2005 Toyota Tundra SR5 from North America - Comments

Actually the thousand pound load wasn't on the tailgate, it was against the tailgate on the back end of the bed. It's easier for a load to squat a truck at the back end of the truck bed because only the rear wheels are holding the load and because there's more leverage. Anyone who does work with a domestic would believe me easily. You think a Toyota holds the standard for a pickup truck, so since a Toyota can't handle 1000 pounds without squatting, you make the assumption that no truck can handle this. Domestics have always been made to handle very heavy loads in their beds. They all have thicker leaf springs and they usually have more leaf springs. Twice, I have delivered thousand pound loads of motorcraft oil filters from Somerset, Ky. to Lexington, Ky. Twice the truck barely squatted and handled like there was nothing back there. 1000 pounds really isn't an extremely heavy load, we've also put 1000 pounds in the back of Rangers. It really doesn't matter to me if you believe me or not.

Well, I'm not a physics professor, so I'll leave that to you, but since I am a mechanic, I do know that the Tundra puts all of the F-150s to shame. Does it say that Toyota always run longer in your math book? It should.

I placed 1 ton of pavers near the cab within the bed of my domestic, not on a tailgate. Not recommended, but I have also had no issues. I would be hesitant to put 1 ton in the bed of the Tundra in the same exact position or any other area in the back of one if I owned one. I can carry light loads in my car and not find a truck necessary, but I need mine and expect it to perform renovating my home.