Dumb newbie question: Truck tonnage

Ok, I know this is a really dumb question, but I honestly don't know the answer.

I often hear guys talking about a half-ton truck, or a 1 ton truck, or even a 2.5 ton truck. But obviously, when they talk about a 1-ton truck, their vehicle weighs more than 1000 lbs, and I somewhat doubt that the truck I saw called a "2.5 ton" weighed 5000 lbs.

So what does this expression mean? When people call something an "x" ton truck, what is it that really weighs that much? The payload capacity?

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ezeppelin
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Yup, payload including the tongue weight of a trailer.

A Jeep could be called a 1/4 ton vehicle. LOL!

You just look at the door or glove box sticker for the GVW number and subtract what the Jeep weighs in at. I hear TJ's are a little over 4000 lb and the CJ7's are in the 3000 lb range. Not sure for a YJ, they are somewhere in between I think.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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