Anyone every weight their TJ.. Well I did, as I'm getting custom springs. Needed total weight, and front and rear half weight. See sig for vehicle details. A couple of other extra notes. Soft top. A "thin" spare, Q78 15, mounted tight to the tailgate (Bestop swing out), full tank of gas, me in vehicle (175 lbs), and full trail gear, tools, CO2 tank. I've always maintained that TJ's are really rear weight biased, and have always tried to get wieght to the front. Anyway, here's the breakdown, front and rear axle half
weights and total

Front axle half: 2040 lbs
Rear axle half: 2460 lbs
Total weight: 4500 lbs !!

Pretty darn heavy, and really rear weight biased. Now to really screw up the rear weight bias, throw on a hardtop, and hang a big 'ole heavy spare waaaayyyy off the tailgate, like some of the swingout bumpers do and maybe throw a full gas can or two on the rear. ;)

:)
Fred

I too have weighed my TJ as I tow it on a trailer behind the motorhome frequently. I do have the hardtop, and quite a bit of heavy body and chassis armor. I come in at about 5100 with the similar equipment plus the hardtop. Generally I just figure about 5000 and go about my business. The rear is quite a bit heavier than the front and I ended up using RE 4.5 rear springs to keep it pretty level with a Tera Flex 3" plus lift kit. We went through 4 sets of Terra rear springs before the RE springs. Had them iver 2 years and have no noticable sag yet.

Wow! thats seems way high! i would have figured 4000 as a guess. it makes me wonder what my CJ7 weighs. i know stock it weighed 3750 or there abouts. ive added d60 front and d70 rear both full width. a built 360 (probably weighs the same as the stock 304), T18/d20, 42" TSL's on steel wheels (140lbs per wheel/tire). I did get rid of the heater, emissions crap, and rear seat. what do you guess it weighs????!!! Oh yeah i also added Runck bumpers front and rear woth a 8274 on the front

mike

Same story on the Terra 3 inch kit. I ended up with RE 4.5's in the rear and put a spacer in front with my original Terras. The rear Terras had begun to sag.

You really ready to freak out about weight:question:





You really sure you wanna know:question:





Sit down cuz you asked for it ....





I have a Full Size 76 Jeep Cherokee .... stats coming up to :

360 V8 - Full LPG set up & 140 litre tank & A/C operational
TH450 - deep pan and cooler system
ORD Doubler
DANA60 front
CORP14 rear
38"x14"x16" Swampers on steels/beadlocks
Full Cage
Winch
Custom Bumpers - swing out rear
OBA, OBW, Dual Batt sys, OBshower
Four seater
Armor/skid plates
Rock lights
Roof rack for extra gear


I DON'T really want to know!! :laughing: :D :laughing:

How about "TRL HOG" for the plate? ;) :laughing:



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Forgive him, it's around the new year, and isn't just about everyone thinking about weight right now?

All that rear weight helps keep you from toppling over.

Just put your jeep on a diet for a couple weeks, then forget about it.

Don't forget 2 ice chests. 1 1/2 for Beer and 1/2 of one for food.

I think this thread is getting heavy w/ all of those massive sigs...

what the fawk newbie??? :flipoff2:

how much does a stock YJ weigh? and how about with a RE 4.5 inch lift and 33 inch MT/r's?

My TJ weighs 5100lbs and that's with nothing in it. :D

Phil

Wow - maybe I've been figuring wrong all this time. I took my YJ down to get it weighed a few years ago at a recycling facility and they told me it weighed right around 3600 lbs. Maybe I should check again.

You are probably right - stock YJ around 3600

Phil
My TJ is not stock :flipoff2:

Originally posted by 1TONTJ
You are probably right - stock YJ around 3600

Phil
My TJ is not stock :flipoff2:
Niether is my YJ :flipoff2: - 44's F/R, what else would add an additional 1500 pounds?

You saying your YJ only weighs 3600 lbs MODIFIED?


That is LIGHT.

