Why a discrepancy between sticker payload & actual weight?

myredracer wrote:

spud1957 wrote:

myredracer wrote:
Just got a "new" 2012 GMC Sierra 2500 CC. Just ran through a hwy truck scale today. The door jamb sticker says payload capacity of 2922 lbs but when I subtract the actual weight from the GVWR, I get 1674 lbs. Just added a canopy/cap and am guessing it weighs around 200 lbs so that would account for a bit of the difference.

Same thing on our old F250. It had a sticker payload cap. of 2800 lbs (approx., going by memory) and an actual of 1800 (again,approx. by memory).

Is it because the vehicle manufacturers use a stripped out reg. cab model for GVWR? The crew cab and 4x4 driveline stuff will add quite a bit of wt. Maybe that's the answer??

Our TT has a TW of 950 lbs. So the Sierra is okay there, but what if we had 4 adults, the dog and a bunch of cr@p in the bed? We'd be over the GVWR...

Something doesn't add up.

What did the scale say you weighed?

The payload sticker is simple. GVWR of said vehicle minus the curb weight of the same vehicle.

Highway truck scale? Not your best choice. Cat scales would be better.

I just happened to be going across the border today to pick up a parcel and there's a truck weigh scale right there so I did a quick in and out.

Yeah, pretty easy to calculate. I've weighed before on this same scale and compared it to a scale at a grain elevator on the same day and got the same result and also at another hwy scale on the WA state side on another day and all 3 were the same.

The scale total today was 3550 kg, 7826 lbs and the GVWR is 9500 lbs.

I might need to double check the weight another day at a CAT or other hwy scale. Haven't weighed the TT for a few years and could do with another weigh-in at a CAT scale somewhere anyway.

I weighed our F250 quite a few times and always got the same discrepancy.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Payload s per the Yellow Data Sticker pertains to that specific vehicle as it left factory

GVWR minus UVW = cargo carrying capacity (payload)\

Does NOT account for any dealer added accessories, options, components

spud1957 wrote:

myredracer wrote:
Just got a "new" 2012 GMC Sierra 2500 CC. Just ran through a hwy truck scale today. The door jamb sticker says payload capacity of 2922 lbs but when I subtract the actual weight from the GVWR, I get 1674 lbs. Just added a canopy/cap and am guessing it weighs around 200 lbs so that would account for a bit of the difference.

Same thing on our old F250. It had a sticker payload cap. of 2800 lbs (approx., going by memory) and an actual of 1800 (again,approx. by memory).

Is it because the vehicle manufacturers use a stripped out reg. cab model for GVWR? The crew cab and 4x4 driveline stuff will add quite a bit of wt. Maybe that's the answer??

Our TT has a TW of 950 lbs. So the Sierra is okay there, but what if we had 4 adults, the dog and a bunch of cr@p in the bed? We'd be over the GVWR...

Something doesn't add up.

What did the scale say you weighed?

The payload sticker is simple. GVWR of said vehicle minus the curb weight of the same vehicle.

Highway truck scale? Not your best choice. Cat scales would be better.

myredracer wrote:
Just got a "new" 2012 GMC Sierra 2500 CC. Just ran through a hwy truck scale today. The door jamb sticker says payload capacity of 2922 lbs but when I subtract the actual weight from the GVWR, I get 1674 lbs. Just added a canopy/cap and am guessing it weighs around 200 lbs so that would account for a bit of the difference.

Same thing on our old F250. It had a sticker payload cap. of 2800 lbs (approx., going by memory) and an actual of 1800 (again,approx. by memory).

Is it because the vehicle manufacturers use a stripped out reg. cab model for GVWR? The crew cab and 4x4 driveline stuff will add quite a bit of wt. Maybe that's the answer??

Our TT has a TW of 950 lbs. So the Sierra is okay there, but what if we had 4 adults, the dog and a bunch of cr@p in the bed? We'd be over the GVWR...