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Reddog1 wrote:
My 1996 Dodge 2500 2WD dsl ext Cab with 8-foot bed weight is 6200 pounds. I think if it were a dually, it would be about 6400 pounds.
Wayne
โJul-30-2015 08:42 PM
twodownzero wrote:dakonthemountain wrote:twodownzero wrote:
What is GVAR? And what is your GVWR?
GVAR is Gross vehicle axle rating and it's 11,300 on my truck
GVWR is Gross vehicle weight rating, and standard for a 1996 3500 Chevy dually like mine is 10,000lbs, which would normally bring me 720lbs OVER my GVWR. However, I'm the second owner of my truck and it apparently was a special order. It has some sort of factory commercial add ons with bigger brakes, a thicker sway bar and an additional leaf spring, with a sticker that says the new GVWR from the factory is 10,800lbs. I'm no expert, but I do know from my research and my 28 years of RV/truck experience that it's the axles, brakes and shocks that mostly still make the difference in safety. So with the factory add ons it's still 80lbs under the listed GVWR. The weights I reported in my original post are referring to the Gross axle ratings though...
Hope this helps. Like I said. I'm happy.
Dak
So there's no such thing as GVAR, you just made it up. You're right at GVWR, which will be safe indefinitely. Great job!
For reference, my 4 door, 1 ton, 4wd, diesel, manual truck weighs ~7200 empty. Being lighter empty definitely helps; it took the manufacturers forever to realize that the increase in weight of the empty trucks killed the payload pretty good.
โJul-30-2015 08:21 PM
โJul-30-2015 07:47 PM
dakonthemountain wrote:twodownzero wrote:
What is GVAR? And what is your GVWR?
GVAR is Gross vehicle axle rating and it's 11,300 on my truck
GVWR is Gross vehicle weight rating, and standard for a 1996 3500 Chevy dually like mine is 10,000lbs, which would normally bring me 720lbs OVER my GVWR. However, I'm the second owner of my truck and it apparently was a special order. It has some sort of factory commercial add ons with bigger brakes, a thicker sway bar and an additional leaf spring, with a sticker that says the new GVWR from the factory is 10,800lbs. I'm no expert, but I do know from my research and my 28 years of RV/truck experience that it's the axles, brakes and shocks that mostly still make the difference in safety. So with the factory add ons it's still 80lbs under the listed GVWR. The weights I reported in my original post are referring to the Gross axle ratings though...
Hope this helps. Like I said. I'm happy.
Dak
โJul-30-2015 01:27 PM
Ace! wrote:
You would think with mileage ratings being so important that manufacturers would have worked hard to keep the weight lower.
โJul-30-2015 12:57 PM
dakonthemountain wrote:languiduck wrote:
My 06 diesel F250 crew cab short bed weighs 7900# empty. I don't carry anything in it, except for a tool kit, a pair of boots, and an umbrella. That difference in weight is crazy!
Is it 2WD?
Yup. 2WD. I know! who would think that a 10 year newer truck w/diesel (yours) would weigh over 1,000lbs more! Yours is also 4WD?...
Dak
โJul-30-2015 12:45 PM
โJul-30-2015 12:41 PM
โJul-30-2015 11:46 AM
languiduck wrote:
My 06 diesel F250 crew cab short bed weighs 7900# empty. I don't carry anything in it, except for a tool kit, a pair of boots, and an umbrella. That difference in weight is crazy!
Is it 2WD?
โJul-30-2015 08:57 AM
2004.5 Ram SLT LB 3500 DRW Quad Cab 4x4
1988 Bigfoot (C11.5) TC (1900# w/standard equip. per decal), 130 watts solar, 100 AH AGM, Polar Cub A/C, EU2000i Honda
Toad: 91 Zuke
โJul-30-2015 08:23 AM