Rear End Squat

[elking]

My Tundra TRD Pro squats a couple inches when I load my Polaris 500 ATV weighing about 850 lbs. Has anyone put an ATV in the bed of their Raptor And how much squat do you get? I have a 35 on order and I’m a little cocern about too much squat.

 

[1roadking]

It will squat a lot with 850Lbs in the bed. It’s only rated for 1400 LBS total. That being said, I think you will be fine.

 

[mully722]

It will squat a lot with 850Lbs in the bed. It’s only rated for 1400 LBS total. That being said, I think you will be fine.

This is also dependent of options. My fully loaded 35 only has a 1189 payload

 

[adamj2121]

I picked up a new stove and fridge the other week, a little under 600 pounds total, and the squat was pretty noticeable on my Gen 3. I should have measured the squat and took pics, but it was freezing cold the day I picked them up and just tried to get everything inside asap. That being said, my path home crossed a couple of train tracks and some pretty rough roads and there were no issues with ride or suspension bottoming out.

 

[1roadking]

The rear coil springs are progressive so they’ll go through the first few inches of travel pretty quickly with a load and then firm up another thing you can do is put it into sports suspension mode which is what it does when you hook a trailer to the truck and put it in trailer mode. That will help Stephen up the shock valving. I’ve been towing a trailer with a round 5000 pounds in it with zero issues.

 

[elking]

Thanks for your responses. ATV actually weighs 700 lbs and not 850. Raptor I ordered only has the 801A with bead locks and spray bedliner so I’m hoping that payload is near the 1400lb mark. With the atv and a small tent trailer in tow and gear I will be right at 1400 lbs.

 

[Hemmy]

The rear coil springs are progressive so they’ll go through the first few inches of travel pretty quickly with a load and then firm up another thing you can do is put it into sports suspension mode which is what it does when you hook a trailer to the truck and put it in trailer mode. That will help Stephen up the shock valving. I’ve been towing a trailer with a round 5000 pounds in it with zero issues.

I noticed this when I hooked my boat up. There was some squat initially because I did not have it in Tow mode. Next time I hooked it up, I put it in tow mode before hooking the boat up and the squat was not as bad.

 

[DFS]

I know I'm gonna sound like a broken record, but you're planning on maxing out payload from the beginning (potentially over) since the polaris dry weight is 696 plus your other gear/trailer. You're gonna want to change your rear springs out as soon as the after market offers something to increase your payload, or get a different truck.

 

[elking]

I know I'm gonna sound like a broken record, but you're planning on maxing out payload from the beginning (potentially over) since the polaris dry weight is 696 plus your other gear/trailer. You're gonna want to change your rear springs out as soon as the after market offers something to increase your payload, or get a different truck.

I was getting good constructive responses with real world examples until i read your post which does not make a whole lot of sense To me. What difference does it make to load the truck to its maximum allowable rating from the beginning or a year later?.

im fully aware of the capabilities and limitations of the truck And no I‘m not gonna install some after market springs made in a back alley garage on a 80k truck so that I can carry 3 extra jogs of water. If it was that easy don’t you think Ford engineers would have stiffen up the springs to get 150lb more payload?
Also I’m pretty sure I did not ask anyone for advice as to buy a Raptor or another truck. I simply asked member experiences with payload vs sag.
im going to trade in my 2004 Polaris 500 and buy a Honda Rancher 400 that weighs roughly 200 lbs less. Problem solved!

 

[DFS]

I was getting good constructive responses with real world examples until i read your post which does not make a whole lot of sense To me. What difference does it make to load the truck to its maximum allowable rating from the beginning or a year later?.

im fully aware of the capabilities and limitations of the truck And no I‘m not gonna install some after market springs made in a back alley garage on a 80k truck so that I can carry 3 extra jogs of water. If it was that easy don’t you think Ford engineers would have stiffen up the springs to get 150lb more payload?
Also I’m pretty sure I did not ask anyone for advice as to buy a Raptor or another truck. I simply asked member experiences with payload vs sag.
im going to trade in my 2004 Polaris 500 and buy a Honda Rancher 400 that weighs roughly 200 lbs less. Problem solved!

Sorry for making a suggestion that you get stiffer springs, similar to what people have done with Gen 1 and Gen 2 Raptor's with the leaf springs to accommodate heavier loads. Typically maxing out the payload +++ is not advisable, hence the stiffer rear coil over suggestion. Sorry that wasn't the "constructive" response you were looking for, but it too is real advice.