H3 Curb Weight with "stuff"

[Crash ?]

Originally Posted by marin8703

thats interesting but i doubt it. if anything there should be a weight penalty. You can always write off any vehicle as a business vehicle, or you can have deduct the sales tax you paid.

Wrongo... There was a tax buffer put in place several years back to help out farmers and construction folks that needed HEAVY trucks for use in their work.. Well, the way they wrote it up just about anyone that bought a truck over X000lbs and used it for work could get that tax credit and it literally would pay for 40% or so of the vehicle the first year.. That's the reason so many realtors started using large SUV's rather than Caddy's, Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, etc.. That tax loop hole was closed last year though when the weight limits were raised to about 10,000 lbs (by manufacturer specs not real weight).. Not even the H1 would fit into that tax break now...

Rob

[marin8703]

Originally Posted by Crash ?

Wrongo... There was a tax buffer put in place several years back to help out farmers and construction folks that needed HEAVY trucks for use in their work.. Well, the way they wrote it up just about anyone that bought a truck over X000lbs and used it for work could get that tax credit and it literally would pay for 40% or so of the vehicle the first year.. That's the reason so many realtors started using large SUV's rather than Caddy's, Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, etc.. That tax loop hole was closed last year though when the weight limits were raised to about 10,000 lbs (by manufacturer specs not real weight).. Not even the H1 would fit into that tax break now...

Rob

yeah thats what i wrote, you can write it off as a business/work use. but i said i didnt think you would get anything just because you wanna drive around a 10000lb( or whatever it is) vehicle for fun. or did i understand your post wrong?

[Crash ?]

Originally Posted by marin8703

yeah thats what i wrote, you can write it off as a business/work use. but i said i didnt think you would get anything just because you wanna drive around a 10000lb( or whatever it is) vehicle for fun. or did i understand your post wrong?

Hellifiknow... I think I confused myself...

[Hunner]

My 3/4 ton Dodge Cummins loaded with tools and 100 gal extra fuel is 6840 so it would have to be a big truck to hit 10,000. Bigger than a 1 ton dually.
GCWR according to the book is 9,500 for the H3 with automatic and 4.56. ON Flat ground?? hahah oops Im getting close. Guess I will have to trailer the whole mess and hava support vehicle.

[marin8703]

Originally Posted by Crash ?

Hellifiknow... I think I confused myself...

its all good.

So what's the wet curb weight of a stock H3? Got to be way over 4700 lbs.

[Hunner]

THAT is a good question. Inquiring people want to know. Maybe someone will go weigh a stock one just to see.

[evldave]

I just got done taking a load to the dump. My H3 pulling my 16x6 quad trailer, weighed in at 6,870lbs. I recently pulled that same trailer w/1.5-2 cords of wood (minimum 5k of wood), so total weight (if the scales at the dump are correct) would be 11-12k. That seems high...