Phil

Well, let's see... since I weighed it I've changed the front from the D30 to the D44, done the spring-over, added a Sam's anti-wrap bar, went from 33's to 35's and added the front part of the cage. It already had the swing-away tire carrier with two jerry cans. I can't imagine that added much more than 200 lbs. Maybe I'm wrong. This summer the 5.0 goes in, probably with an AOD or C4. Haven't decided what t-case to use yet. Flipped 300? 231 with the Tera-Low? I really can't afford an Atlas. I've heard the 5.0 is actually lighter than the 4.0, so not much should change there.

I checked the door sticker on my 95 Yj and it says stock weight is a little over 4000lbs. I find this amazing for suchs a seemingly small car. My ramcharger is only about 2.5 tons.

Originally posted by sanyi83
I checked the door sticker on my 95 Yj and it says stock weight is a little over 4000lbs. I find this amazing for suchs a seemingly small car. My ramcharger is only about 2.5 tons.
That's what it's supposed to weigh fully loaded with all passengers, gas, payload, etc.

Originally posted by sanyi83
I checked the door sticker on my 95 Yj and it says stock weight is a little over 4000lbs. I find this amazing for suchs a seemingly small car. My ramcharger is only about 2.5 tons.

Please don't ever call your Jeep a car again. :rolleyes:

-Bart

Originally posted by withamc
SNIP ... I really can't afford an Atlas.

Try looking in the GROUP PURCHASES (http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21961) thread. You just might get what ya wished for when you went to see Santa this year! :D




Just a little voice echoing from the desert through Camarillo and up the Conejo Grade.

You can't weigh the front then the back and add them together, it dosn't work that way. Because when you weigh one end you are getting a total from the centerline of the oppisite axle to the end you are weighing an vise versa, so in essence you added the weight of the middle portion of your jeep twice! Take it to the local waste recycler, park it on there scale, go inside and ask them what it weighs, should be around 3300 to 3500lbs.

Originally posted by wedge
You can't weigh the front then the back and add them together, it dosn't work that way. Because when you weigh one end you are getting a total from the centerline of the oppisite axle to the end you are weighing an vise versa, so in essence you added the weight of the middle portion of your jeep twice! Take it to the local waste recycler, park it on there scale, go inside and ask them what it weighs, should be around 3300 to 3500lbs.

You sure about that? Sounds like a bit of :smokin: theory to me!

How would a 3300 lb Jeep push the Jeep at the tires down 4500 lbs? :flipoff2:

Any physics/engineering types here to confirm this weird science?


Phil;)

Originally posted by diiulio
You have to pick the center point of the vechicle, this could be middle of wheel base distance or total vehicle length (more accurate), and then when you weigh yourself have that point be directly above the edge of the scale for the front and then use the same point for the back. For this to work, the same line across the vehicle has to be used and it has to be straight across. If my theory is correct, when you put the whole vehicle on the scale then it should equal the two added together. If not I am going back to my Static's professor and telling him I didn't deserve that A.

Even though the vehicle's center of weight is not in the middle, this does not affect the situation. Of course if one side is heavier than the other the center is off, but that is why one side is heavier.

Just my early morning idea.

It doesn't matter where your tires are on the scale. Does your statics professor do this :smokin:

Originally posted by diiulio
So you're telling me that if the vehicle just drove the front two tires onto the scale one inch from the side it would weigh the same as if the vehicle kept driving onto it until the back tires were one inch from driving on the scale?


Yep.

Originally posted by harsanyj


Yep.

I agree with that statement also.

Phil
Not :smokin: at the moment either ;)

Maybe you guys are right? I was wrong before, once.

Yep, I was wrong. Make that two.
Guess I didn't deserve an A, I don't know why I thought it created a moment arm. I blame it on my vacation, not me. It is never my fault.

My "84" CJ is at 4200 lbs. Pretty much even at both ends.

Bud:smokin:

mine used to weigh 4000 with me in it........ im sure that has gotten heavier since last time weighed