Tacoma can easily pull most off road trailers.

 

You know, I really should worry about this more...
my 16 TRDOR is stock suspension and has RCI front, tranny, tc and fuel skids, front bumper with winch, rock rails, bed rack with a rtt on it, showel, axe and sand ladders, roof rack with lightbar, solar panels, extra fuel and arb awning, and then inside is the 103lbs goal zero yeti, plus my 240lbs heavy ass. All this is daily driven. All my camping stuff is in waterproof containers that slide into the bed and I'm ready to go withing a few mins.
I need to find a weigh station and see... I bet I am pushing or over the limit when loaded up. Most of the places I go are forest or desert roads that vary from being recently groomed to gutted and unused for years.

 

Id love to know how much your setup weighs as a roof rack and light bar or on my short list.

 

The off roading I like to do is advanced when with friends to easy when with family. I want to add a lift kit and bigger tires which adds more weight too. The terrian I see can be steep up hill mountain climbs with uneven holes to soft sandy deserts if that helps.

All the gear you mentioed I have as well or are on my short list.

Thanks for the long write up.