12 ft.Box Truck

[LDB]

i just bought a chevy 3500 with a 12ft box truck the legal weight is 10,000 that it can hold

It can't hold 10,000. It can weigh a grand total of 10,000 when you combine the truck, the cargo, the fuel, you, your clothes, your lunch, your folded up paper roadmap, the pocket lint that fell off your keys and anything else that's in the truck. That most likely means a maximum of 2500-3000 pounds of cargo and that's provided the sticker in the door jamb does in fact say 10,000 and not a slightly lower number.

[dan357]

first i suggest you read here a LOT!

your truck will not carry 10k# legally. 10K# is the max you can carry. what you can carry depends on what your truck weighs empty. if you want to put 10k in it have at it.

do you have to register it? up to you. if you have an accident and not registered then you have problems. if no insurance you have bigger problems.

read some more. use the search function.

thanx jack i have been reading alot on the forum but there is not much on a 14ft box truck. Empty it weighs 6790 i was told by my insurance company that its max is 10,000
my question is do i fall under 10,001 rules or 10,000 and under?
i want to be legit and do things the correct way i would like 2 reg with usdot i had a job today in jersey city which means i,m crossing state my goal is to be able to move ppl from home to home and do general freight type work any info on this would be great

[dan357]

It can't hold 10,000. It can weigh a grand total of 10,000 when you combine the truck, the cargo, the fuel, you, your clothes, your lunch, your folded up paper roadmap, the pocket lint that fell off your keys and anything else that's in the truck. That most likely means a maximum of 2500-3000 pounds of cargo and that's provided the sticker in the door jamb does in fact say 10,000 and not a slightly lower number.

would my 96 chevy 3500 be considered a straight truck ?when on the forum i,m having trouble finding info on my 14ft box truck

[Dakota]

would my 96 chevy 3500 be considered a straight truck ?when on the forum i,m having trouble finding info on my 14ft box truck

Your truck is a cube van, or box truck some people mistakenly call straight trucks box trucks also. Your truck is not a straight truck

[Deville]

Yes, you have a cube van, I've owned several of these over the years, 10ftboxes, 12 ft boxes & 16 ft boxes, all UD Diesls. The models were a 1400 & 1600 series. You could load those bad boys up, but as they get older they can't pull the max loads. those motors are good for about 200,000 miles if u maintain them perfectly.

I may be wrong but isn't a chevy 3500 a gasser? I think it's a 350 v8, a great motor I have no experiance with them in a cube van cabover set up. I wouldn't shy away from one if the right deal came along though.