Axle Curb Weights on 2500 Quad Cab

[FAllen]

Would anyone have the front and rear axle weights on a 1999 2500 Quad Cab SWB 5. 9L Cummins ?



Advertised total truck weight is 5977 lbs.



Thanks in advance.

 

[Okie-Go]

I know this isen't what you need but I have a lwb quad cab 2500. With 100 gallons of fuel and the aluminum tank I am at 4140 on the front and 3340 at the drivers. Total is 7480. Hope this helps a little.

 

[FAllen]

Thanks, that does help.



I'm thinking the front end axle weights would probably be close LWB or SWB?

 

[jdkenyon]

Last summer I weighed my truck with my dad and I (~450 pounds combined) in it, nothing in the back and just my miscellaneous tools under the back seat. Front axle 4360, Rear axle 2900. This was also with a full tank of fuel. Hope this helps.

 

[FAllen]

Thanks JD.



Should have mentioned 2WD front axle weight. The 4X's would include the transfer case in the front axle weight I suspect?



4 wheel drives are supposed to be around 400lbs heavier, wonder if that's all on the front axle?

 

[klenger]

Here are the numbers for the 2001 trucks. I don't know if they changed much since '99.

 

[BigMike]

Klenger, Neat chart. I was looking at the M5/3. 55 2500 Long Bed 4X4, which is what I have in the 99 model. It indicates a 20,000# GCVWR and a maximum trailer weight of 13250#. What amazes me is that the M5/3. 55 3500 Quad Cab 4X4 has the same GCVWR and a lower maximum trailer weight. That seems odd to me. Any explanation why? Seems like with a higher payload, you could tow more weight.

 

[FAllen]

Klenger, thanks for the chart, its a keeper!



Still wonder what the curb weight split is on the two axles on an empty 2WD and 4WD? I'm thinking its about 2/3rds on the front and 1/3rd on the rear?

 

[klenger]

FAllen:



When I copied the charts, I didn't copy the axle weights so that I could keep the charts simplier.



Give me all the specs on the truck and I can look them up.



Need, 4x4 or 4x2, lwb or swb, transmission, quad cab or standard cab.

 

[klenger]

Skip the last post. I scanned the pages for the 2500 Quad Cab 4x2 and 4x4. I can scan the pages for the regular cab if anyone wants them too.



290K PDF file for 2500 Quad Cab 4x2 and 4x4

 

[RustyJC]

Originally posted by BigMike

I was looking at the M5/3. 55 2500 Long Bed 4X4, which is what I have in the 99 model. It indicates a 20,000# GCVWR and a maximum trailer weight of 13250#. What amazes me is that the M5/3. 55 3500 Quad Cab 4X4 has the same GCVWR and a lower maximum trailer weight. That seems odd to me. Any explanation why? Seems like with a higher payload, you could tow more weight.

If you're talking 5th wheels and manufacturers' ratings, the 3500 can indeed tow a larger 5ver than a 2500, even if both have the same GCVWR. The reason is that a 5th wheel will typically carry about 20% of its weight as pin weight that's applied to the truck as payload and counts against the truck's GVWR. Since the 3500 has a higher GVWR (10,500 lbs vs 8,800 lbs for 4x2's), it can carry more pin weight (thus, a larger 5ver) before it exceeds either its GVWR or GCVWR. The typical 2500 runs out of GVWR long before it reaches its GCVWR when towing a 5ver.



As far as the ratings anomaly you refer to above, the 3500 is heavier. Therefore, if you consider only the "trailer tow rating" (pretty useless, actually), for a given GCVWR, the heavier truck will have a lower trailer tow rating since (in simple terms) GCVWR - truck curb weight = trailer tow rating.



Rusty

 

[FAllen]

Klenger:



Thanks very much for your help and sharing the chart, been looking for that info for quite some time.



Figures in the chart, when calculated out, show 60/40 front/rear curb weight for a QC SWB 3:55 Auto 2WD. Or looking at it another way, 1800lbs each per front tire! Has to be traction galore on a 4X4!

 

[BigMike]

Thanks Rusty. You're explanation makes sense to me.

 

[klenger]

If anyone wants the charts scanned in for configurations not shown, let me know and I'll scan them in too. All of the info expecpt the axle weights is in the HTML charts on my website.