Anyone know the payload range of a 1994 GMC?

JIMNLIN wrote:
I don't know about a '94 model 2500 GM but my '90 model 2500 chevy didn't have a glove box sticker or a door post GVWR based payload sticker. The gvwr based payloads sticker didn't become mandatory till '06 although some LDTs had them prior.

I didn't see any hater comments being made unless the adm/mods deleted them.

I was jumping the gun with the hater comment. IIRC my 88 Chevy C1500 had both stickers. I've seen plenty in the junkyard that didn't as well. I'll see if I can find the bookmark that has all that info for every year and configuration.

Agree....although I never said a truck doesn't have a gvwr sticker.....what I said in my above reply was a '94 won't have a "gvwr based payload sticker".

But all LDT in question will have a gvwr/fawr/rawr certification door post sticker.

JIMNLIN wrote:
I don't know about a '94 model 2500 GM but my '90 model 2500 chevy didn't have a glove box sticker or a door post GVWR based payload sticker. The gvwr based payloads sticker didn't become mandatory till '06 although some LDTs had them prior.

I didn't see any hater comments being made unless the adm/mods deleted them.

IIRC, every pickup I have owned, from early '50s thru '05, including a couple of El Caminos, had a GVWR on the ID plate.

I don't know about a '94 model 2500 GM but my '90 model 2500 chevy didn't have a glove box sticker or a door post GVWR based payload sticker. The gvwr based payloads sticker didn't become mandatory till '06 although some LDTs had them prior.

I didn't see any hater comments being made unless the adm/mods deleted them.

There is a sticker in your glovebox that tells you how much truck camper to haul. Far as I can tell, they sandbagged that number by 50% or better. To all the haters, your cries fall on deaf ears.

noteven wrote:
Thanks for the info everyone.

Glad we could be of service...

one thing that hasn't changed much is a 3/4 ton trucks rawr payload which will be carrying most if not all of it.
My old long gone '90 450 2500 chevy 2wd long bed had a 60xx rear axle/tire load rating. If I remember right the truck rear axle weighed in the 2650-2700 lb range leaving around 3100-3300 lb in the bed payload.
The 6.5 diesel sits on the front axle so not much difference in rear axle payload.

Keep in mind my truck was current back then and new springs/running gear. A '94 is 27 years old and probably the springs have flattened out some.
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Thanks for the info everyone.

MORSNOW wrote:
Just over 2,000 lbs, those older truck just didn't have the payloads of todays trucks.

Not to the OP's query, which was super vague anyway, but while you're correct, that new models and subsequent past models for the last 20 years have all been increasingly stouter (not just axles), my old 86 GMC 3/4 ton, even with the "less desirable" 14 bolt semi floater rear axle is 8600 gvw and 6000lb rawr. On a truck that is about 5000lbs empty curb weight and maybe 2500lbs on the rear axle.
Add it up and payload, by the numbers, has not really increased measurably, or actually has gone down (by the "numbers").
"By the numbers" the old 86 has about 3500lbs of available payload and a set of rear springs that shame most new 3/4 tons. Also rides like a brick.
I've put 3000lbs of material in the back of it and it didn't hit the bump stops.
That said, other advancements in braking, power, frame/chassis rigidity, towing capability, etc have improved immensely in the last 20 years. But basic payload capacity in srw trucks has not increased much, if any.

Just over 2,000 lbs, those older truck just didn't have the payloads of todays trucks.