valhalla360 wrote:
rhagfo wrote:
You do realize the "Yellow Sticker" is specific to that vehicle. The yellow sticker is the difference between that vehicles "Curb Weight" and it's listed GVWR.
Once you start adding after factory accessories that payload starts going only one direction DOWN!
Yes, it is specific to the vehicle but just lists the overall max ratings. You have to go find the curb weight online or somewhere else.
Obviously, if you start adding things aftermarket, you have to account for them but that's true no matter what.
You are wrong.
While the "curb weight" is not DIRECTLY stated, it is INDIRECTLY STATED.
However knowing the curb weight is REALLY NOT NEEDED but CAN BE CALCULATED from BOTH the yellow cargo sticker AND the regular DOOR STICKER which has the VIN, plus weights and option codes.
I will show you how it is done and how the yellow stick works.
here is my yellow sticker..
It states my vehicle has 3451 lbs of cargo payload.
Here is my regular door sticker..
Which states my GVWR is 9900 lbs.
subtract 3451 lbs from 9900 lbs and I get 6449 lbs.
Now in PA our registration card actually contains the vehicles real curb weight..
That card states..
That my trucks unladen weight is 6011 lbs.
Right about now you will be saying that there is a discrepancy in the numbers.. and you would be correct..
However the yellow sticker already has ACCOUNTED FOR AND SUBTRACTED the driver weight of 150 lbs AND A FULL TANK OF FUEL..
To prove this I can subtract 6011 lbs from 6449 lbs and get 438 lbs as the difference.
Now subtract 150 lbs for driver and I get 288 lbs..
gasoline weighs about 8.2 lbs per gallon so I divide 288 by 8.2 and I get 35.12.. Which HAPPENS to be the size of my gas tank of 35 gallons!
So..
Please tell me why you NEED to know the curb weight when the YELLOW CARGO sticker TELLS you exactly how much cargo weight you can haul..
There is no need for spread sheets or lists of vehicle information when using the yellow cargo sticker. Those numbers ARE certified by the manufacturer on the date of the manufacture of said vehicle as it left the factory.
If the dealer or YOU have added anything then you simply subtract the weight of the additional items from the yellow sticker cargo weight.
