Load 2014 Tacoma can carry

Hi,

I have a 2014 Tacoma with a 5' bed.

Will be moving some gravel and am wondering how much weight a Tacoma can handle.

Thanks for any insights offered !!

 

About 1200 lbs +/-

 

There was a really good write up on here that someone did about hauling and towing. It was like a bible for Tacoma owners. I cant find it right now so if anyone else has it and can post the link that would be helpful. There's a ton more involved here than just "how much can my truck haul"

 

Not much.

1,200lbs.

Get delivery for gravel and rock unless we are talking a very minor amount. Its very easy to go overweight with those materials.

 

I have loaded my 2015 DCSB Sport several times with 1800+lbs of materials and it always makes me nervous, need to be more detailed when I pick up materials for jobs lol...but everyone always tells me it can carry 2k easy, personally I would never recommend it but that’s just me

 

A cubic yard of gravel is generally estimated to weigh 2800 pounds. You can decide from there if it's worth it to make multiple trips. Depending on model and options the payload including driver and carried gear is +/- 1200 lbs, (curb weight minus GVWR) its on the door jam sticker. 1200 pounds will put a stock truck effectively on the bump stops.

 

I did this last summer. Gravel is pretty heavy per yard, about 1 ton. I limited my hauling to 1/2 yard of gravel per trip. That's roughly 1,000 lbs.

 

not effectively... 1200lbs in the bed will SLAM the truck on bumpstops without it even moving. OP rent a trailer and save your truck.

 

1/2 yard of gravel is my limit too.

 

A static load of 1200 pounds (a known volume of water) put my 2+1 off road springs on the stops sitting in the driveway. I have since added a factory 3 leaf pack plus 3 leaf aal. It carries an occasional payload better now

 

I carried around 12-1300lbs of concrete mix in my bed a few years ago. The truck was an inch or so off the bump stops.

 

I've had a yard of gravel in the back... do not suggest it. It looked like I was doing a wheelie.

 

When I still had the factory springs, I'd done a few extremely heavy loads. 1/2 yard of limestone screening, AND a trailer that ran about 8000 pounds. That means that I probably had about 2000 pounds extra load on those springs.
No, it was not on the bump stops.
But I did eventually break a leaf, but can't say conclusively if the load contributed much to it, since it broke the same as they do for everyone else.

 

Since you have a 5 foot bed, my concern is that the load doesn't balance evenly over the axle as it would on a 6 foot bed. Most of the weight will be behind the axle, which will actually lift up on your front wheels somewhat. This will have negative impact on control.