The lift gate should add something like 600 to 900 lbs to the weight of the truck, with a cargo capacity of say 2000 lbs, that may leave you with a capacity of 1100 to 1400 lbs when the lift gate is added. Even though it is aluminum, it may not be a needed thing in this business.
hello i,m new to the site and to the world of trucking i just bought a chevy 3500 with a 12ft box truck the legal weight is 10,000 that it can hold . my question is what kind of jobs can i get and do i have 2 register with NYDOT? i,m in new york
i just bought a chevy 3500 with a 12ft box truck the legal weight is 10,000 that it can hold
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.
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