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Old 10-16-2008
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Curb Weight

Does Anyone know the curb weight of my truck?
Here is what I found on the door tag:

GVRW: 5120 lbs/2322kg
Front - Rear

GAWR: 2900 lbs - GAWR: 2750 lbs

1315kg WITH - 1247kg WITH
 
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Old 10-20-2008
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The "GVRW" is the Gross Vehicle Rated Weight. That's the most the truck should weigh with diver, passengers, gas, water, oil, and payload, etc. The GROSS weight of the truck. The other numbers are max weight on the front and rear wheels.
They have nothing to do with the curb weight of the truck. Best way to find out your actual weight is to take it to a truck stop with a scale. They'll charge you $15-20 I think to weigh your truck. I might suggest you take everything out of the truck that didn't come with it. Then wait until until the gas tank is almost empty. (gas weighs 6-7 lb per gal) have it weighed. Then gas up.
 
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Go to a scrap yard and its free to weigh your truck
 
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Well there are no functioning truckstop scales around here and the local dump wants $45 and the scrapyard says they won't do do it. I don't need to know bad enough to pay $45. Looking at other threads on TRS simular trucks weighed in at 3750lbs.
 
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there any rock quaries around were you live? reason i ask i drive a dump truck and the rock quary i go to all the time is pretty open and has a digital gauge and i'm sure i could drive up on the scales and be out of there b4 they could get out of the office
 
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Originally Posted by mikey929rr
there any rock quaries around were you live? reason i ask i drive a dump truck and the rock quary i go to all the time is pretty open and has a digital gauge and i'm sure i could drive up on the scales and be out of there b4 they could get out of the office
Good idea but the only one I know of is being demolished right now. I'll have to take a ride over there.
 
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