What is the actual payload? Weighing the 2022 Toyota Tundra Limited 

What I’ve learned from Tim’s videos…Nebraska is a cold and windy place! 😂 Love the videos! Thanks for all your efforts!!

Back in the day... we never knew what the payload was for a truck. Just loaded it until the bump stops almost touched. I wonder if that Toyota would be even close to the bump stops at 1400 lbs? I've also loaded old half tons way past the payload with feed sacks, hay and firewood. Never caused any problems, but I wasn't driving very far either.

Good work on that Tim. Yeah makes sense they would be conservative on a payload figure knowing many owners add a few common accessories to their vehicle.

Great info! My next truck will be a special order F150 mid XLT crew with 6.5 bed. I value the Hesvy Duty Payload Package (HDPP) which ensures the truck can handle well over 2400 pounds of Payload. But it limits your options. Thanks Tim Rich

Awesome. I have same truck. Thanks for the info!

That grill needs a redesigned. The nose need to be shrunk by six inches and the cab moved forward by six inches giving the the back seat six inches more leg room.

I'm still claiming my Mother-in-Law will put me over no matter what the sticker says.

Curious to know what the bed weight is on the tundra to get an indication of what weights of canopy could be built on it.

I need to go weigh my GX sometime. We have lots of elevator grain scales here in central NE as well which would be close enough for me.

You can see in the manual what payload corresponds to what trim and cab/bed configuration. I guess Toyota lists the absolute minimum payload considering the heaviest possible vehicle for each trim and cab configuration.

Nice video. I think close enough is good enough...Lol. Besides, most or many folks are going to overload the Tundra anyway, because they do not consider payload numbers. The payload capacity and all those numbers are for legals anyway. Either to protect the consumer or to hold him to the fire. haha Merci

Thanks, Tim! I like that Toyota's numbers are conservative. It's really easy to overload all of these half tons. If you're using it to move anything it can happen.

That round number from the scale tells me it's rounding to the nearest 100lbs.

I have a 2022 sr5 crewman with 5.5 bed with full tank with not a ton of options it was off more the. 250 pounds according to the cat scale.

Payload was so confusing that even the camera couldn't get a focus on the sticker 😂

They advertise a 12k max tow rating for the 22 Tundra, but that is a unicorn model. I think I saw it as the 2WD SR5. Ford and others do same thing. Same issue with payload.

Off topic but I heard you mention a Rough Country leveling kit. Did you do all your mpg testing with the kit installed? I'm getting the same kit installed next week. Thanks.

You did a video in regards to payload at a show. The Capstone with the hybrid battery had 50 pounds less capacity then the SR-5. I believe the battery weights 200 pounds. Why only a 50 pound diff in capacity?

How much fuel in the tank? How much is it estimated at when sticker is made? My 22 f250 is 10k gvwr and 2698 payload, had to scale my truck to register in California and with me out, half tank fuel and aprox 75 lbs of stuff under back seat weight was 7120 vs 7302.

Tim, do you know why the airbag/auto leveling feature is not available with all option packages? If so, would explain and include if aftermarket kits could be added to any crewmax with 6.5 box. Thanks

Did you factor in the weight of the garage door opener on your visor?

I just noticed the Hybrid has a heavy axle capacity.

But which sticker is wrong, the GVWR or payload sticker?

I'm a truck driver and i noticed you didn't weigh at a CAT scale they certify the weight is 100% accurate and will even fight for you in court it's very easy for these no name weigh scales to be off 40lbs easy you can find CAT scales at any truck stop like loves flying j Petro or travel centers of America

I would love to know how mfgs come up with the unladen weights for these trucks. Do they cross a scale at the end of the production line or is it just calculated based on option content?

Scale weight is accurate to the least changeable digit. Here I would say it is +/- 10 lbs A 10,000 lb object would have an error of the display of 10 out of 10,000, or 0.1%. The total error in this case would be 20 lbs (the plus and minus part added together). In effect the weight could lie anywhere between 9990 and 10010 pounds weight. How Toyota may calculate the weight probably has the same error bars of +/- 10 lbs. This would place your measured weight at the high end and their given weight at the low end within 10 lbs, potentially. 5810 vs 5820

When a ford maverick xlt with sun roof fx4 tow haul mode has 1260lbs of payload out of 1500lbs advertised and a tundra crewmax trd off road has 1360lbs out of 1900lbs max advertised you look at the parts and go wtf is going on

Someone already mentioned it but the scale has a very small error +/- so the sticker is correct. Most scales are certified so they must be correct. BUT your payload is what is left over when you load it for the trip or everyday driving. That’s the number that counts. So it will always be lower than the sticker.

