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Originally Posted By: chevyboy14
My gvwr is 6100lbs and my unlces is 6450. He has 1710 lbs of payload .


If your uncle's truck is a base 4x2 4.6L 3V with the 8ft bed:

Curb: 4,813lbs
GVWR: 6,850lbs
GCWR: 13,100 - 15,100lbs depending on rear gearing.
Payload: 1,980lbs

If it is the 4.6L 2V:

Curb: 4,803lbs
GVWR: 6,450lbs
GCWR: 10,400 - 11,100lbs depending on rear gearing.
Payload: 1,890lbs
 
The Ford website said 6450 with. Payload of 1710. Sure would be nice to be able to find solid numbers . Seems like different stuff says different stuff. I can try to upload the file I found about the Ford payload
 
So it with a 126 wheel base 1710 payload 6450 gvwr
145 wheel base is 1890 payload 6850 gvwr. My guess is I was looking at the first one and I guess its for a short bed
So if his truck weighs 4803 and his gvwr is 6850 and his payload is 1890 doesn't that leave 157 lbs of weight uncounted for?
 
Hmmm the thing I was reading said 6850 lets go with yours is right it looks more detailed so its 6750. Everything else is the same . Your right I was kooking at short bed before. Don't guess you can get one of those for my truck.?
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OK so 6750 gvwr 4803 curb weight. And payload 1890. Doesn't that leave 57 lbs not counted for? Shouldn't it come out even? Maybe not? LOL
 
You're reading way too far into very specific numbers. The payload of any truck varies widely depending on options and configuration.

Unless you are weighing everything you put in your truck, including yourself and the fuel, you don't need to get hung up on 57 lbs.
 
The "solid numbers" you are looking for are found on the door sticker of the truck. Using the internet for a specific vehicle is pointless.

The payload capacity is GVWR minus curb weight, weight of fuel, and weight of occupants.
 
Yea. My curb weight is 3835 and gvwr is 6100 so payload is 2265 minus gas other fluid and such . My uncles is 6750 but weighs 4803 so the payload is 1947 minus fluids and such. So doesn't that prove that my truck had the better of payload and thus makes my point that I'd rather have mine for work any day? If I'm wrong I'm wrong but it kooks like I'm right I think
 
Sure. If the truck meets your needs, why are you so worried about it?

You have been chasing proof that one truck is better than the others since before you bought the C1500. I think the overwhelming consensus you have received from this forum is that it's mostly a matter of personal tastes. There is no one right answer, that's why there have been a variety of choices for 100+ years. Buy what you like and be happy with it.
 
New trucks have a lot of great innovations and in a lot of ways are better than what was offered 20 years ago. There's nothing wrong with an older truck though.
 
Yea I am slowly saving for one. I just like a Hood I can stand on a bumper that can push stuff and a engine I can wrench on. I'm just old school I guess
 
The only way to get solid numbers is to scale your truck when its empty and see what it weighs.

Mine scales right around 4200ish, empty, (Ie fuel, [censored] inside, but an empty bed) and I have had it up to 6,400...
 
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Originally Posted By: chevyboy14
Yea. My curb weight is 3835 and gvwr is 6100 so payload is 2265 minus gas other fluid and such . My uncles is 6750 but weighs 4803 so the payload is 1947 minus fluids and such. So doesn't that prove that my truck had the better of payload and thus makes my point that I'd rather have mine for work any day? If I'm wrong I'm wrong but it kooks like I'm right I think


Are these the numbers off the door sticker or off the Internet? And we don't need to guess at what your uncle's payload capacity is, because we actually have the information for his vehicle listed at the site I posted.

What I found was:

Quote:
Another new 1990 model was the C/K1500 Work Truck. It represented a no-frills workhorse. The WT was available only in standard Cheyenne trim, but with a new grille. It included a body-color filler panel, charcoal bumper and WT I.D. Available in either 4x2 or 4x4 form, the WT carried a GVWR of 5,600 lbs. The maximum payloads of 4x2 and 4x4 versions was 1,711-lbs. and 1,331-lbs.


So the MAXIMUM payload for your frame/chassis is 1,711lbs (based on the above). The MAXIMUM for your uncle's frame/chassis is 3022lbs. As mentioned by cchase, it all depends on how the vehicle is configured however. Ford only lists that particular payload capacity with the 5.4L engine and HD trim, whilst your uncle's, since it is not the HD version, and doesn't have the 5.4L is limited to 1,980lbs.

Link to the above information:
http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/stories/history/1973-to-1998-chevy-pickups/part2page2.html
 
Originally Posted By: chevyboy14
Yea I am slowly saving for one. I just like a Hood I can stand on a bumper that can push stuff and a engine I can wrench on. I'm just old school I guess


Aren't you a little young to be "old school" ? LOL!
 
I'm not sure about chevyboys but my 1993 C1500 has GVWR of 6100 lbs on the door and it doesn't have any GVWR-increasing options but does have a larger engine.

Then again, I've never heard of the curb weight being 3800 lbs for these trucks. Mine was 4200 empty.
 
Originally Posted By: cchase
I'm not sure about chevyboys but my 1993 C1500 has GVWR of 6100 lbs on the door and it doesn't have any GVWR-increasing options but does have a larger engine.

Then again, I've never heard of the curb weight being 3800 lbs for these trucks. Mine was 4200 empty.


Maybe that curb weight is for a base 4x2 6.5ft bed V6 5spd? That's about the only way I can see it making sense....
 
I went to am actual gm website and typed my vin in and it said 3835 for curb weight. 4200 makes sense gas , random stuff all the fluids and you in the truck.
 
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