Weighing TV

[gattorgetter]

Read lots of post's saying to do this to find what your payload is (correct?) Or to see what weight is on axle compared to what axle will handle. So my question is for the ones who have were your numbers different than what your door stickers say? Better or worse?

[gattorgetter]

Sometimes its easier to ask over there without getting the " you need a bigger truck"

[SouthpawHD]

Gattor, I gotta ask you what are you trying to accomplish?

I see you over at a GM site asking similar questions, that have been answered. It just feels as though you are searching for some sort of reassurance that a lower payload is acceptable. I'm not knocking, I'm just asking to help you get the answers you are looking for.

[Old-Biscuit]

WHAT THEY SAID^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Weigh it----then you'll know

[rhagfo]

The door sticker on 2006 and newer TV is a great place to start, but that will be the MAXIMUM payload for that TV within the Manufactures GVWR.
The ONLY way to know what you can carry either within the GVWR OR the rear GAWR, is to load the TV up as it would be ready to go camping (as stated above) and go weigh it each axle separate, then do the math.
TV built before 2006, don't have the Payload sticker, only a VIN sticker with Max axle weights and the GVWR listed, and the minimum tire size required to get that rating.

[sch911]

gattorgetter wrote:
Read lots of post's saying to do this to find what your payload is (correct?) Or to see what weight is on axle compared to what axle will handle. So my question is for the ones who have were your numbers different than what your door stickers say? Better or worse?

The door sticker does not tell you how much YOUR truck weighs. There is no way to derive actual payload without knowing that number. This is why you must weigh YOUR truck!

[Second_Chance]

The numbers will nearly always be different than the published weights or the door sticker. It depends on who and what you have in the truck at the time you weigh it. Best practice is to fill up the fuel tank(s) and load everything and everyone in the truck that you would have when you are ready to hitch up and head out (including the fifth wheel hitch if that's what you'll be towing). Make sure to get on the scales so that you'll get separate front and rear axle weights, too - the rear axle reserve capacity is the most common limiting factor when calculating remaining payload for tongue/pin weight.

Rob