Anyone making bed stiffeners yet????

Just made an appointment to get my topper installed a week from today and tossing in my decked system and really want to reinforce the bed area. Anyone seen anything in development yet?

 

are you going to have any payload left after adding all that and you and your passengers?

 

Most of the gang that is adding AluCabs, drawer systems, and other heavy components seem to be using the LC80 springs from Dobinsons to cover the additional weight.

A General Spring rep hopped into the forum recently looking for product testers for their new HD springs too.

I think XOverland's Orion Build has to be the heaviest build on a 3rd Gen to date. Full blown expedition build that they're going to eventually ship to Iceland for a video series. They used Old Man Emu HD springs for an LC80 on their build for the rear with an Icon Stage 6/7/8 kit up front.

Looks like some options are on the market, which is good.

 

but that doesnt increase payload.

most of these things only have like 1200-1400 (which is still better than mine and an improvement), it just seems like not much to work with if you add all kinds of cool toys like that.

 

You're correct. They don't add payload, but they can help you maximize the use of your payload capacity. Stock suspensions aren't really setup well to do that.

Here's how I've always understood it. Just round #'s here for my simple math: If available payload is 1,600lbs...you might bottom out the rear suspension with 900 lbs of rocks, but still have 700lbs of payload available. That's because you can't evenly distribute the 900 lbs in the bed evenly across both the front & rear suspensions. It's mostly sitting on just the rear.

So upgrading your rear springs allows you to use more of your available payload in 1 spot on the suspension, if that's makes sense.

In the end, you're totally correct that you can't technically add payload capacity...but you can access what you have more efficiently. General Spring has a good write up on their site about this that my buddies and I have talked about before.

 

Me- 200, wife- 120, baby and baby seat- 75 lbs, lab 80lbs= 475. topper + decked system= 400, bumpers + winch another 400. 1275, add in tounge weight of trailer-100lbs (opus op4) and gear and we are over payload. Vs my old tundra we are significantly better though and I had ZERO issues ever towing this set up all over the rockies.

I have dobinson LC springs, upgraded brake lines, HD sway bar links, HD front coilovers, and airbags going in the back springs. with my trailer hooked up and truck loaded (without airbags) I have barely any rear sag currently.

Toyota under rates EVERYTHING. Lots of folks have gone to the scales and found their 22's have an additional 200+ of payload. If I was 500+ lbs over payload I would be concerned, but I am not and the truck drives, brakes, and corners great in its current set up. An HD truck makes zero sense for our family. I would love a 1794 hybrid trim with 2k payload, but what is offered works just fine. Upgraded suspension, aribags and E load tires make a world of difference vs stock.