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Old 04-02-2008, 02:10 AM   #1
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weight of a 68 1/2 ton

does anybody know the ballpark waight of a 68 short fleet 2wd with a small block?
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Old 04-02-2008, 02:14 AM   #2
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Re: waight of a 68 1/2 ton

What i've heard, about 5300. To know the weight of your truck fo' sho', go to a steel place and put it on the scale, they may charge like $2 because they aren't getting anything in terns of steel, but if they charge anything it will be cheap
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Old 04-02-2008, 03:55 AM   #3
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Re: waight of a 68 1/2 ton

The 67-72 2wd trucks tend to go around 4,000 lbs curb weight. A full tank of gas, auto, air, 4x4, long vs short bed can all change the curb weight. A loaded 3/4 ton 4x4 can go 5,000lbs+
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Old 04-02-2008, 04:16 AM   #4
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Re: waight of a 68 1/2 ton

plan on 4000 pounds.
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Old 04-02-2008, 04:20 AM   #5
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Re: waight of a 68 1/2 ton

GM Restoration Guide lists the CE as 3640 curb weight and the CS as 3495.
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Old 04-02-2008, 04:41 AM   #6
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Re: waight of a 68 1/2 ton

while true, those are dry weights, with no options. A tank of fuel, 5 quarts of oil, 2 gallons of coolant, a spare tire, rear bumper, power steering and brakes, A/C reminants... it adds up quick.
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Old 04-02-2008, 06:42 AM   #7
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Re: waight of a 68 1/2 ton

The grain elevator or the local landfill are where I go to get scaled.
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Old 04-02-2008, 06:51 AM   #8
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Re: waight of a 68 1/2 ton

He was in washington, i don't know what's out there for grain elevators, but i would use my local co-op for my truck, too
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Old 04-02-2008, 07:01 AM   #9
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Re: waight of a 68 1/2 ton

My '69 C/10 SWD fleet with a 350 and TH350 weighs around 3850#.
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Old 04-02-2008, 08:15 AM   #10
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Re: waight of a 68 1/2 ton

Go to your local quarry.
If you don't need an "official weight" with paper work, they'll usually just let you roll up on the scale & get a weight.
Most of them have a digital, outside display.
Just remember to take a pen & paper so you can write it down.
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Old 04-02-2008, 08:32 AM   #11
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Re: waight of a 68 1/2 ton

Weigh scales, too. Usually their scales are just large enough to get all wheels on it. My 72 is 4000-4100lb, without me in it, quarter to half tank of gas, spare tire, rear bumper, no a/c, power steering, with toolbox, and maybe 50 pounds of misc crap in it. According to the scale at the junk/scrapyard I used to work at, so god knows how that scale could have been rigged.

Not as bad as my 97, with gear and tools, it drives everyday at about or a bit above the 6,000lb mark. half ton truck.
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Re: waight of a 68 1/2 ton

The easiest way here is to go to the transfer station (dump) and they will weigh your truck before and after you dump your garbage...or just charge you $20 for the minimum.
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Old 04-02-2008, 02:04 PM   #13
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truck stops too. Pilot stations are supposed to be real acurate.
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Old 02-24-2009, 08:24 PM   #14
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Re: weight of a 68 1/2 ton

Yikes... I get my tag renewal form in the mail and they have my truck listed as weighing 8000 pounds... Wow. I think there's an error. 72' GMC C/2500 long bed. stock 350.
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Old 02-24-2009, 08:36 PM   #15
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thats probably your GVW. The theoretical weight of your truck + full payload.
8000 pounds sounds about right... maybe a bit heavy.
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Old 02-24-2009, 08:37 PM   #16
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Re: weight of a 68 1/2 ton

My title says 3600
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Old 02-25-2009, 09:00 AM   #17
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Re: weight of a 68 1/2 ton

I weighed my stepper just after I put the V8 in a few years back. I had steel rally wheels, oak bed floor, original steel bumpers, drum brakes, and a loaded down tool box in the floor board and mine tipped the scales at CO-OP at 3560 lbs. That's without my big butt in it. With the aluminum wheels, aftermarket bumpers and no tools in the floor, I would guess about 3450 lbs. now on mine.
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Old 02-25-2009, 09:18 AM   #18
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Re: weight of a 68 1/2 ton

I just went to the dump the other day, and the scale there said my 69 1/2 ton short wide weighed 3942. It was 39 and some change.
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