Hi
We have just taken possession of our new motorhome. We have been looking for months for a 6 berth motorhome with a rear lounge which had to weigh 3500 mtplm due to my age 70 in 2 years.
We eventually found an old 2002 model
Couldn't find payload or miro information anywhere so I took it to a local weighbridge.
The weight came in at 3060kgs (giving payload of 440kgs)
That included 90% fuel and leisure battery. Nothing else. Not even me!
Got home and started to load up weighing everything.
Me, wifey, teenage daughter, dog (224 KGS) , bare essentials (and I mean bare) have gone in leaving us 61 KGS for food, water, clothes, spare battery, 3 bikes.
Somehow I don't think we can do it.
After searching high and low on the net I have come across the same model with a mtplm of 3850kgs.
I'm guessing that as our payload 'seems' too small that our van has been down plated.
I've checked to see if there are any other plates anywhere but there are none just the one showing 3500kgs
It seems like our only option is going to have to have it plated up to 3850. We didn't want a van this heavy in the 1st place due to my age
My questions are
1) are there records kept anywhere that can tell us if the motorhome has been downplated.
2) should we have paperwork showing this has happened.
3) do we have any recourse against the company who sold us the motor home. Should they have known / told us
Is 440 KGS normal for an old van with 3 traveling seats.
We were thrilled with our new van but this has put a real dampener on it.
Any suggestions welcome
We have just taken possession of our new motorhome. We have been looking for months for a 6 berth motorhome with a rear lounge which had to weigh 3500 mtplm due to my age 70 in 2 years.
We eventually found an old 2002 model
Couldn't find payload or miro information anywhere so I took it to a local weighbridge.
The weight came in at 3060kgs (giving payload of 440kgs)
That included 90% fuel and leisure battery. Nothing else. Not even me!
Got home and started to load up weighing everything.
Me, wifey, teenage daughter, dog (224 KGS) , bare essentials (and I mean bare) have gone in leaving us 61 KGS for food, water, clothes, spare battery, 3 bikes.
Somehow I don't think we can do it.
After searching high and low on the net I have come across the same model with a mtplm of 3850kgs.
I'm guessing that as our payload 'seems' too small that our van has been down plated.
I've checked to see if there are any other plates anywhere but there are none just the one showing 3500kgs
It seems like our only option is going to have to have it plated up to 3850. We didn't want a van this heavy in the 1st place due to my age
My questions are
1) are there records kept anywhere that can tell us if the motorhome has been downplated.
2) should we have paperwork showing this has happened.
3) do we have any recourse against the company who sold us the motor home. Should they have known / told us
Is 440 KGS normal for an old van with 3 traveling seats.
We were thrilled with our new van but this has put a real dampener on it.
Any suggestions welcome