Brunson
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2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road Hauling Test: We will rock you
We filled the bed with enough rocks to sag the rear end, then drove it across the lawn
Full article: https://www.autoblog.com/2024/03/04/2024-toyota-tacoma-trd-off-road-hauling-test-we-will-rock-you/
The grand total was 1,111 pounds.
The Tacoma's maximum payload is listed as between 1,380 and 1,705 pounds for the 4x4 Double Cab. I'm honestly not sure where the TRD Off-Road falls in that range, but the important thing was that my rock amount was well south of the bottom number. I also weigh considerably less than 269 pounds.
We were very careful in putting them down because this was a pre-production unit with flimsy scratch-prone black plastic inside and outside the truck. I'm assuming that includes this bed lining, because if this is the production lining, it must be more robust than it seems. Either way, it survived unscathed. We then loaded the 12 bags of other rocks aboard, which was more than enough to sag the Tacoma's butt toward the ground.
Apart from the nose noticeably being pitched upward and with less suspension compression over a speed bump, I can't say I noticed much of a change in the way the Tacoma drove. True, I didn't do full-throttle acceleration run, but neither the powertrain nor the suspension seemed strained.
We filled the bed with enough rocks to sag the rear end, then drove it across the lawn
Full article: https://www.autoblog.com/2024/03/04/2024-toyota-tacoma-trd-off-road-hauling-test-we-will-rock-you/
The grand total was 1,111 pounds.
The Tacoma's maximum payload is listed as between 1,380 and 1,705 pounds for the 4x4 Double Cab. I'm honestly not sure where the TRD Off-Road falls in that range, but the important thing was that my rock amount was well south of the bottom number. I also weigh considerably less than 269 pounds.
We were very careful in putting them down because this was a pre-production unit with flimsy scratch-prone black plastic inside and outside the truck. I'm assuming that includes this bed lining, because if this is the production lining, it must be more robust than it seems. Either way, it survived unscathed. We then loaded the 12 bags of other rocks aboard, which was more than enough to sag the Tacoma's butt toward the ground.
Apart from the nose noticeably being pitched upward and with less suspension compression over a speed bump, I can't say I noticed much of a change in the way the Tacoma drove. True, I didn't do full-throttle acceleration run, but neither the powertrain nor the suspension seemed strained.
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