Payload

So for anyone wondering, I put the payload capacity of a 25 TRD Rally to the test today. Went and picked up about 10 cubic yards of material from Lowe’s. 7 of it was garden soil. On the low end, I was probably pushing between 1500-1600lbs and it handled it like a champ. Aside from the obvious suspension squat, it was barely noticeable. Just thought I’d share. Note that this greatly exceeds the recommended payload capacity of this truck.

 

Do you mean cubic feet??? Only a dump truck can carry 10 yards at once. A 6.5ft bed can only take about 1.8 yards so only 8ft trucks take 2 yards at once. 10 yards of soil would be 15k lbs or so depending on moisture.

 

I may have mathed wrong. 28 cubic feet of garden soil and 20 cubic feet of mulch. That said, weight was done based on cubic feet so that was accurate.

 

Very nice looking rig, you just reminded me I need to wash mine.

 

1500-1600lbs greatly matches the payload of that truck. Check your door jamb. I put a yard of supersoil in the bed of my 2000 Tundra. That was a little over 2k pounds.

 

Divide cubic feet by 27 to get cubic yards... You had 1.8 yards. The math on the split of the soil material at 7 out of 10isn't mathing either 28/48 isn't 70% it's 58%... Me thinks your units of measure are all jacked up and maybe the weight you calculated is off too.

 

I have put 2,000 lbs easily in the back of my 2021 TRD Pro and its done just fine.

 

@AlanCraig1 there is about 55ish cubic feet of room in the 6.5' bed...if you were about 2-3 inches of so from the top of the bed rails that's would put you about 48 cubic feet of material in the bed.

 

lol, yes, for reference the semi trucks we use to haul impacted soil to the landfill and clean rock on the way back hold 12 cubic yards legally. thats 18-20 tons

OP, 1500lbs in the is just fine, but the math is off

clayey soil is about 1.5 tons per cubic yard depending on moisture.

 

You forgot to mention your V8 engine didn't blow up either.

 

Payload is interesting. I was just thinking the other day how I stress about my 900lb slide-in camper, figuring I should only have it in the truck for short periods, and not take really long trips, to keep from wearing out wheel bearings, brakes, u-joints, transmission. But then I think that if I had 8 friends (well over 1,000lb) in the back of my truck, I wouldn't actually think of it as taxing. It just doesn't seem like something that would cause a lot of wear & tear. But having that one big camper makes me nervous.