yota mini-truck weight (frame + body only)

Post by **maybs** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:01 am

Does anybody have an idea about how much an '81 toyota weighs after you drop the engine, tranny, tcase, and axles? I'm preparing to do this and I just want to figure out how I'm going to handle the carcass once I'm done with it.

Post by **Steinberg** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:10 am

are you worried about where to take it, or how to get it there?

Post by **maybs** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:20 am

I figured I'd be taking it either to the place in roanoke or that other one that I don't remember right now (around Galax or somewhere down there). I'm mainly wondering how I will get it there, which might involve getting it up onto a trailer when it has no wheels. Depending on how much it's gonna weigh, I guess I might have to wait until it's on a trailer before removing the axles?

Post by **Trailduster79** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:07 pm

Just so you know.

I bought an 80 pickup with no motor.

I took out the trans, t-case, axles, springs.

When I took it to the scrap yard I had the bed filled with other odds and ends scrap metal, and it was around 2000 pounds.

So I would guess just the truck was around 1500.

Post by **yotacowboy** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:51 pm

some of the f-toy guys are saying that a comp stripped toy chassis (no body mounts or other stuff hanging off it, but prepped for a formula cage and drivetrain setup) weighs in the neighborhood of 200lbs, some say a little less.

Post by **jonesy** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:54 pm

Trailduster79 wrote:Just so you know.

I bought an 80 pickup with no motor.

I took out the trans, t-case, axles, springs.

When I took it to the scrap yard I had the bed filled with other odds and ends scrap metal, and it was around 2000 pounds.

So I would guess just the truck was around 1500.

actually, i think it weighs 1498.976 lbs ... give or take a lb or two