Weigh bridge blues

The OP does not state make and model of van. Some can be uprated, for instance my Bailey Peg 462 has a MTPLM of 1326Kg but for £60 for a new label and record amendments it can be changed to something like 1490Kg - the exact figure escapes me at the moment.

Write your comments here...I think you meant 1390Kg.

I assume MH manufacturers are all the same, my Rapido states:

We have had two Rapido motorhomes good vans very soundly  built but because of that a little on the heavy side, the last one we had updated from 3.5 to 4 something or other.

As a former HGV class 1 driver, you could expect to get a tug for a vechicle check over from VOSA at there checkpoints every now and again, it just goes with the job.

Now depending on what we happened to be carrying, you knew if you had a problem our not !!!.

26 pallets of something like Aunt betsys yorkshire pudding you would be fine, well under our max @ 44 tons.

But if we had 26 pallets of processed peas on board, you would be right on the limit, and i mean the limit. Once in Norfolk on the A17, and also 1 time on the M6, i was 200KGS over carrying peas. Both times the VOSA staff said that they had to give a 3% tolerence, due to the difficulty with getting an absoluty correct weight. Luckly for me both times i was stopped it was raining which can add 50KGS to the weight on the weightbridge.

So the moral of the story is go to your local weightbridge, get your van weighted, and then work out how much you need to leave at home, so you can get it down to the correct weight. 

No one has mentioned the elephant(sic) in the room. Perhaps more attention should be given to the MIRO of the passengers. 

Write your comments here..How on earth can MIRO be influenced by passengers?

Presumably on a motor home (like a car) the kerb-weight/MIRO only makes a  nominal (often not enough) allowance for a driver… none for the passengers - all that will contribute towards payload. 

the MIRO on a MH will include just the driver, at a nominal 75kg (a shade over 11st 11lb) which is considerably more than either I or OH weigh....

..some may say this is unrealistic, i might agree and say its too much

 .. MIRO on a MH will include just the driver, at a nominal 75kg (a shade over 11st 11lb) which is considerably more than either I or OH weigh....

..some may say this is unrealistic, i might agree and say its too much

I't's been a while since I was only 11st 11lb 

 .. MIRO on a MH will include just the driver, at a nominal 75kg (a shade over 11st 11lb) which is considerably more than either I or OH weigh....

..some may say this is unrealistic, i might agree and say its too much

I't's been a while since I was only 11st 11lb 

lol, ive never been 11st 11lb and ill wager that i'll never be that weight....for me, it would be like carrying round an extra 25lb suitcase of luggage

 

lol, ive never been 11st 11lb and ill wager that i'll never be that weight....for me, it would be like carrying round an extra 25lb suitcase of luggage

Are you 10 stone wet through?? 

well, I was yesterday when i weighed myself....

front of the class for maths, Alan

I think I was at school when I weighed 11st 11lb thoughI do carry a little excess these days