Satellite dish and French tolls. (1 Viewer)

[Shropshire lad]

My MH is 2.9m high and I am thinking of adding a satellite dish. Will this affect my class 2 status on French motorways?

 

[Anthony OysterTech]

Good afternoon,

Afraid I don't know the height limits per class on the French toll roads but the stowed height on all Oyster systems available is as follows:

Caro/Cytrac Vision III: 14cm
Oyster Vision III: 22cm
Oyster V: 17cm

Hope this helps

 

[Pete5996]

My Cheyenne is 2m97 and an aircon unit takes it to about 3m15. About 80% of the time the tag works as hoped for but Class 3 can be triggered. I don't always win the discussion with the operator....

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[spitfire]

We are 2.79 with Oyster dish on top of that . Still Class 2 .

 

[Funnymunny]

If it takes you over 3m even by a fraction
then yes it will take you into class 3

 

[treetops1]

I have to say in ten years and only charged class 3 once,with sat dish 3.2 mtr. contested it on the phone on an unmanned kiosk and they reduced it to class 2. usually a standard camping car is usually class 2 ,and i recon there is not many who have paid more on a regular basis .Enjoy lol.

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[scotjimland]

My MH is 2.9m high and I am thinking of adding a satellite dish. Will this affect my class 2 status on French motorways?

If it takes you over 3m even by a fraction
then yes it will take you into class 3

Sat dishes, roof racks are NOT used in calculating van height >>>

https://www.autoroutes.fr/FCKeditor/UserFiles/File/ASFA CLASSE VEHICULE BD.pdf

Remarques :

N’ont pas d’incidence sur le calcul de la hauteur totale :

- Le chargement sur le toit d’un véhicule ou d’une remorque
- Les accessoires, tels que : antennes, coffres ou barres de toit, gyrophares, enseignes taxi, paraboles, lanternaux, panneaux solaires.Ont une incidence sur le calcul de la hauteur totale :
- Les éléments ajoutés au véhicule de base, tels que : cellules habitables, climatiseurs, groupes frigorifiques.

Pour le tunnel du Fréjus, critères spécifiques sur www.sftrf.fr



Google translation

Do not affect the calculation of the total height:
- Loading on the roof of a vehicle or trailer
- Accessories, such as: antennas, chests or roof racks, rotating lights, taxi signs, parabolas, lanterns, solar panels.

Have an impact on the calculation of the total height:
- The elements added to the base vehicle, such as: living cells, air conditioners, refrigeration units.
For the Fréjus tunnel, specific criteria on www.sftrf.fr

 

[Pete5996]

Thanks, scotjimland, that settles it - the aircon's coming out and a fanned rooflight going in...

 

[Shropshire lad]

Many thanks @scotjimland that seems clear as long as a sat dish is classed as an antenna.

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[Pilote87]

- Les accessoires, tels que : antennes, coffres ou barres de toit, gyrophares, enseignes taxi, paraboles, lanternaux, panneaux solaires.Ont une incidence sur le calcul de la hauteur totale :

The paraboles mentioned is, in English, a satellite dish

J

 

[gus-lopez]

That's all ok if it works like that. In many instances it doesn't I got charged class 3 a couple of years back & I am 2 axles,well under 3m & not over 3, 5 tonnes.

 

[Camdoon]

I would suggest that arguing in French with an employee of the company does not work on the one occasion over the past 5 years I have had to do this. Indeed on my latest van when my tag was not working a company rep reckoned I was over 3m and gave me an envelope to place the tag in to stop me using it.
My van is now at a state where if I have the axle top suspension on its lowest setting I sail through and on its highest I get stopped.
Go for it but ensure your travelling companion can hang out a window and shout "Camping car, classe deux, s'il vous plait."

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