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Truck needs a diet
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:04 pm
by dogcar3
Just weighed in on a scale at 8270lbs in my daily load out. No wonder my gas mileage sucks.
Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:31 pm
by TwinStick
What do you have in it ?
Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:36 pm
by myoung84
Damn. I thought mine at 7600 lbs was bad.
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Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:42 pm
by dogcar3
Tools. Recovery stuff. Winter stuff. Guess it all just adds up. Plus front and rear steel bumpers and sliders. And a winch in the rear. I knew I weighed a lot but I was thinking 7800 (without me) or so. Wishful thinking.
That weight was with a 195lb me in it as well. So I guess my guess was not too far off.
Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:46 am
by whitey
I will be weighing mine this week but last I weighed mine it was 8600lbs before multiple mods.
Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:32 pm
by verdesardog
WOW! you guy's trucks do need to go on a diet. My Cummins weighs 8420#. Thats with a winch on the front and loads of tools and recovery gear plus extra 5 gal of fuel and 5 gal water. 4900# front 3640# rear....
So who says diesels weigh too much to go off road?

Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:40 pm
by Fireman78
You could haul around fifty million helium balloons and these trucks would still have shitty gas mileage.
Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:06 pm
by dogcar3
Can't forget the dual battery, crane and headache rack. All adds weight.

Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:48 pm
by Cactus Red
Damn, that makes me a light weight at 8K even! Still get 12+ MPG on 35's since I went to the Toyo AT2's.
Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:25 am
by whitey
So I weighed in on a brand new digital scale yesterday at 8200lbs. That suggests either the previous 2 scales where wrong or this one is wrong. My truck should be up around 8900lbs by now. My wifes 02 wrangler is heavily modified and weighed in at 4700lbs today and sounds about right. I will be taking my M923A2 on it next. according to stats it should be 21500lbs.
Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:11 pm
by cruz
Fireman78 wrote:You could haul around fifty million helium balloons and these trucks would still have shitty gas mileage.

Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:53 am
by 06wagon
06, quad cab, G56.... No winch, skid plates, muffler, tailgate, back bumper, back seat, and only 5 gals of gas in it..... 6250 with me in it.
Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:45 pm
by vanished
Thinking we should be about 6500 bone stock (1990 payload and 8510 gvwr)... I'm prob pushing 6800+ here.
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Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 11:26 pm
by 06wagon
The only way a quad cab is 6500 lbs is maybe dry weight.... No fluids, fuel, etc...
Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:12 am
by TwinStick

I prob got 15 lbs of Fluid Film on mine now !

Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:44 am
by Kemp_
I can get mine down to 7160 for a DITY move. No spare tire or jack, gas light on, completely empty. 06 quadcab with the G56. I've never tried removing the winch. Loaded up day to day I'm around 7800-8000.
Re: Truck needs a diet
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:27 am
by vanished
06wagon wrote:The only way a quad cab is 6500 lbs is maybe dry weight.... No fluids, fuel, etc...
Not sure - but my door sticker shows 1977 lbs.. And gvwr is 8510 - and yes I'm a quad cab..
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