| Author | Message | ||
| Pat Morse (Paulpat)
Registered Member Username: Paulpat Post Number: 7 Registered: 9-2006 Posted From: 65.175.208.126 Rating: N/A |
I can't find the weight of my bus in the owners manual and was wondering if anyone knows the empty weight of the bus. | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 265 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 66.90.229.29 Rating: N/A |
Our Sportscar (4106) was a tiny bit under 20,000 seats out , me in , with the coach heater and Trane air cond yet to be removed. The 04 had heavier aluminum but a lighter engine, about equal. AS the registration weight is what the cops use as your "legal weight" when crossing a bridge I would go for 32,000 as thats all the axles/ tires will take. If you play games and register it at a very light weight , the cops have portable scales they can bring on scene. Being "overweight" is big buck$. Greyhound and GM never gave a weight , so they could ship a couple if engines in a bay , without being "overweight". FF | ||
| Kyle Brandt (Kyle4501)
Registered Member Username: Kyle4501 Post Number: 403 Registered: 9-2004 Posted From: 65.4.176.34 Rating: N/A |
When I registered my dump truck, I talked to the DOT officers in South Carolina. I was told there were 2 weight limits. 1 was the registered weight & the fine for being over that weight was in the hundreds of dollars. The other was something like the federal highway maximums. The fine for being over that one started in the thousands of dollars & went up from there. Here is some interesting reading ;) http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.asp?rule_toc =778§ion=658.17§ion_toc=2135 I decided the extra money up front was good insurance against fines for being over the registered weight. The whole time I had that truck, I only used it for 'farm' use - mulch for the yard, gravel for the drive way, etc. Not once was I ever stopped by the DOT. | ||
| Cable (Fe2_o3)
Registered Member Username: Fe2_o3 Post Number: 22 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 71.112.203.229 Rating: N/A |
I don't know if this will help you, but our '53-4104 is a complete conversion. We scale in just under 28000. 10 plus front and 17 plus rear. For license purposes we used 32000, because as Fred said, that is the close to the physical limit, and I don't like fines that cost more than the bus. Cable | ||
| Jim Wilke (Jim Bob) (Pd41044039)
Registered Member Username: Pd41044039 Post Number: 269 Registered: 2-2001 Posted From: 71.236.40.26 Rating: N/A |
Our completely converted 4104, with full main & aux fuel tanks & water but no waste weighs 24,500. | ||
| Glenn Williams (Glenn)
Registered Member Username: Glenn Post Number: 148 Registered: 6-2006 Posted From: 216.163.57.205  Rating: N/A |
Pat, Why not just take it to a scale? They are at grain elevators, truck stops, scrap yards and I'm sure that there are many other options. Good Luck! Glenn | ||
| Robert Day (Bigfreight)
Registered Member Username: Bigfreight Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 63.131.34.57 Rating: N/A |
In the manuel it says 21,780 lbs for a seated coach but, I don't know if thats with fuel or not. Robert 1953 pd4101-970 | ||
| Jim Rink (Fakeguy)
Registered Member Username: Fakeguy Post Number: 83 Registered: 1-2005 Posted From: 192.88.212.34  Rating: N/A |
My fully converted 06 with about 50 gals fuel weighs 25,600 |