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Originally Posted by Pathman
So, a bit of follow up and a question.
Took my truck to a Catscale yesterday. Had myself, my wife, a bunch of gear to simulate actual trip load, and a full tank of gas. The only thing I didn’t have was the hitch. The weight was 7540#, but I’d have to add 150# for the hitch right? So total weight is 7690.
Now for my question (my confusion), it’s been stated that a full tank of gas is included in the GVWR, if that’s the case, should that weight be subtracted from yesterday’s scale weight?
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Truck gvw is 10k. Let's call the truck weight as 7,700 lbs. The simple math 10,000 -7,700 = 2,300 lbs of available payload remaining. That's a very common number for a deisel 3/4 ton pu. The numbers don't lie. Consult your owner's manual to see if the gvw of the truck includes fuel or not.
My advice, don't start digging and scratching for lbs to "make it work". If a tank of fuel will put you over gvw you need a larger truck IMO.