4petedaniel Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 has anyone had a problem with being stoped and the payload checked and been found to be over the allowed weight. I ask this as I am concerned that I dont know what I weigh fully loaded, and should I be concerned. Petedaniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron. Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Yes, you should Pete, from both the law and insurance points of view. Take your fully loaded van to your local weighbridge and find out what it weighs, overall and both axles individually. Then check the weights against the vehicles weight plate on the top of the front cross member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel E Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 If you search the archives for previous posts on this subject, you will see that I have come across several cases of motorhomes being stopped in the UK. It's not worth the risk! If someone close to you was involved in an RTA with an overweight truck, you'd be rightly very angry. What's the difference when a motorhome can be up to 4.5 tonnes these days (or even 7.5 tonnes if it's a US RV)? Mel E ==== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I have read posts both on here and 'the dark side' of people getting stopped, this has sometimes resulted in them having to offload items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 The anoying thing sometimes is that with some vehicles plated at 3.5 tonnes the vehicle manufacturer actually designes them for close to 4 tonne. But to make the vehicle legally driveable to a wider audience (like youngsters) they are plated well below their safe working weight. But its the plated weights that you will be compared to if stopped so if you have a license that allows you to drive up to 7.5 tonnes (like quite a lot of us still) then it could be to your advantage to get the paperwork done to have the vehicle replated at the manufacturers figures. But when you come to sell the vehicle do you want to offer it to the widest audience?? Dilema. Mel E has caused me much agrivation over the years on this subject. We used to have a twin moped rack but following Mels article on this subject in MMM and my wife,s insistance that we visit a weighbridge we now tow a trailer. C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron. Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I'd wondered who the guilty MMM contributor was Clive (their discription, not mine) with regard to never having used a weighbridge - now we know! I take it that you will dispense with towing once the new van arrives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Oh YES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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