Cab 11 Chevrolet 'Caution' Plate

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Owen,

Maybe this table is of help?

http://www.mapleleafup.net/vehicles/.../chevspec.html

Regards,
Hanno

[Owen Evans]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Owen,

Maybe this table is of help?

http://www.mapleleafup.net/vehicles/.../chevspec.html

Regards,
Hanno

Hanno,

Thanks for that, but I believe those will be Cab-13 weights. The problem being there isn't a specific maintenance manual covering the earlier types (pre-1942), with detailed specifications. My August 1940 instruction book has brief specifications, but no weight data. I will keep looking; the answer will be out there. Somewhere.

Owen.

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Owen,

Maybe this table is of help?

http://www.mapleleafup.net/vehicles/.../chevspec.html

Regards,
Hanno

Hi

Interesting and useful table, looking at the capacity part of the table that they are all in Imperial measures so that needs to be taken into account when converting to metric or English measures.

Cheers Phil

[Mike Cecil]

Hi Phil,

Imperial = 'English', so no conversion required.

Now that might be a bit lost on a country that opted out of the British Commonwealth in 1776, and modified the Imperial measures just a bit to make things confusing (1 ton = 2,000 pounds, for example, whereas a real, Imperial ton is still 2,240 pounds) .... all tongue in cheek, of course, but there are some odd differences that still puzzle me as to 'why?'

Mike (an ex-pat Aussie who, after over 8 years, is well integrated into life in the USA)

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Mike

Yes should have said US liquid measure.

Cheers Phil

[Owen Evans]

Searching the forums on an unrelated topic, I came across this:

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=12876

Post #13 shows the weight data as:

Chassis - 3870 lbs
Gross - 7500 lbs

Cheers,
Owen.

[Grant Bowker]

The vehicle data book reproduced by Bill Gregg does give curb and maximum weights (that differ by body type) for many variants. The date of publication means most will be cab 13.
I would be reluctant to use the curb weight as the cowl and chassis as my understanding is that cowl only includes the floor and front portion of the cab, not roof and cab back. It would also leave out the rear body. I could be wrong on this.