I am looking for a Crew cab 4x4 regardless what I get.That truck with the 5.7,short bed and 4x4 has a max payload of 1440 according to the "ebrochure".Im not putting the truck down by any means.I just like to research everything before making a big purchase.

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The 2014 Tundra models have the same wheelbases and cargo-bed dimensions as the 2013. Exterior measurements don't vary by more than about an inch. The new one uses the same three drivetrains — though has lost 1 mpg in some models. Interior room is an inch less here, an inch more there. Payload ratings have declined, ranging from 1,255 pounds to 2,040 pounds, depending on configuration, down from the 2013's 1,450 to 2,090 pounds. Towing is roughly equal.

Thats a quote from a USA today article on the 2014 Tundra

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Posted by jordan21210

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Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:29 pm to pdubya76

Here is your answer:

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Automakers often brag about the towing abilities of their pickups, encouraging shoppers to believe that their vehicles could safely pull almost anything.

The towing claims are effective, moving heavy metal in the single most profitable product segment in the auto industry.

They are also highly dubious. All but one pickup manufacturer refuse to follow standardized towing-capacity tests they all agreed four years ago to adopt for 2013 models -- test procedures that would lower the towing capacity ratings they now claim.

Instead, automakers follow their own test regimens and advertise claims that could encourage customers to push their vehicles beyond safe limits in terms of stopping and control.

The years-long industry effort to develop a voluntary, verifiable, common towing standard is stuck -- trapped by automakers afraid to disarm unilaterally in the middle of a pitched pickup PR battle.

The SAE's J2807 towing test standard, adopted by automakers in 2009 and scheduled to go into effect for all pickups in the 2013 model year, now is being followed in the segment only by Toyota.