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Where can you find the weight of automobiles?

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01-21-2008 16:00:38




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Dean Barker

01-22-2008 08:42:00




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 Re: Where can you find the weight of automobiles? in reply to x22, 01-21-2008 16:00:38  
I am a fan of 87 Buick LeSabres; I'm on my second one now. The Iowa registration lists weight at 3200, but scales at 3320 lb with full tank of fuel and nothing else in the car.



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Leland

01-22-2008 08:29:53




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 Re: Where can you find the weight of automobiles? in reply to x22, 01-21-2008 16:00:38  
try the owners manual



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kyplowboy

01-21-2008 22:56:12




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 Re: Where can you find the weight of automobiles? in reply to x22, 01-21-2008 16:00:38  
As others have said, at the scales. My local co-op will weigh anything for me. I have sold calves on the trailor at the co-op. Also use them to tell me how honest the crusher joint is when hauling off scrap. I take a few big bales of hay every now and then to see how much they weigh. I have always found it a good idea to be nice to the people in the ofice there.



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Pooh Bear

01-21-2008 20:00:49




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 Re: Where can you find the weight of automobiles? in reply to x22, 01-21-2008 16:00:38  
Park the vehicle on a hard level flat spot.

Take 2 pieces of carboard and place one in front and one in back

of one of the tires. Push it up against the tire as far as it will go.

Measure the distance between the two pieces on both sides of the tire.

Now put one piece on the inner side and one on the outer side of the

tire and push them up against the tire as fare as they will go.

Again, measure the distance between them on both sides.

Use the measurements to find the surface area of the part of the tire

that is touching the ground. Then measure the tire pressure.

tire pressure multiplied by surface area equals the weight on that tire.

Repeat the procedure for the other 3 tires and add them together

to get the total weight of the vehicle.

Some truckstops have scales. Used to cost $1 per axle.

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Heyseed

01-21-2008 19:09:54




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 Re: Where can you find the weight of automobiles? in reply to x22, 01-21-2008 16:00:38  
usually on the tag inside the door



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Bob

01-21-2008 16:38:56




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 Re: Where can you find the weight of automobiles? in reply to x22, 01-21-2008 16:00:38  
Try searching for the specific model you're interested in on GOOGLE.

Usually, you can check out one or two of the sites that come up and find a site that will givce "specs" for that car, including "curb weight".



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Ford 312

01-21-2008 16:15:46




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 Re: Where can you find the weight of automobiles? in reply to x22, 01-21-2008 16:00:38  
The weight is shown on the registration in Iowa -don't know about other states.



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Hal (WA)

01-21-2008 16:10:59




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 Re: Where can you find the weight of automobiles? in reply to x22, 01-21-2008 16:00:38  
The only good way of finding out what a vehicle weighs is to put it on an accurate scale. I have used the scale at the local grain elevator. If you know of a drag strip, they usually have scales. Another place that you might try is the local dump or refuse transfer station. Lots of places will weigh a vehicle for free, but others might charge a few dollars.

A less accurate way of getting an approximate weight is to look through books, magazines and literature for the "shipping weight" of the vehicle in question, which should be listed in the specifications. But in my experience that weight is usually hundreds of pounds less than the vehicle actually weighs with all the fluids full, the spare tire in place, undercoating, whatever. Good luck!

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old popper

01-21-2008 16:09:04




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 Re: Where can you find the weight of automobiles? in reply to x22, 01-21-2008 16:00:38  
At the grain elevator when you drive onto the scale.



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