transit weight
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It'll depend on the unladen weight
DrDeAtH said:
Look at the manufacturers plate inside the door shut. It will tell you the max load. Gross weight must not exceed 3.5 ton. Including driver.
It wont tell you the max load only the GVM, you still need to know the unladen weight.Edited by jagracer on Saturday 30th June 15:43
v8will said:
This.
Probably won't carry much more than 1000KG if you're lucky.
Not even that....we have crew cab transit dropsides fitted with small hiab cranes....the most we can carry is about 650kg....even less when you have a couple of fat blokes in there and some tools and PPE etc etc...Probably won't carry much more than 1000KG if you're lucky.
If you want to carry more you need to ove up to 5 tonne pick ups...BUT i think you then enter tachograph territory?
Yeh tacho for business use over 3500Kgs, depends on what spec the van is but the MWB 350 weighs in at just over 1700Kg so that's more than a ton payload easy more than 1.5 ton even allowing for 2 blokes in the front.
Flatbeds never have the same carrying capcity as vans due to the heavyer chassis and bed, add a hiab and they are pretty much useless for the size of the load area unless you deliver crisps or feathers
but if you did you wouldn't need a hiab !
Reminds me of my local council who orderd 12 new trucks for lifting illeagaly parked cars, with the lift equipment instaled thier payload was 450 Kgs! 3 got stopped and impounded by VOSA, one bent in the middle whilst carrying a LWB fully (over) loaded sprinter and the rest got scrapped after 6 months, of course no one got the sack for the cock up but then that's goverment for you, all secret societies and funny handshakes.
Flatbeds never have the same carrying capcity as vans due to the heavyer chassis and bed, add a hiab and they are pretty much useless for the size of the load area unless you deliver crisps or feathers
but if you did you wouldn't need a hiab !Reminds me of my local council who orderd 12 new trucks for lifting illeagaly parked cars, with the lift equipment instaled thier payload was 450 Kgs! 3 got stopped and impounded by VOSA, one bent in the middle whilst carrying a LWB fully (over) loaded sprinter and the rest got scrapped after 6 months, of course no one got the sack for the cock up but then that's goverment for you, all secret societies and funny handshakes.
ChrisRS6 said:
Not even that....we have crew cab transit dropsides fitted with small hiab cranes....the most we can carry is about 650kg....even less when you have a couple of fat blokes in there and some tools and PPE etc etc...
If you want to carry more you need to ove up to 5 tonne pick ups...BUT i think you then enter tachograph territory?
You're probably right but I was thinking of a basic, non crewcab dropside. I remember a discussion in work recently that our 7.5 Tonners could only carry a bit over 2000KG legally.If you want to carry more you need to ove up to 5 tonne pick ups...BUT i think you then enter tachograph territory?
S0 What said:
Reminds me of my local council who orderd 12 new trucks for lifting illeagaly parked cars, with the lift equipment instaled thier payload was 450 Kgs! 3 got stopped and impounded by VOSA, one bent in the middle whilst carrying a LWB fully (over) loaded sprinter and the rest got scrapped after 6 months, of course no one got the sack for the cock up but then that's goverment for you, all secret societies and funny handshakes.
Good story. Made me smile.
Have a look at Ford's specs here: http://www.ford.co.uk/SBE/BrochureRequest/View-a-V...
There's what seems like trillions of options.
There's what seems like trillions of options.
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