Hey guys,

I'm trying to find out the unladen weight of my truck and for some reason I cant find it anywhere. Not in the manuals, not on the door jam, nowhere. It's a 04 Volvo VNL 630.

If anyone happens to know off the top of their minds or knows how I can find out I would greatly appreciate it.

 

put it over a weighbridge

 

Fill up with fuel and bobtail over to a cat scale and get a weight ticket.

 

Volvo doesn't publish the numbers like Kenworth and Peterbilt do on the door.

You have to scale it. Dealers should be able to give you an idea of what the truck would weigh.

 

I did this every time a company put me into a different truck, just to cover my own butt. Didn't matter what any of the specs said, I had proof of what it weighed in at. Besides, manufacturer's specs do not account for your gear and you. Running it over a CAT scale does. Add a set of chains to the equipment, and the weight of the tractor changes. (Or, if you hang them under the trailer, run the whole rig over and see how it will affect your load weight.)

 

Those weights Peterbilt and Kenworth put on the doors can be off by a couple thousand pounds. On a W900 daycab the weight was stamped at 17,500 when it actually weighed closer to 20,000lbs and my Pete 379 the weight in the door is 16,500 and the truck weighs 18,800lbs.

 

The weight is with very little fuel. I forget the exact procedure they use. It's something like 40 gallons with a 200 lb guy in the truck.

 

The weight in the door is dry without ANY liquids, it is the sum of all the parts added together, factor in oil,coolant and fuel. Putting it on a scale tells the story