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And a £180:00 charge!!The weight on the V5 is the legal max, if that is 3500kg it would be a paper exercise to up plate to 3650kg.
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The MH is only 3 months old and has the original engine plate as fitted by Fiat. The revenue weight on the VI is 3500kg. Presumably any authority stopping me on the side of the road will have access to DVLA records or will they just look at a vehicle plate?
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The 'legal' plate is the Burstner one, so 3500kg max. You may be able to get it changed by DVLA to 3650kg if you can get something from Burstner to say it is still okay at that weight - if you've got the Certificate of Conformity check what that says. If Burstner won't play ball then the only way AFAIK is to get an engineer to approve it to be uprated as it is - SVTech is the 'usual' people to do this but I used another chap myself who was about a fifth of the cost!The plate in my new Ducato engine bay shows gross weight of 3650kg, but the Burster plate inside the MH says 3500kg. Which one will any authority take. Chassis manufacturer or coach builder?
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Almost irrelevant it may seem. My V5C arrived with a revenue figure of 4000Kg on it. No where near I thinks to myself. Bearing in mind this is a brand new MH and all paperwork was sent to DVLA at the same time. Certificate of Conformity says it weighs 3850Kg. So who is right I thinks. Manufacturer plate or DVLA log book...What revenue weight figure does it state in the V5C?
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Dave, that is exactly what I found on my Burstner Aviano, over weight prior to loading. What did you do about it?Put it on a weighbridge, now! A couple of years ago we had a Burstner in for air assist rear suspension but after a weighbridge visit (prior to fitting the air assist) it became obvious that the vehicle was simply not fit for purpose. Although it was plated and registeerd as 3500KGs GVW it was almost on that empty, even the driver would put it over its maximum weight!
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@dave newell lvs , I'd be interested as well ?Dave, that is exactly what I found on my Burstner Aviano, over weight prior to loading. What did you do about it?
I tried not to laugh but you are totally correct . Some of it is nonsensical. I have an acquaintance who has 2 early 90's Land Rovers. One , a swb pick up & the other a swb safari(?) one. They were built on the same day & are 3 numbers apart on the chassis number & with same engine.Why do they do this and count you as a COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. it is all down to making them something they are not. I got caught as a LORRY going into the LEZ, and the fine is £1000 if imposed. A normal transit (same vehicle at 3500kgs ) is allowed no problem Because it was Euro3. Why cannot the authorities put them down as private leisure vehicle and that would stop the farce of driving licences needing to be same a a commercial lorry driver, C for new drivers with all the palaver that entails, and the medical problems for the older drivers at 70 all for a few kilos to make them legal with a small amount of private goods and shekels on board. After all the weight difference is only the weight of a couple of OBESE people and there spare clothes.
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Dave, that is exactly what I found on my Burstner Aviano, over weight prior to loading. What did you do about it?
How very true.Cannot guarantee the V5C is goi
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Hi MinnxyGirlThe 'legal' plate is the Burstner one, so 3500kg max. You may be able to get it changed by DVLA to 3650kg if you can get something from Burstner to say it is still okay at that weight - if you've got the Certificate of Conformity check what that says. If Burstner won't play ball then the only way AFAIK is to get an engineer to approve it to be uprated as it is - SVTech is the 'usual' people to do this but I used another chap myself who was about a fifth of the cost!
Many mainland Europe produced MHs are kept at, or reduced to, 3500kg weight due to licencing limitations for buyers in their own country.
Your van is wrongly registered as 3500kg or less.Interesting posting... I've just checked mine the ALKO plate states GVW 4500Kg but the V5 is blank? I am classed a PLG and only pay PLG RFL rates. The Fiat plate states 4250 (in engine compartment) so I'm unsure what my status is.
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Hi MinnxyGirl
Thanks for your input, very informative.
Do you remember who you used please?
Interesting posting... I've just checked mine the ALKO plate states GVW 4500Kg but the V5 is blank? I am classed a PLG and only pay PLG RFL rates. The Fiat plate states 4250 (in engine compartment) so I'm unsure what my status is.
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