.......... on taking your motorhome to a weighbridge and it weighing exactly the GVW on the plate?
Happened to me yesterday when I visited a weighbridge for the first time - and I have the printout to prove it.
I had deliberately loaded the van up with full fuel and water tanks, and just completed the weekly shop at the supermarket. I also had about 20L in the waste water tank, sloshing about to clean it as I drove along, so that accounted for about 20kg. But having just 20kg spare on GVW was a lot closer than I thought it would be! I live in the van so obviously have a bit more stuff on board than a lot of people, but never imagined I had reached the stated 811 kg payload - which is a pretty decent figure to start with! I don't exactly have a lot of clutter.
The axle loadings were actually pretty nicely spread - with 1860 of a maximum 2100 on the front, and 2640 of a maximum 3000 shared between the twin rear axles.
Anyway, today I spoke to SV Tech and the good news is that uprating to add a further 500kg to GVW is just a paperwork exercise. Not that I intend adding that much more to my payload in reality, but it would be nice to know that I had a bit more leeway than just 20kg!
Happened to me yesterday when I visited a weighbridge for the first time - and I have the printout to prove it.
I had deliberately loaded the van up with full fuel and water tanks, and just completed the weekly shop at the supermarket. I also had about 20L in the waste water tank, sloshing about to clean it as I drove along, so that accounted for about 20kg. But having just 20kg spare on GVW was a lot closer than I thought it would be! I live in the van so obviously have a bit more stuff on board than a lot of people, but never imagined I had reached the stated 811 kg payload - which is a pretty decent figure to start with! I don't exactly have a lot of clutter.
The axle loadings were actually pretty nicely spread - with 1860 of a maximum 2100 on the front, and 2640 of a maximum 3000 shared between the twin rear axles.
Anyway, today I spoke to SV Tech and the good news is that uprating to add a further 500kg to GVW is just a paperwork exercise. Not that I intend adding that much more to my payload in reality, but it would be nice to know that I had a bit more leeway than just 20kg!