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'89 R3500 Crew Cab 2wd to 4wd conversion & beyond

Started out with 2wd TBI350 with SM465 to current 4wd with 454, 700r4, NP241
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After doing some reading, the CAT scale should accurate from 2,000lbs-300,000lbs which would explain the popup camper. Obviously it will be most accurate at the mid-range of its capability but it should still be within 5% at my truck's weight.

I was thinking of other places I could weigh it. The easiest might be to come up with a load for the salvage yard and I can get a before and after weight there.

Both weigh-ins have been with 30-35gal of fuel, my big ass, and all my normal trail running accoutrements. That includes the fullsize spare in the bed.

This also confirms another suspicion I had, I'm going to need to get new front springs. These were spec'd for a frontend that was nearly 400lbs lighter. I can tell a difference in how it handles on the highway curves and we are on the bumpstops a lot more frequently now.
 
Consider the difference

My truck stock was 4700
Yours is 8100

Do you have 3 extra big clocks hiding in there?
 
If you throw me in there with the spare tire and all the tools, parts, and fluids; I can see that being an easy 1000lbs, maybe 1500lbs.
 
Bent77 said:
No

I don’t want my truck to weigh 6800 pounds!!
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In all honesty it may be better not to know. Now every time I run a trail I dwell on how heavy the truck is. Come to a steep climb and I think "man I hope this heavy-ass truck can haul itself up there...."
 
We definitely need to hit the same scale. But I doubt that yours weighs 8100

When I was still in excavation, weighed a 7.3 powered f350 CC with tools and a 105 gallon diesel tank at 7800

No way yours is heavier
 
Bent77 said:
We definitely need to hit the same scale. But I doubt that yours weighs 8100

When I was still in excavation, weighed a 7.3 powered f350 CC with tools and a 105 gallon diesel tank at 7800

No way yours is heavier
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Yeah, I was thinking about that too. We also had a superduty that weight about that much. The 2500HD company truck I've had to the salvage yard a couple times and it's right around that 7500lb mark too. And I can tell you both of those trucks "feel" heavier to drive than the crewcab and they have all the modern suspension and swaybars. Took the 2500HD on a forest service road once and I felt like it was a beached whale.
 
mrk5 said:
:haha:

In all honesty it may be better not to know. Now every time I run a trail I dwell on how heavy the truck is. Come to a steep climb and I think "man I hope this heavy-ass truck can haul itself up there...."
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You have a bbc orange bbc, no excuses
 
In fact, a tweeker would steal your truck, drive it around as his for a few weeks, fix a couple things on it, and then get busted. And you'd get your truck back mostly intact, save for that one thing that would make you ask "why did he take that?"
 
Yeah sounds heavy, my F350 crew cab longbed with a toolbox full of crap, B&W turnover ball hitch, Companion fifth wheel, and a heavy ass Cummins only weighs like 7600 lbs on our scale here at the plant.
 
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