:bull:pokinit:: I find it really hard to believe the stock beds weighs that much. Pat and I lifted my tacoma bed off just the 2 of us, and I know I cant arm curl 200 lbs, like I did half the bed. And it has a spray in liner that adds wieght also.
I used the registration fee weight of the title and the weight of the truck from my local transfer station(dumps) after I removed the bed and bumper. The stated unladen weight on the title is 3355lbs and the weight from the transfer station was 2897lbs w/o any passengers. That is a difference of 458lbs. I still have the stock rear bumper and it weighs 45lbs according to my home scale.
Since I still have the bed from my '91, I went ahead and put a scale under each end. The rear was 147lbs, and the front was 163lbs. The difference in weight could have been either from the margin of error within each scale, or the fact that the bed wasn't level(about a 10* angle sloped back to front). I tried standing it on end on one scale but it maxed out the 300lb scale. Seeing how some of you feel the 3rd gen and Taco beds you have removed weren't that heavy, it is likely the weight is closer to 310lbs(combined scale weight) than 413lbs from using the registration fee weight and that from the transfer station. I going to try and get the truck weighed this week, so I can compare the before and after weights.
Plus the more storage and stuff you add to a flatbed the more 
you end up bringing that just adds wieght in the end
True. However when you have to bring as much crap as I do to go camping and the parts needed for trail repairs, you really don't have much of a choice. Like I said earlier if I was only using it to wheel, or could get by w/just the basics, I would have done something similar to the one you had on your 1st gen.
