Place yer bets. Is my van heavier, the same weight, or lighter than my truck. Also, guess the weight.

[Bub]

Van heavier it has more carpet in it.

 

[Rent Free]

Is lighter than a Hellcat an option.

 

[Spivitz]

Van

 

[Yaj Yak]

Is lighter than a Hellcat an option.

should have been.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Good job majority of voters. Van is in fact heavier. Which, I expected it to be similar or maybe slightly heavier... What I didn't expect was just how much heavier it is.

Van= 6540lbs
Truck = 5820lbs

Front

rear

truck
front

rear

 

[Spivitz]

I win

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

 

[Yaj Yak]

Van somehow has 720lbs over the truck.

Truck was weighed with bed cover, bedrug, hitches, tie downs, tools, etc, all the things i normally keep in it. I can't remember how much fuel.

Van was almost full of fuel, had my 12v fridge in it, my ~10lb babay, 14lb dog, and a stroller.... really not much "gear"



im also surprised the van's rear axle has more weight on it than the front.

really makes me want to get a trutrac for the van and send it through the winter.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

My guess is Sierra is 6800lbs because my blazer is damn near 6k.

Van 5800lbs

Had my shit reversed. I also voted that the van was heavier

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Open diff or g80 on van? I bet that thing would beast mode in snow

 

[Yaj Yak]

Open diff or g80 on van? I bet that thing would beast mode in snow

open unfortunately.

i think i want to do something... either get a trutrac thrown in or find a van 3.73 rear end like mine with a G80 already in it.

i could do the second one, i don't have the know how to put a trutrac in.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Probably easier/cheaper for the whole rear end.
Cool spring right?

 

[GLADIATOR]

 

[Yaj Yak]

Probably easier/cheaper for the whole rear end.
Cool spring right?

you meant to ask coil spring right?
leafs actually out back

 

[Yaj Yak]

i wonder if silverado/sierra rear ends would bolt in.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

What else is new

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

you meant to ask coil spring right?
leafs actually out back

Yea coil spring, damn auto correct. Leafs make it easier and probably more plentiful. I bet spring pad width are the same.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Yea coil spring, damn auto correct. Leafs make it easier and probably more plentiful. I bet spring pad width are the same.

i wonder if i could just measure this silverado i have at work and my van and compare.

the thing that im curious about is there seems to be a difference with vans that have "active brake control"- option JL4- which i think is stabilitrack maybe?

but car-part.com asks if it has that when you're going through to find axles....also surprising is very few axles on car-part.com

 

[Bru]

Makes sense. Third row, right? Then all that mass (body, roof) over the rear axle versus a truck that just has a bed.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Makes sense. Third row, right? Then all that mass (body, roof) over the rear axle versus a truck that just has a bed.

yes third row.

if you were to drive it and my truck back to back you'd think my truck had 1,000lbs more sound deadening in it than the van alone.

 

[Bru]

Chassis rigidity is a big factor with NVH too. And the new GMs like yours have all the chassis rigidity.

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[GTPpower]

When can we expect a video of a big ol nasty burnout from the van?

 

[Yaj Yak]

When can we expect a video of a big ol nasty burnout from the van?

once it doesn't do one wheel peels

 

[GTPpower]

Take it to greasy 's and have him weld the diff.