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I'm going with your scrap yard doesnt like to pay people for what materials there really bringing in, cause yea i was at 5400 with just me in a 1/2 ton cc.

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I'm going with your scrap yard doesnt like to pay people for what materials there really bringing in, cause yea i was at 5400 with just me in a 1/2 ton cc.

 

Yes I would definately agree with that. I have made a phone call to someone who is going to investigate this.

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I would say that the weight might not be too far off. I remember getting my truck weighed back at FT Campbell and I was pretty surprised that it was several hundred pounds below 6000lbs. I remember my 2001 3/4ton Suburban weight was right at 6000-6100 pds so my truck being several hundred pds lighter surprized me. My truck is a pretty plain jain 3/4ton, 6.0L gasser, ext-cab 2wd. It has roll up windows, rubber floor.

 

I have this exact same truck, and my weight came in at just a hair over 5800. Fine with me.....A new Toyota Tundra which is a big half-ton weighs between 5800-6000. Big and bloated. I laugh when I think about how my 2500HD is the same weight as Toyotas half-ton. Tough as nails, yet slim and trim. To me, that means that my payload and towing capacity isnt being eaten up by the trucks own weight. 3485lb payload cap. says it all!!!!

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Mine says 58xx on the registration (NYS gets this from the vin).

 

I took everything out of it & drove it to the scrap yard running on fumes (trying to get below the magic number of 5500 to get regular plates without a cap) & it came out to over 6k. :cool:

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My 2500 ext. cab lb with a tool box weighs just over 6000# on a fruit company's scale, although I don't remember how full the gas tank was. But yeah, 5530 sounds a little light :lol:

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Remember in NY the DMV automatically adds 1000 lbs. or more to your

truck weight for cargo you MAY carry !

The dealer had the NY DMV register my 07 gmt-900 2500 x-cab 4x4

as weighing 64xx lbs.

The MIN. you can claim is 100 lbs..............................

 

I went round and round with the DMV and had my truck weighed at a cerified

scale at 53xx lbs then added the 100 lb. min. so my registration shows my

truck weighs 54xx lbs.

 

The snotty DMV clerk made comments like "I hope you don't get pulled over

and weighed by the troopers/DOT".............

I have never seen a pickup on the DOTs scales......................

 

The difference in the registration cost because of the weight was $61 bucks a year!

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08 2500 HD GMC Extended, Standard Box, Diesel, full fuel, Leer Canopy= 7250lbs with no passengers. This is measured at an Oregon Highway Truck Scale.

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My '95 Sierra 2500 with myself, the old man, and 34 gallons of gas weighed 7200lbs. Got a $20 load of fill dirt in the 8' bed, and weighed out at 13,300!!!!

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Remember in NY the DMV automatically adds 1000 lbs. or more to your

truck weight for cargo you MAY carry !

The dealer had the NY DMV register my 07 gmt-900 2500 x-cab 4x4

as weighing 64xx lbs.

The MIN. you can claim is 100 lbs..............................

 

I went round and round with the DMV and had my truck weighed at a cerified

scale at 53xx lbs then added the 100 lb. min. so my registration shows my

truck weighs 54xx lbs.

 

The snotty DMV clerk made comments like "I hope you don't get pulled over

and weighed by the troopers/DOT".............

I have never seen a pickup on the DOTs scales......................

 

The difference in the registration cost because of the weight was $61 bucks a year!

 

Actually, this is incorrect.

 

I left the dealer with commercial plates. When the title & registration came in the mail it was listed as a truck with a GVW of 9200.

 

I went to the DMV & they said that my truck weighed in at 5890 lbs as per the manufacturer.

 

I argued that this was impossible & the girl pulled up a screen with a list of 2008 6.0 4x4 2500HD's and their registered weight - it appeared that every one of them was from 5600-5900 lbs.

 

I then went & had my truck weighed while empty & it was over 6k - the DMV numbers are fairly accurate.

 

If you have a 6.0 RCSB 2WD you might be under the 5500 lbs - everything else is overweight.

 

(My new title & registration say suburban 5890 lbs.)

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Went to the brush recycling center yesterday, on the way out I got the empty weight.

 

Minus my weight, it came out to around 5750lbs with a full tank of gas. '03 2500HD crew cab short bed 6.0.

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My 2011 2500 6ltr HD ext cab long box came in at 6800# I have box spray, GM in box attachment system, Thule rack and about half a tank of gas. Also has 20" wheel option

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Regarding pick ups getting weighed by state troopers or municiple police. It does occur time to time in NJ. If they see a truck with a saggy ass and a payload, they will pull you over and pull out the scales. I also register my HD trucks for 8000 lbs, never been pulled over though. Though one time I was over my limit and didn't realize it until I was weighed at the rock yard. I busted up 3 flags and a driveway apron made of concrete and brought it to the dump to recycle it. I was 12,350 lbs on the scale, also got a whopping 6 mpg hauling it there.

 

Even it you get pulled over for some other BS violation and you have what looks like a heavy payload and the cop has the scales, they may ask you to drive over their portable scales that some cops keep in their trunks. The fine could be hefty in NJ for every 100 lb you are over. I always registered my trucks at 8000 lbs with NJ DMV cause of the weight I have on my truck every year.

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