I need a diet...
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I need a diet...
I was filling up this morning and they had a public scale. I've always been curious as to how much my Ex weighs so I paid the $3. Nobody in it and just the normal stuff I drive around with inside....9,260 lbs. 
Wow!
Wow!
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hwybee22: I think most of us "normal-sized" EX owners are more in the 7500# range. That's why scott gets to be king!
Although judging by your sig pic, I think you're fat enough to be a palace advisor.
Although judging by your sig pic, I think you're fat enough to be a palace advisor.
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So Scott - what do you consider a 'normal' load? I'm guessing mine is about 7000lbs + fuel (44x7.5 = 330) so about 7300lbs. You have 2000 lbs on us!
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I am honored!
Normal load is an aluminum tool box that weighs about 50 lbs. In it is a small tool kit (sockets, screwdrivers, pliers, etc.), winch accessories, tow rope, first aid kit and an emergency pack (food & water, change of clothes).
I think the weight just nickel & dimed it's way up. Bumpers and winch are certainly not light. Beefed up suspension and then add the wheels and tires.
As for the bridge, I have thought about that before. What was the movie with Chevy Chase where they move out of New York City out to the country and the moving van collapses that covered, wood bridge? That could be one of us!
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I haven't officially weighed mine yet but I know the 9000 lb lifts at my garage stall out trying to lift it. Even the newer 10,000lb ones groan to get it in the air. I usually use the 20,000lb platform alignment hoist.
Funny thing is, as heavy as these trucks are, they are as capable offroad as vehicles half their weight....
Funny thing is, as heavy as these trucks are, they are as capable offroad as vehicles half their weight....
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I think it was last year that I stopped on the scale at the recycling place with my X. I got out quick, and mine was 8000# with 2/3 tank of fuel, no passengers, no cargo other than some jumper cables, map, and CD's.
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My diesel 4wd 05 in stock condition is 8100 or so empty, including a truck vault in the back with various tools and stuff in it, and I was in it, and the tank was 1/4 or so. So with a full load of fuel and no one in it, I'm thinking 8250 or so.
Load it up with the family, fuel, and gear, and we're probably 92-9500.
Load it up with the family, fuel, and gear, and we're probably 92-9500.
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Funny you say that. Once I left I was thinking...what do I have in my warehouse that I could put in the back to get a report over 10k.
