Cat Scale Results
For those of you who are into numbers I went to the Cat scales with our rig finally for the first time with this truck and trailer combo. I went to the scale with just my truck and then about an ho...
Forum Discussion
Hammerboy wrote:twodownzero wrote:
So your truck has 1,900 pounds of payload and with the wife on board, you're overloaded by over 400 pounds--over 20% of your payload capacity.
Why is your truck itself so heavy? Can you move load to the trailer? Mine weighs 7,100. I know newer trucks are heavier, but where did they put the extra thousand pounds?
Actually my truck weighs in at 7534# dry i'm assuming because I have 2466# payload according to the door sticker. The 8100# on the scale ticket is with Me, hitch, and full tank of diesel, that comes off the stated payload leaving me with the 1900# left over. Short of moving my wife to riding in the fifth I can't shift anything to the fifth and I don't think she would go for that ;-)
Dan
Edit: Now that I think about it I wonder if the door sticker includes a full tank of fuel? Me = 215#, hitch = 221#, 36 gallons fuel = 280# plus I added running boards and spray in bedliner, all that should be around 850# I would think but yet it scaled at 8100#. Who knows...:h
Your 7534 curb weight is based on all fluids full which includes fuel. Add you and hitch and you’re pretty close to 8100
