adjustments than you'll ever
need. The interior is also quiet,
even at freeway speeds. There's
a little wind noise, but nothing
that set our sound meter from
reading a steady 68 dB.
The bed is the deepest in
the full-size pickup market, and
it's equipped with adjustable
tie-downs along both sides. The
high bedsides increase payload
capacity of materials such as
mulch, gravel and sand. But the
high sides also make it diffi cult
to reach in a cross-bed toolbox
or objects in the bed without
dropping the tailgate or using a
side step of some sort.
Those are nit-picks. Overall,
I have to give the 2014 Tundra
Crew Max 4x4 Platinum a strong
B+: It has all of the power you'd
every need in a 1/2-ton for work
or recreational towing, and the
Platinum's features do make the
occupants feel like they are rid-
ing in the lap of luxury.
If the next generation has less
plastic in the interior and brings
more state-of-the-art engine
technology to play for better fuel
economy, they are on track for
an "A" in my book.
5 2 To t a l L a n d s c a p e C a r e . c o m A P R I L 2 014
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The Platinum edition's gated automatic is
nicely mated to the V-8, and the manual-shift
mode is great for trailer towing.
Watch a road test with
the 2014 Toyota Tundra at
totallandscapecare.com/
tundra-road-test.
