We had a Chevy cube van and a very heavy open car trailer. Loaded with the car parts tools ect it weighed in at 19k. With a tbi 350 we averaged 5 mpg and could only hit about 60, not that we could have ever stopped it from that speed. It was easily the most frightening thing I ever drove. The front half of the box was living space and all the storage was at or behind the rear axle so sometimes you'd hit a bump on the highway and would have to just about stop to get the front end to stop bouncing up off the ground.
SVreX
MegaDork
10/16/12 1:09 p.m.
GameboyRMH wrote:
8200lbs is around stock weight for that truck from the specs I'm seeing online.
No it's not.
That's closer to the GVWR.
The GVWR is the gross (loaded) allowable weight rating. Stock weight is typically referred to as kerb weight. They are no where near 8200#.
This thread is all about my ongoing nightmare when driving the Miata. Nothing I like to hear more about than over loaded trucks that can't stop! Of course it doesn't really matter what vehicle you are driving if you get hit by one of these but I just don't want my head to be the first contact point. Nothing personal guys.........it just freaks me out.
Hence why you drive a miata like you ride a motorcycle. Assume no one can see you, and your good.
SVreX wrote:
GameboyRMH wrote:
8200lbs is around stock weight for that truck from the specs I'm seeing online.
No it's not.
That's closer to the GVWR.
The GVWR is the gross (loaded) allowable weight rating. Stock weight is typically referred to as kerb weight. They are no where near 8200#.
I think the actual curb weight of your truck is between the two. The utility bed is unbelievably heavy. Over a thousand pounds, if I recall correctly.
My 1995 F150 Supercab Flareside 4x4 weighs about 6250lbs stock
SVreX
MegaDork
10/16/12 7:55 p.m.
In reply to dculberson:
It's not a utility bed. It's a utility cap.
Still has a standard bed, and though the cap is heavy, it is completely removable. So, I would say the kerb weight of my truck is identical to a stock one if I remove all the crap that doesn't belong.
A full utility body weighs more than a thousand pounds. I've had several.
Milwaukee has a lot of bridges and roads that are posted "3 ton max weight" on them. Every time I cross one or drive down one in my 2002 Powerstroke I tell all the passengers to "think thin, we are over weight"
To the letter of the law I shouldn't even drive on my own street, its 3 ton max.
kerb?
that's not a proper American word...
SVreX
MegaDork
10/16/12 10:41 p.m.
novaderrik wrote:
kerb?
that's not a proper American word...
True, but I've found it works much better in internet searches when looking for the factory weight of a vehicle.
"Curb weight" tends to offer links to curb rash, or diet plans for fat people.
SVreX wrote:
In reply to dculberson:
It's not a utility bed. It's a utility cap.
Whoops, sorry about that! A utility cap probably doesn't weigh a thousand pounds. ;-)
