How much does my truck weigh?

[Looking4new]

'Curb' weight is usually empty of fuel, coolant and oil. Grain elevator will weigh it or and truck stop with a CAT scale. (You will have to pay at the TS.)

 

[terryknight]

'Curb' weight is usually empty of fuel, coolant and oil. Grain elevator will weigh it or and truck stop with a CAT scale. (You will have to pay at the TS.)

i thought curb weight was full fuel, oil, ect. and included 150lbs for a driver??

 

[George2615]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Curb weight (US English) or kerb weight (UK English) or unladen mass is the total weight of a vehicle with standard equipment, all necessary operating consumables (e.g., motor oil and coolant), a full tank of fuel, while not loaded with either passengers or cargo.

This definition may differ from definitions used by governmental regulatory agencies or other organizations. For example, many European Union manufacturers include the weight of a 75 kilogram driver to follow European Directive 95/48/EC.[1] Additionally, organizations may define curb weight with fixed levels of fuel and other variables to equalize the value for the comparison of different vehicles.

 

[bigtiller]

My title and registration doesn't list the gvw. I would hate to bother the busy folks at the grain elevator, they have consolidated with the surrounding towns and keep busy enough without guys like me pestering them. A fellow TBN member PMed me with info from a 2013 model of 6310 lbs. And 3 or 4 of you above said 5800 or so. I guess that's close enough for now. And it is getting easier to say that my dealer may be a little dis-lec-sick (sp) and got his numbers jumbled up.

Thanks for your help

 

[/pine]

On vehicles designed for the United States market...the GVW can be found on the Vehicle ID Plate...
Subtract the payload rating for curb weight

 

[bigtiller]

On vehicles designed for the United States market...the GVW can be found on the Vehicle ID Plate...
Subtract the payload rating for curb weight

Where is the ID plate? On the door post? If so, GVW isn't listed there.

 

[/pine]

Where is the ID plate? On the door post? If so, GVW isn't listed there.

It's supposed to be...possibly coded ?

 

[bigtiller]

It's supposed to be...possibly coded ?

I did find a decal that said to "never exceed passenger and cargo weight of 3069 lbs". If I subtract that number from the GVWR of 9,200 I get 6131. Could that be the actual weight of the truck?

 

[/pine]

It's really not my bag to say but that does sync with 'LD1's estimation...

Just an off the wall suggestion...
If there is no commercial scales local to you... and you really want to find out for sure...you might check with your closest state trooper office...they usually have portable ways of weighing vehicles...

 

[Beltzington]

6,278lbs