Lakemann wrote:
O.k. heres the deal, weighed my truck today. Its a 2008 Dodge 2500 Cummins 6.7 with an auto trans and an 8' bed. She came in right at 7620# with just me and a full tank of fuel. After reading ramcneal's post above me, its hard to imagine that an extra 2 feet of driveshaft,frame and sheet metal would end up being 580# more. Should I have gotten a shortbed and used that extra 580 elsewhere?
One difference, I wasn't in the truck when it was weighed, but I did have a full tank of fuel. I weigh 250lbs, so your truck is an extra 330lbs. I too doubt one and a half feet of steel would make up the difference, so it's probably someplace else. Do you carry tools in the truck? What about a 5th wheel hitch? When I weighed just the truck I didn't have my 5th wheel hitch yet. Another possibility is the difference in engine weight? Is it possible that Cummins added iron to the block for the larger displacement? What are the axle weights?
