Competition how much weight can you hang?

[RVanWagnen]

does anyone know how much weight i can hang off of a 1 ton 04 without going over 8k? i gotta get the truck weighed but just wondered if anyone had a reccomendation?

 

[Bobcat698]

Most guys I see hang 300-400lbs.

 

[wildmanben]

I hang 800 for the 8000 class...

 

[jwilliams3]

I hang 800 for the 8000 class...

Notice he said how much can a "04 one ton"



Much heavier than a 2nd gen... .



What Garrett said is right. About 300 (including rack, empty cell, removal of seats etc), 400 if your lucky.

 

[RyanB]

Thats pretty crazy how much the 3rd gens actually weigh. When I built my conversion truck (GMC Crew-Cab) 12valve Cummins,Dodge D60 Front, 11. 5 AAM rear, NV5600 and 241HD it only came in at 7650 with me in it and a full tank. Not bad for a 1-ton Crew-Cab Dually. I was thinking it would be well over 8K.



It is a dedicated pull truck now so I gutted the interior (bought a cheapy manual seat from the wreckers instead of all the nice power leather I had) lost the fuel tank and went with a 5 gallon fuel cell and a few other little things that were lost. Managed to get it down to 7250 so now I am hanging 750lbs out front. I will post some pics, I made a little weight box 34" wide, 8" tall and 12" deep and filled it with lead bars... turned out pretty neat!



RyanB

 

[BGarofalo]

I run a 03 4-door dually with single rear tires and the most I can hang is 300lbs including the rack. Thats with almost no fuel in the tank. It stinks not being able to run any significant amount of weights because they really help. I dont want to gut the cab everytime I go out because I daily drive this thing. The one benifit is in street stock classes where they allow no weights whatsoever I have he upperhand being so close to 8000.

 

[RVanWagnen]

i ran at the county fair yesterday, two things... i think there scale is really messed up because with 1/8 tank of fuel i was able to hang the rack and 500 lbs of JD suitcase weights and come in at 7986? and the other is i got shut down@ 260' by the Bully Dog because i forgot to turn up the de fuel level... Grrr