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Weighed my blazer...

colbystephens

colbystephens

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And wasn't too pleased. :(

5400 lbs. No doors, no top, just me in the rig, no tools, no spare, very little fuel. I also have no inner fenders, no rocker boxes (it's a full vert, I modified the floor), and no bumpers yet. 3/4 ton, 6.2 diesel, 465/205.

I did have about 75 lbs of steel in the truck and my high lift. Still have to add bumpers, winch, spare tire/mount. Doors will hopefully never go back on, as I intend to build soft doors for it before weather gets nasty again. Soft top doesn't add much weight at all. All loaded up, after I finish my armor and add the winch, etc, I think I'll be sitting around 6K lbs. :(

Was hoping more for about 5K lbs.

I can't think of what else I can do to lighten it. I have the interior stripped, herc'd. All of my seats are those hard plastic ones from Summit that are nearly weightless. I'm not going to narrow or dove-tail it - it's a street rig too, and I love the way it looks.

I guess I'd be willing to skin out the front fenders - any idea on how much weight that will save me? probably not enough to make it worth while.

6K isn't that bad for a full size on 38", I guess, just wish it were about 5500 max.
 
lol i have a 73 im building right now. i thought it was around 4000 pounds.....i wonder what it will be when i finish building my 454 lol
 
Are you sure the scale was accurate?

I had mine weighed once at a concrete place, it put me around 5000lbs. Took a load of stuff to the county dump, and the vehicle weight came out to 6000lbs. Don't think I've added that many pounds with a SF axle swap, 33's vs. 31's, maybe a full tank of gas, rear seat, and spare tire from the initial weighing.

The scales are pretty darn accurate, but I assume like anything else, if they aren't calibrated periodically, they are essentially worthless.
 
well, i'll take the blazer back and weigh it again. there's a scale just a couple miles down the road off the highway for tractor trailers.

dorian, i'm assuming you're thinking my weight is higher than accurate? i know those 38's are heavy tho. i also have a full roll cage.
 
I had my blazer weighed a few years ago and with a full tank of fuel and no spares and a normal small craftsman tool kit i was sitting at 5,880 pounds. My rig is stock as far as the body and top but does have a disced 14ff and a D60 with 6" front springs, 4" rear springs and a shackle flip runnng 35" tires on aluminum wheels.
 
The firewall and rear fenderwells are the heaviest parts of the K5 body, not sure how far you want to go with losing weight. Also, all of the body mount locations have thick, heavy sheetmetal. Again, can't really mess with those if you're still using the body mounts to hold up the body.

Skinning the front fenders won't save that much weight, probably not worth it for you. 20 lbs maybe?


Plenty of reading here

K5's are heavy, that's just part of the deal
 
Well, it's really hard to tell what "stock" weight should be on these things. If you do some digging, I think you'll see some folks that are/were supposedly under 5K in weight stock, and others that were closer to 6K stock.

My truck is minus all interior insulation and carpet, and doesn't have a lot of other wasted weight (like a dashpad lol) so if mine is far off of "stock", I don't see how.

I guess my point is, the variation in weight from accountable causes (engine, radiator, ac/non, top/no top, etc) doesn't seem to add up to the huge swing in "stock" weight.

Do our door stickers list the curb weight?

Can you account for the weight of your tubing, welds, bolts/nuts, tires, herc, etc? I'd suspect the herc would be pretty heavy for the space it actually takes up, but I've never held a good size chunk in my hand.

Since non-power doors are fairly easy to manhandle, I'd assume they are probably 50lbs each, and the top might be 200(?) so the weight loss doesn't add up as fast as you might think.
 
dyeager535 said:
Do our door stickers list the curb weight?
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Mine had a GVWR of 6200, 4700 lb. curb weight plus 1500 lbs. in the bed.

It weighed 46xx with no top or doors, winch and winch bumper on the front, 1/2 tons on 33's.


BTW, the specifications section on this site is WAY off on weights so don't go by that.
 
Had mine weighed today, no top, small tool box, jack, and all 155 pounds of me.
Otherwise its stock, 33inch tires.

5000 pounds even, lol.

Was weighed on a scale at the junk yard dropping off some crap.
 
Well, sounds like my weight is probably pretty accurate then. I've read that "put your blazer on a diet" thread - lots of good stuff there. I think it's as light as it's ever going to be right now. doesn't seem to cause a problem, I just like the idea of it being lighter. i'm a fit 190 lbs - so i can't do much about that.

my cage has probably about 120' of 1/8" wall 1.75 OD tube, so that adds alot. I used about a gallon and a half of herc, so probably about 15 to 20 lbs there - not too much. I did lose the blazer tailgate in favor of a truck tailgate.

another source of added weight in my truck is the dual batteries and my new fuel tank tunnel - that thing weighs nearly 100 lbs, i'd assume. since its sheet steel it had to be a bit thicker than regular body material so that it would have the rigidity of the multi-dimensional floor that i cut out...

I think if I cap out at about 6K all set for the trail, I can't complain too much. Particularly with big tires.
 
Mine weighed in a 5550 with a full tank of gas, no top, half doors, highlift, 6pt cage, 350/465/205 with 1 tons and 38's on h1's. I am hoping to get that down closer to 5000 this summer, loosing the doors, tailgate and inner fenders eventually I plan on skinning/narrowing it.
 
My crew cab weighed in at 5200lbs with 4 full doors and 20 gal. of gas. 350/350/203 3/4 ton, winch bumper and an 8274.
 
Colby, assuming you used 1020 DOM 1.75" x .125" wall then 120 feet weighs 260.28 pounds (2.169 lbs/ft). If you used 1026 DOM 1.75" x .120" wall then 120 feet weighs 250.68 pounds (2.089 lbs/ft). Now don't forget to add weight for the filler (weld) and also any gussets.
 
I am fairly certain I used the 1026 DOM, because I remember them quoting me 2.089 lbs/ft. I'm not certain of how many feet I have, but it's in the range of 120 lbs, so I assume the cage is around 300 lbs - which I think would be only slightly more than a full hard top, so I don't think I really gained much by adding the cage since I have no hard top.
 
Mines like "4x4high" 5800lbs+, 78 blazer,nv4500,205,D60,ff14, winch, square tube bumpers front and rear, ram assist, 38.5sx's, no rust. remember glass is heavier than steel, post /80's have thinner glass on the sides......a few pounds there.
 
Don't suppose you'd be willing to swap out that diesel motor for an aluminum small block of some sort??? :thinking:

I'd always thought diesel motors were WAY heavier than gas motors, but maybe that was only true for the Cummins-type swaps?......


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i've heard that my 6.2 is comparable in weight to a small block and that it's more the medium-duty diesels like the cummins that are so damn heavy. no - not willing to give up my 20+ mpg and low-end crawling grunt for a couple hundred pounds. :D I like the sound of 20 mpg to the trail, an ounce or two of fuel on the trail and 20 mpg home. :D
 
colbystephens said:
i've heard that my 6.2 is comparable in weight to a small block and that it's more the medium-duty diesels like the cummins that are so damn heavy. no - not willing to give up my 20+ mpg and low-end crawling grunt for a couple hundred pounds. :D I like the sound of 20 mpg to the trail, an ounce or two of fuel on the trail and 20 mpg home. :D
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A SBC weighs 585 lbs and the 6.2 is alot closer to 750 lbs it is heavier than a BBC which weighs 685 lbs
 
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