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Vehicle Weight
I need to figure out what class to register my truck in. Anyone ever weigh their trailer or van and find out how much weight in tools and materials they cart around on a regular basis?
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Re: Vehicle Weight
Anytime I go to a transfer station or dump, I get weighed. Never used it to see how much stuff I carry, though.
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Re: Vehicle Weight
All the time. Go over and drive across the scales at the grain mill.
I weighed the truck and trailer 4 times yesterday at the scrap yard. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk |
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Re: Vehicle Weight
Do you have a truck stop with certified scales anywhere? What are your options? I think I’d just register it for what the GVWR says. Although I’d imagine you really won’t ever be close to it hauling around low voltage stuff.
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CAT scales are nice, I can get front axle weight, rear axle, plus trailer axle weight. Worth the 20 bucks sometimes.
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Over 10k and I pay way more....but I think I'm stuck paying it. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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Re: Vehicle Weight
If I remember correctly my NPR was rated at 14K. Being commercial in the USA I would have to occasionally go thru scales so accuracy was paramount. You don't mess with the California Highway Patrol.
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Re: Vehicle Weight
Well, I’d guess with your box and tools and supplies you’ll be over 10k anyway. Are you ever going to tow anything with it? Do you have to include the trailer weight with the truck registered weight if towing?
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Re: Vehicle Weight
In California, it's a little different.
When I bought my flatbed, I emptied it of everything. Stripped it down. Then I got a certified weight. BUT, the weight sticker shows what I might carry and tow. So, my lightweight is 8,500 or so LBS. But, I need to sticker it at 30K. ![]() Might be the same in your area, I don't know. I got my lightweight at a certified scale. One of the trucking companies here does them. It's only like 15 bucks. |
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Did you pull the trigger on that NPR?
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Re: Vehicle Weight
There's a scrap yard close by that will let us weigh for 5$. Or you get weighed anyway if your bringing scrap.
We also weigh in and out at the landfill, but I never take tool trailer to landfill. |
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Re: Vehicle Weight
My extended 2000 Ford E350 high top loaded with tools and parts weighs around 7500 lbs. That's without any doors loaded in it.
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I've never weighed it empty. It's got too much crap in it to attempt to empty it out.
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Re: Vehicle Weight
My 2016 F350 crew cab short bed 4wd with system 1 racks and boxes and a tiny tool box in the bed weighs 8500. Gas engine.
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