What is the Payload Weight Limit of My Truck ?

I'm going strictly from memory. If I am understanding your comment. You are asking about the empty weight of a Freightliner business class cab and chassis with a flatbed body. Most all of these vehicles before the body is attached weight around 9,000. You should do as others have suggested and cat scale it, but I would hazard to guess as it sits full of fuel should weight somewhere in the 12,000 to 14,000 range. That is if I am understanding your question. If so 33,000 - 14,000 is 19,000 pounds! Cat scale it, I bet you find that empty weight to be around 13,000 pounds.

 

Roll it over a CAT scale. If you don't have one nearby Google "truck scale".
Or call a local scrapyard or transfer station/landfill. See if they have a scale and see if they will let you weigh it. Or, the quick and dirty solution if all else fails, go to Craigslist free and grab some random scrap steel, maybe 1-200 lbs worth. (just make sure it isn't old appliances, many yards don't accept them). Sell it to the scrapyard. Your weight ticket should show your unloaded weight.

Also, some of y'all have some light trucks. I weighed a Ryder 26' truck, 26K gvwr, International chassis, aluminum tuckunder liftgate, full fuel, myself, and a pallet jack, no load, 17,700lbs.

 

CAT scales these days at most, if not all, Love's, TAs, Petros, Flyin J and Pilot are $12. Reweighs are $2.50 if you have to adjust tandems or 5th wheel to get legal. 3rd, 4th and 5th reweighs are still $2.50. Don't know about more than 5 reweighs (hey, I was just starting out and had 79,400lbs total weight. Took me a few trys to find the only 5th wheel and tandem spot combination that would get me legal!).
Anyway, one thing I haven't heard mention is don't forget about trailer weight. Problem is, many companies have different trailers that have different weights. I drive a 2019 Volvo VNL 760 and my empty weight with one of our companie's older reefer trailers is 34,560 (all fuel tanks full). And it is almost 1000lbs. lighter with one of our new reefer trailers.

 

The door jamb sticker should has the axle ratings. Add them up.
Each tire will have a weight rating. Add them, by axle.
The door jamb sticker has a weight rating.
Your registration has a weight rating.

Your max weight is the lesser of those four. Which is theoretical, because it will require getting the payload in the bed “just so” to make each axle scale at max.

And pay the $12 to get weighed, ya cheap #######......

 

I doubt you'll find a factory tare weight of the cab and chassis in any manufacturer's literature. There's way too many variables when a truck is built. As cookie-cutter as today's trucks are there's still a lot of different options that'll change the tare weight. Engine/trans combo, wheelbase, rear suspension, rear axle, frame thickness, fuel tank size, number of fuel tanks, steel vs aluminum wheels etc.

 

Right on. That is why there is always the asterisk.
That says chassis similar spec may or may not have similar weight svaings.

 

You are correct. The only way to find the exact weight is to see the build report that has the actual weight listed on it. However, the Freightliner business class cab & chassis are going to be in the 9,000# range plus or minus 1500# depending on the build. Remember this is NOT a class 8 truck. The chassis is not as large as one on a class 8 truck. If anyone is really interested call a Freightliner dealer and ask them what the average weight of a cab & chassis on the business class trucks before a body is installed.

This is a typical build report for such a truck. LINK

 

I think it’s because it’s pretty easy to tell when they are overloaded unlike the big boys.
When I was running my FL60 regional in south and central Texas for 20 years I was weighed maybe 2 or 3 times a year in a coup. I always noticed they would study the truck when I approached. How it sat and sounded and if the springs and tires looked stressed. If not they would just let me roll. I had only been creeper/ pit inspected maybe 3 times in 20 years with that truck.

 

From my experience, I have not seen a lot of straight truck's popped for overweight in the coops. I have, however, seen a lot of them popped by portable scales. It seems like the DOT love to stop them in places they would least expect.