Posted on 19/09/2021 11:19
I currently do not have the C1 on licence because it elapsed at 70. Is it OK drive a motorhome of say 3650 kg MPTLM if the van is always loaded to a max weight of below 3500kg. In other words, is it the plated max weight that decides if a non C1 driver can drive, or the actual weight of the loaded vehicle. Thanks
Posted on 20/09/2021 22:14 by triky autoA, C1 is liable for renewal every year ,as far as i know !!
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Posted on 20/09/2021 17:31 by 777It’s yet to be announced. The basic motorhome is 3500 kg, but with with the additions we want, it will have to be up-plated to 3700, (though the MIRO and payload not yet announced). We currently have a twin axle caravan, that has a payload of 300kg on an upgraded plate, but we don’t get anywhere near that. Looks like I will have to accept the 3700kg, and keep fingers crossed for future medicals🤞🤞
Posted on 22/09/2021 09:16
What MH is it? Is there a model in stock anywhere that can actually be weighed by a dealer?
it's easy these days, they just drive into pads, one axle at a time.
you should be able to get the MIRO fairly easily.
then there is the issue of those extras...what are you having fitted. Solar panels, extra battery, sat dish etc?
then there is the weight of the passenger and the amount of water you'll be carrying, plus bikes (Ebike's?), awning, bbq, tables, chairs, food, cutlery, crockery...bedding, clothes...electrical,items, iPads, chargers, phones, laptops, TVs, Sky boxes
the thing is, when you move to a MH, everything that previously was carried in the tow car AND the caravan has to travel in the MH....incl you (any weight over 75kg needs to be taken into account), passenger, dogs..
the list goes on and the weight goes up...
Posted on 22/09/2021 11:09 by EmilysDad@ BoleroBoy ... (any weight over 75kg needs to be taken into account)
It's been a while since I was under 75kg .... probably at school! 🙄
Posted on 22/09/2021 12:31 by young thomasOH and I weigh about 120kg.....together...isn't that about 'normal'?
I guess it must be in the genes (jeans
Posted on 22/09/2021 14:39
Alan's (ONS) numbers give a BMI of 24.54 for 'average' men.... nudging the overweight level.
Women at 26.67 fall well into the overweight category.
no surprise in either category there, except that, in 11 years further on, we aren't any slimmer, fitter or lighter.
Posted on 22/09/2021 18:46
Anyone, even at 6' 2" (other than a bodybuilder/sportsman type) weighing 120 kg (around 19 st) has a BMI of approx 36 and is literally off the obese end of the scale...
75kg is just shy of 12 st...even at 6' tall, this puts a person at BMI almost 23, healthy.
I am a smidge under 21...all that exercise I guess...
For comparison, Ali was 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and 210 lb (95 kg) when he won the HEAVY weight championship in 1964.
Posted on 22/09/2021 18:46 by young thomasAnyone, even at 6' 2" (other than a bodybuilder/sportsman type) weighing 120 kg (around 19 st) has a BMI of approx 36 and is literally off the obese end of the scale...
75kg is just shy of 12 st...even at 6' tall, this puts a person at BMI almost 23, healthy.
I am a smidge under 21...all that exercise I guess...
For comparison, Ali was 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and 210 lb (95 kg) when he won the HEAVY weight championship in 1964.
Posted on 23/09/2021 09:07
I'm not saying these tables are the be all, they're just numbers....nor is it criticism of anyone, but it doesn't take a genius to see how many 'large' folk there are wandering (many struggling) about (not always wandering, often on buggies)...
folk get large, take less exercise, buy a buggy, take even less exercise, get larger, buy larger buggies...
we live longer, sometimes thanks to medical advances, yet our bodies haven't caught up and let us down....hips, knees and other bits...
so we can't exercise, get larger, buy buggies....etc...
we always seem to run a tad behind America in many things....a look at how things have gone there gives us a good idea of things to come here...
get shares in buggy companies...
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