I just went over to Edmunds.com. It say my GVW is 8600# and the payload is 3428#. Don't know what stickers I was reading. Guess I'll find out tomorrow. :-)
Weight the truck then the rear axle.
Check the sidewalls of the tires for the max load.
Tire weight X2, minus the rear axle weight.
I think you'll be good to go unless someone put lower rated tires on the truck.
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Weazletoe wrote: I just went over to Edmunds.com. It say my GVW is 8600# and the payload is 3428#. Don't know what stickers I was reading. Guess I'll find out tomorrow. :-)
Never trust information from Edmunds. They are very inaccurate in their specs, often mixing specs from different models of trucks that make no sense at all.
Those numbers are simply wrong. It's not mathematically possible to have an 8600 GVWR and a 3400 lb payload capacity in a truck that weighs over 6000 lbs empty.
The 8600 GVWR is for a 2500 truck, to the best of my knowledge. If you have a 3500, the GVWR is 9K+. Should be 9200, if my memory serves me right.
The 3428 lb payload capacity is likely for the 3500 dually, which had 10K GVWR and 7500 RGAWR.
Got the numbers off my sticker this morning.
GVWR = 8600
GAWR Front = 4250
GAWR Rear =6000
Tires are 3042 @ 80psi
I did look in the glovebox again, and it does say the cargo weight is 1757. But, that sticker is in reference to slide in campers, so maybe that makes a difference?
Weazletoe wrote: Got the numbers off my sticker this morning.
GVWR = 8600
GAWR Front = 4250
GAWR Rear =6000
Tires are 3042 @ 80psi
I did look in the glovebox again, and it does say the cargo weight is 1757. But, that sticker is in reference to slide in campers, so maybe that makes a difference?
With 8600 GVWR, it looks like you have a 2500 model 3/4-ton truck.
With 8600 GVWR, your payload capacity is likely 2000-2200 lbs. Weigh the truck to be sure of it's weight and subtract that from the GVWR.
GVWR's change over time to appease both the marketing 'King of the Hill' stuff
and folks demand ever bigger trailers/trucks/etc
My 1980 Silverado C10 is a 'Big Ten', which was the 'heavy half' of it's day
GVWR is 6,200 lbs. A 3/4 ton of that era was 7,600 GVWR
Today's regular half ton's are in the 7,600 GVWR range and the 'heavy half' of
today is in the 8,100GVWR range
Best to use the GVWR in reference, as using marketing stuff bits if you don't
also add the suffix's and the era it was built
Agree SoCal knows his trucks...albeit haven't seen much in regards to Dodge...yet
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This is interesting because all the way back in the 70's...
my '77 Chevy K20 3/4-ton 4wd had an 8600 GVWR
pop's '73 Chevy 2wd C20 3/4-ton had 8200 GVWR
my '82 GMC 2wd C3500 dually had 10,000 GVWR
my '92 F350SRW 4wd has 9200 GVWR
Doesn't make any sense that a '90 K3500 would have 8600 GVWR....
In 1988 GM changed body style and got stupid with GVWR's for some reason. My 1988 GMC 2500 standard cab 2 w/d LB 5.7 gasser only had a 7200lb GVWR and a 3.42 rear axle.......I don't know what model year they got back to 8600# GVWR for the 2500's.
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