Fitted Weights: what parts weigh on the vehicle

A build can push a vehicle over its GVM (the most it may weigh loaded). Two sets of numbers let a quote check that: what each part weighs fitted, and the vehicle's limits.

Parts: Fitted Weights

Products → Fitted Weights→ lists the parts quoted in the last 90, 180 or 365 days, most-quoted first. The bar at the top shows the share of quote lines whose part has a weight, so start at the top of the list.

• Fitted kg: what the part weighs installed, brackets included. This is not the boxed weight freight uses.
• Swaps: for wheels and tyres, pick Factory tyre, Factory wheel or Factory wheel + tyre. The check then takes off that vehicle's own factory tyre or wheel (from its Weights card), so a 37" tyre counts only what it adds over the tyre it replaces. On a product's Edit → On the vehicle, How many covers a set (a set of 4 = 4).
• Replaces kg: the factory part it takes off, such as the factory bumper under a bull bar. The build adds fitted minus replaced. For a wheel or tyre it's only the fallback for a vehicle with no factory figure.
• Sits at: where it goes (front, cabin, tray, behind the rear axle, roof, towball, spread out). This decides how the weight splits between the axles.
• Weight from: weighed, supplier spec, estimate or AI estimate.

Each change saves straight away. A kit counts as done once every part in it has a weight. You can also enter these on a product's Edit → Fitting → On the vehicle.

Fill weights saves typing:

• Fill from network copies weights other BuildTrack businesses have weighed or taken from a spec sheet, matched on brand and part number. They show as Supplier spec or Estimate.
• Estimate with AI has AI estimate the parts still empty, from each part's name, brand and boxed weight, up to 1,000 a go. Pick the quoted parts or every part in your range. They show as AI estimate, so check the heavy ones (bars, canopies, trays, drawers, wheels) against the spec sheet or scales. It costs about a cent per 100 parts, in your AI usage.

Both only fill empty weights, never one you've entered. When you weigh a part or take it from a spec sheet and set Weight from to Weighed it or Supplier spec, that figure goes back to the network for the next business. Only the part's weight, position and part number are shared, never your business name, prices, costs, stock or customers. Switch it off under Settings → Quotes & invoices → Build Weight→; switched off, you neither share nor receive.

GVM and GCM upgrades

On a suspension kit that raises the rating, tick This is a GVM / GCM upgrade and enter the new GVM (and GCM if it changes), whether it's done before first registration or after registration, and whether it must be certified before accessories are fitted.

Vehicles: Weights

A vehicle's record page has a Weights card: tare, GVM, GCM, front and rear axle, braked towing, towball maximum, fuel tank, seats, and the factory tyre and factory wheel (one of each, with its size). Take them from the compliance plate and tyre placard on the driver's door pillar. The factory tyre and wheel are what a wheel or tyre upgrade takes off.

• Fill blanks from factory figures appears when there are factory figures for the model (108 common Australian 4x4 configurations come built in: HiLux, LandCruiser 300 and 70, Prado, Ranger, Everest, D-MAX, BT-50, Triton, Navara, Patrol, Amarok, RAM, Silverado and more). When the model has several configurations, pick which one it is first. They include the factory tyre and wheel sizes and weights. It never overwrites a figure already entered.
• Figures from the factory list are marked until someone clicks Checked against the compliance plate.
• Once checked, Use as factory figures for this model offers them on other vehicles of the same model and series.

On a quote

When a quote has a vehicle with a tare and GVM, a Build weight bar sits above the sections: what the build weighs loaded against the GVM, and how much is left. It counts only what the customer is buying (not unticked options or alternatives not taken) and adds a GVM upgrade's new rating when one is on the quote.

The Build weight card in the right rail shows each limit: GVM, front and rear axle (an estimate from where parts sit), towball, towing and GCM when a trailer is set. Details shows the breakdown and On the road with: people, water, touring load, trailer ATM and a full tank. These save on the quote. Parts with no weight, or one estimated from the boxed weight, are listed with a link to fix them.

Without the vehicle's figures the card shows its Weights to fill in. The check never blocks saving or sending.

The customer's proposal, the PDF and the AI quote assistant

Settings → Quotes & invoices→ → Build Weight decides whether the customer sees the check on their proposal: Show when a build is close to or over a limit (the default), Always show or Never show. It also sets the starting people aboard, kg per person, touring load, fuel and the warn-at percentage for every quote. When shown, the proposal works the weight out again as the customer ticks options, and the quote PDF prints a Weight check (estimate) panel. Both are labelled as an estimate and show How we worked this out: the vehicle empty, the parts, the wheels and tyres net of the factory ones, people, fuel, water and gear. The small print says when some part weights are your estimates rather than the maker's figures.

The AI quote assistant sees the vehicle's tare and GVM and each part's fitted weight. When a build is likely to go over, it suggests a GVM upgrade from your catalogue, and its notes end with a Weight check line.

Weighbridge readings

On the vehicle's record, Compliance & approvals → + Add record → Weighbridge reading: ticket number, weighbridge, front axle, rear axle and total kg, and the date. The Weights card then shows the latest reading against the GVM and axle ratings.

These are estimates to plan a build, not a weighbridge reading or an engineering certificate.