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65 Suburban Weight?
Anyone have any ideas around what one of these beasts weigh?
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Re: 65 Suburban Weight?
Here is info from the 6066 GMC Jolly website for GMC's; Jolly get's all the credit....remember GMC V-6's are a bit heavier....Thanks Jolly
With that said, I'll give you the info on 64-66 GMC Trucks, as I don't have the Chevy info. This comes from the 1966 Dealer Data book. 1001 - front 2355, Rear 985, Total 3340. 1002 - front 2375, Rear 1030, Total 3405. I1001 - front 1925, Rear 985, Total 2910. I1002 - front 1945, Rear 1025, Total 2970. 1001 - Suburban front 2245, rear 2140, total 4385. I1001 - Suburban front 1735, rear 2010, total 3745. K1001 - Suburban front 2395, rear 2185, total 4580. K1001 - front 2585, Rear 1160, Total 3745. K1002 - front 2655, Rear 1175, Total 3830. 1502 - front 2565, Rear 1195, Total 3760. I1502 - front 2135, Rear 1195, Total 3330. K1502 - front 2805, Rear 1285, Total 4090. 2502 - front 2650, Rear 1275, Total 3925. 2503 - front 2655, Rear 1295, Total 3950. 2505 - front 2680, Rear 1320, Total 4000. I2502 - front 2220, Rear 1275, Total 3495. I2503 - front 2225, Rear 1295, Total 3520. I2505 - front 2250, Rear 1320, Total 3570. That is for the base chassis & cab with V6 three speed no options. The bed was an option so you need to add bed weight for pickups. Bed weights come from the 1962 Dealer Data book. 6-1/2' wide side 395 8' wide side 470 6-1/2' fender side 360 8' fender side 420 Panel Truck 650 9' fender side 825 10-1/2' Panel 800 The Panel Truck is an option for the Pickup, not the Suburban. In the 64-66 run you could get a inline Chevy engine as well, they show it's not rated as high in GVW for the 1/2 ton model. Here are the GVW & GCW ratings. GCW is your towing weight 1000 - GVW 5200, GCW 8000 I1000 - GVW 5000, GCW 8000 K1000 - GVW 5600, GCW 8000 1500 - GVW 7500, GCW 11000, I & K series too 2500 - GVW 8800, GCW 14500 single wheel 2500 - GVW 10000, GCW 14500 Dual Wheel So by these numbers you can see that the inline six 1/2 was rated less than the V6 model only on total truck weight, towing is the same. 1500 & 2500 series all share the same numbers for both GVW & GCW. So if you have a V6 powered short wide bed at 3735 lbs, that leaves you 1465 lbs for passengers & load, which is about 3/4 of a ton, so with two good sided guys up front, your total load you could add would be about a 1/2 ton or 1000 lbs. Michael "Jolly" Goodfellow 6066 GMC Trucks www.6066gmctrucks.org Get A Real Truck, Get A GMC
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