The delta between GVWR and weight is a vehicle’s payload-the amount of weight it’s able to carry.ġ,155 pounds-the payload of a Tacoma in its most popular configuration-may sounds like a good amount of weight, but remember a truck needs to carry more than what’s in its bed. Because the Tacoma itself weighs anywhere from 3,915 to 4,550 pounds, depending on whether its two or four-wheel drive (the latter is heavier), or how large the cab is, that leaves 1,685 pounds to 1,050 pounds left over. That’s the maximum it’s legal and safe for one to weigh on public roads. The third generation Tacoma, which has been on sale since 2015 and is being replaced next year by a much improved all-new Tacoma, has a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 5,600 pounds. ![]() ![]() I’ve picked on the Toyota Tacoma before, but let’s again briefly use it as an example here, simply because it’s so popular amongst active Outside readers. A pickup designed to carry more weight will be capable of moving that weight more safely, and more competently, no matter the environment.īut, here on a continent where training is almost entirely absent from a typical driver’s experience, enforcement focuses on speed only, and where good information is lacking in most people’s vehicle-purchase decisions as a result, it can prove difficult to create both an accurate picture of the amount of weight you need a vehicle to carry, and the amount of weight a truck is actually able to carry. For that reason, we quantify the work a truck is capable of performing by the amount of weight it’s designed to carry. You choose one over a passenger car or sport utility vehicle because you need to haul people, dogs, and things off paved roads and through inclement weather in order to pursue your hobbies and lifestyle. It’s the job of a pickup truck to perform work. I know this is going to be controversial, but you probably need a bigger pickup truck than you think you do. Because this typically results in exactly the opposite things drivers are trying to achieve- worse fuel economy, diminished capability, compromised safety-this grumpy former car journalist feels the need to set the record straight. ![]() In a time where large trucks bear much of the negative image associated with both the climate disaster and toxic masculinity, amid popular culture trends that promote doing more with less, it’s common to see outdoorsy types trying to press smaller vehicles into unsuitable roles.
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