Would having a Double Cab instead increase payload?

What about fuel? I would guess that a full tank weighs at LEAST 50 lbs right there? Or maybe a little less?

It’s kind of odd that the truck weighs exactly 5800 pounds. Does the scale go in increments of 100 lbs, 50 lbs, or some other number?

Can't believe how low the payload capacity is, might have to look elsewhere. Even my 2010 F-150 has a 1,700+ payload capacity.

Who knows if both or one of the scales where off? Even 1 % off is 58 pounds.

Lol don't forget Tim weight about 350lbs too. Jk great job on the information

It really eliminates a tundra for many camper owners especially if you were in the market for pickup bed camper. Lance makes a short bed half ton model but it’s a no go for the tundra payload. Folks that do truck things regularly won’t buy a tundra! Big 3 has them beat big time.

so you have quite a bit more than that, I dont know what the tank holds but you said payload was with empty tank. and you had it full. could be another 200 lbs.

Subtract the weight of the fluids. Gas, antifreeze and oil.

I could care less if I’m a couple hundred pounds over max or under. All these things are at an extremely conservative level not at a level that makes them unsafe. Lawyers write these limitations more so than engineers

keeping 2010 4.6 tundra d c 102000miles

Yep Toyota is conservative and they (like all others) build in additional safety factors when it comes to payload and towing. Do you really think that the weight of you truck came to exactly 5800lbs? It is unlikely and the precision of the scales you used will vary depending on the intended purpose. Most people don't weigh their payload or measure their tongue weight anyway. They guesstimate those figures and are probably frequently way off. If you think that you are gonna be anywhere close to the rated payload or towing for any truck (regularly) then you really need to consider the next duty rating up such as a 3/4 or 1 ton truck. If you are going to be approaching those limits on rare occasions then you will likely be just fine. People need to get their panties out of a bunch over this stuff.

With what toyota said it should weigh and what it did weigh, even with the upgrades u did, I would be happy with Toyota's numbers on the sticker. Also, all scales are not created equal. When was last time that scale was calibrated? And if that scale usually weighs' tractor trailers, that little Toyota seems like a flea to the scale. So for "light" weight things it might not be as accruite. Take a bathroom digital scale along with you next time you weigh a truck, only you get on the scale and see what you weigh. Than you and only you get on the big truck scale and see what it says you weigh.... I would put good money on it that the big truck scale says you weigh less than what the bathroom scale says you weigh.

Does it matter........the Tundra is and over built 1/2 ton. I never had a problem towing anything with the bed full of stuff. It's an engineering thing......if it was any other truck it would have broke back Mountain already.

Do you think Toyota weighs each truck individually? Maybe they have the weight of each option in a computer and just let the computer add everything up and spit out a sticker. It would be interesting to find out. It could be just a disparity between scales. At thirty pounds that’s just 0.5%. That’s an allowable margin of error. As you say, Toyota is very conservative with their ratings. If you go over the payload by thirty pounds will the truck self destruct or put you at real risk. I think there’s probably a margin of safety built into the ratings as well. That doesn’t mean you shout exceed the specified ratings. I doubt it as long as the truck is driven reasonably for the load unlike a semi on I80 with a 50,000 pound load at 90mph😂!

Isn’t the VIN specific payload listed on the yellow sticker?

Those stickers are just suggestions

🇺🇸 when towing or carrying.... with your family in the truck. Be Conservative! Very!

I think the payload sticker is BS. I had a 2016 Power wagon that had lower payload than my 2021 Tundra. Power wagon could handle double the weight of the Tundra and drove safer.

Toyota is not "being conservative with their numbers". IF they were going to be conservative somewhere, they would do that with the GVWR and simply take of a small amount there for headroom, they would not purposely lie on what the truck actually weighs. I expected more from this video, 30 pounds can get lost pretty easy if you have jumper cables in your truck, different floor mats etc etc. This is a nothing burger.

Dude cmon 50 lbs is nothing. Women gain way more when you marry them!

Tundra is junk Tim, do us all a favor get out of that junk and into a RAM! You will not regret it