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  1. GCecchetto

    M1079 van body on M1078

    Okay, had the truck weighted today. As it sits currently it weighs 18,540 lbs. Given that this weight is less all the interior storage, center seat/seat belt, the roughly 50lbs decrease per aluminum wheel, troop seating and canvass cover/ bows/hardware, the curb weight as delivered from BAE...
  2. GCecchetto

    M1079 van body on M1078

    I wasn't trying to say my truck as it sits with the aluminum wheels weighs what the plate on the door says, just what BAE says it weighed as built.
  3. GCecchetto

    M1079 van body on M1078

    I'm willing to bet the high pinion rear diff easily adds 200-300 lbs, maybe more. There is a lot of iron in that housing. Anyway, at some point I'll get it on the scales. I have removed a fair amount of weight too. All the cab interior storage, middle seat, troop seats etc.
  4. GCecchetto

    M1079 van body on M1078

    No, just giving the info off of the plate on the door, but it has to be pretty close or they would be creating a situation where the truck could be overloaded since it states what the GVWR is. If the curb weight is actually only 17,500 and someone loads it to it rated max, you would be putting...
  5. GCecchetto

    M1079 van body on M1078

    The curb weight of my 2008 M1078 A1R is 19,598, GVWR is 24,598, rear axle is rated at 11,158, so I would guess the rear springs in an M1078 A1R are the same as a 1079.
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