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Keith · 04-03-2025, 08:45 AM

When Ford listed the different weights for each Model A body style "gross vehicle weight, was this a dry weight less fluids i.e. oils, coolant and gas?

katy · 04-03-2025, 10:22 AM

Gross weight means total weight allowed of the vehicle. (Vehicle and everything in or on it)
Tare weight means the basic vehicle weight.
Usually used for trucks.

nkaminar · 04-03-2025, 11:23 AM

Land fills have scales so that they know how much to charge for a load. You can just drive onto the scale and note the weight of your vehicle. My pickup weighs a little less than 10,000 pounds empty, but with fuel and me.

Don S · 04-03-2025, 11:59 AM

Keith, my 31 coupe weighed 2250 lbs,me included at a highway truck scale.
Don S

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04-03-2025, 08:45 AM	#1
Keith Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rutland, MA Posts: 130	Model A gross vehicle weight? When Ford listed the different weights for each Model A body style "gross vehicle weight, was this a dry weight less fluids i.e. oils, coolant and gas? __________________ Keith

04-03-2025, 10:22 AM	#2
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 6,076	Re: Model A gross vehicle weight? Gross weight means total weight allowed of the vehicle. (Vehicle and everything in or on it) Tare weight means the basic vehicle weight. Usually used for trucks. __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!

04-03-2025, 11:23 AM	#3
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 6,854	Re: Model A gross vehicle weight? Land fills have scales so that they know how much to charge for a load. You can just drive onto the scale and note the weight of your vehicle. My pickup weighs a little less than 10,000 pounds empty, but with fuel and me. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

04-03-2025, 11:59 AM	#4
Don S Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Penticton British Columbia Canada Posts: 279	Re: Model A gross vehicle weight? Keith, my 31 coupe weighed 2250 lbs,me included at a highway truck scale. Don S