89 reg cab 7.3 E4OD with heavy pick up truck style bumper. Registration is due and I can save 75$ if the weight will be under 3099 lbs. Anybody have some real weights? Thanks

 

Your GVWR is on the tag on the door. I don't think you are going to make it. Subtract 3/4 ton from the GVWR and that is going to be close to the truck's weight(If you have a f250). If you regularly haul the truck with a load, your best bet is to tag it for the GVWR of the truck.

 

You'll probably have to get a certified weight to "prove" the weight to DMV. But my feeling is that your over the 3100# due to the engine weight.

 

If you have two wheel drive, I will guess two of those cheaper plates will almost work, your empty weight is going to be about 6600 pounds.

If it is a 4x4, you will be about 7300 pounds.

If you haul anything, you better stick with 8800 pound plates.

The registered weight must exceed the truck, the passengers, anything in the truck and anything towed behind the truck.

That is why I have 20,000 pounds as my registered weight.

 

I have a 1990 ford F-250 reg cab with a dana 60 axle and plow mount. Empty with about a half a tank and me in it it weighs about 5850 lbs

 

3,000 lbs!!!! Wow, I think thats what a vw jetta or A toyota prius weigh. My heavy duty half ton chevy weighs about 5500-6000 and thats with a small block gass.(tool box, thick sprayed rhino liner, bumber.) A loaded 7.3 engine with exhaust mans is already nearly 1000 lbs. Then the tranny and torque converter and probably a fairly heavy rear end so now were probably close to 2000 just for the drive train. I don't know how much that front susspension weighs along with the chassis, cab and bed. You better start choppin parts off cause you got alot of weight to drop. My ford 2wd auto (a little bigger cab) dry weighs right at 8000 lbs.
No Offence on any of this, Its just....you might want to set $75 back. I don't blame ya though, Any way to save some money. Probably even get better fuel milage at 3000 lbs. Well, have a good day.

 

my 91 ext cab 4x4 with nothing in it and little fuel i weighed at 6520lbs on a cert scale. you'll be nowhere close to your 30- whatever hundred pounds. my buddies stripped down 84 f150 4x4 with a 460 is just under 4500.

 

Thanks for the replys, I messed up the weight requirement, its 3999lbs and current weight stated on the title is 4013lbs, from the the replys its not looking good to try to bring it in under 3999.

 

go to a scrap yard or truck stop. you know, someplace with a scale, and you will know for sure. but i bet you will see something in the area of 7,200 to 7,900 lbs empty weight.

 

Mine only weighs 7600 lbs.....

 

my 89 f250 with 2 full tanks of fuel , reg cab with a fiberglass topper and me weight 7467lbs

 

My 94 f-350 reg cab, long box, 4x4 with a 5-spd weighied in at 2730kgs and tat was on a certified cat scale. tats me and half of one tank full of fuel