Dumb newbie question: Truck tonnage
 

Ok, I know this is a really dumb question, but I honestly don't know
the answer.

I often hear guys talking about a half-ton truck, or a 1 ton truck,
or even a 2.5 ton truck. But obviously, when they talk about a 1-ton
truck, their vehicle weighs more than 1000 lbs, and I somewhat doubt
that the truck I saw called a "2.5 ton" weighed 5000 lbs.

So what does this expression mean? When people call something an "x"
ton truck, what is it that really weighs that much? The payload
capacity?

Re: Dumb newbie question: Truck tonnage
 

Yup, payload including the tongue weight of a trailer.

A Jeep could be called a 1/4 ton vehicle. LOL!

You just look at the door or glove box sticker for the GVW number and
subtract what the Jeep weighs in at. I hear TJ's are a little over 4000
lb and the CJ7's are in the 3000 lb range. Not sure for a YJ, they are
somewhere in between I think.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

"ezeppelin@msn.com" wrote:
>
> Ok, I know this is a really dumb question, but I honestly don't know
> the answer.
>
> I often hear guys talking about a half-ton truck, or a 1 ton truck,
> or even a 2.5 ton truck. But obviously, when they talk about a 1-ton
> truck, their vehicle weighs more than 1000 lbs, and I somewhat doubt
> that the truck I saw called a "2.5 ton" weighed 5000 lbs.
>
> So what does this expression mean? When people call something an "x"
> ton truck, what is it that really weighs that much? The payload
> capacity?

Re: Dumb newbie question: Truck tonnage
 

Yup, payload including the tongue weight of a trailer.

A Jeep could be called a 1/4 ton vehicle. LOL!

You just look at the door or glove box sticker for the GVW number and
subtract what the Jeep weighs in at. I hear TJ's are a little over 4000
lb and the CJ7's are in the 3000 lb range. Not sure for a YJ, they are
somewhere in between I think.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

"ezeppelin@msn.com" wrote:
>
> Ok, I know this is a really dumb question, but I honestly don't know
> the answer.
>
> I often hear guys talking about a half-ton truck, or a 1 ton truck,
> or even a 2.5 ton truck. But obviously, when they talk about a 1-ton
> truck, their vehicle weighs more than 1000 lbs, and I somewhat doubt
> that the truck I saw called a "2.5 ton" weighed 5000 lbs.
>
> So what does this expression mean? When people call something an "x"
> ton truck, what is it that really weighs that much? The payload
> capacity?

Re: Dumb newbie question: Truck tonnage
 

Yup, payload including the tongue weight of a trailer.

A Jeep could be called a 1/4 ton vehicle. LOL!

You just look at the door or glove box sticker for the GVW number and
subtract what the Jeep weighs in at. I hear TJ's are a little over 4000
lb and the CJ7's are in the 3000 lb range. Not sure for a YJ, they are
somewhere in between I think.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

"ezeppelin@msn.com" wrote:
>
> Ok, I know this is a really dumb question, but I honestly don't know
> the answer.
>
> I often hear guys talking about a half-ton truck, or a 1 ton truck,
> or even a 2.5 ton truck. But obviously, when they talk about a 1-ton
> truck, their vehicle weighs more than 1000 lbs, and I somewhat doubt
> that the truck I saw called a "2.5 ton" weighed 5000 lbs.
>
> So what does this expression mean? When people call something an "x"
> ton truck, what is it that really weighs that much? The payload
> capacity?

Re: Dumb newbie question: Truck tonnage
 

Yup, payload including the tongue weight of a trailer.

A Jeep could be called a 1/4 ton vehicle. LOL!

You just look at the door or glove box sticker for the GVW number and
subtract what the Jeep weighs in at. I hear TJ's are a little over 4000
lb and the CJ7's are in the 3000 lb range. Not sure for a YJ, they are
somewhere in between I think.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

"ezeppelin@msn.com" wrote:
>
> Ok, I know this is a really dumb question, but I honestly don't know
> the answer.
>
> I often hear guys talking about a half-ton truck, or a 1 ton truck,
> or even a 2.5 ton truck. But obviously, when they talk about a 1-ton
> truck, their vehicle weighs more than 1000 lbs, and I somewhat doubt
> that the truck I saw called a "2.5 ton" weighed 5000 lbs.
>
> So what does this expression mean? When people call something an "x"
> ton truck, what is it that really weighs that much? The payload
> capacity?