Ok, perhaps someone from Jeep is on here who can answer this - or maybe someone has already contacted jeep. Calculating payload is a very simple calculation of GVWR - the weight of the vehicle (curb weight) obviously most accurate if one goes to the ...
Hi jus2shy,Yes, tires are not a weak point. The for tires are rated for a load well over the GVWR. The total is in the 8k lb range. That was actually where I thought the weak point was going to be but turned out it wasn't.They are 107 rated tires. 21...
So as a follow up in case this might be helpful to someone else, I went and weighed the Jeep today. Full tank of gas, myself the 200lb driver in the vehicle. As bonus I also had my little 2 yr old in a car seat as well as a little bit of cargo I forg...
Thanks SCH.Makes me feel much better about my calculations. One would think such a low sticker payload would hurt marketing. And yes, I understand completely that the real weight,to use is the scale weight.
Exactly, thats what I'm saying, even when its weighed, its pretty close to the specced curb weight which results in way more than 1050 for payload. I'm trying to figure out why the sticker has 1050?
