Does anyone weigh 75kg?

[Blue Knight]

We've all been reading the manufacturers MIRO figures for years now and every time we all research a van brochure the same old 75kg figure for a driver gets thrown up in the text.

Some manufacturers then quote the passenger weights as being 75kg too. That being said, I'm not sure if the '75kg' figure is taken from when a person is in the total nip or, when they have one leg carefully balanced on the floor and one on the scales before crying "yippee, I'm still 75kg".

This is only a bit of fun guys but in your opinion what should the ideal weight be these days for a 'MIRO driver and passenger' as having a McDonald's on every motorway junction has definitely helped increase the 75kg figure IMO.

I myself am 100kg clothed (and both feet on the scales) whereas in my Rugby days I was 124kg so I was not exactly a poster boy for the MoHo MIRO figures

P.S. Lenny HB - We all know that you're 75kg mate and that Hymer has used you as a benchmark model for all of its vans over the years

 

[mikebeaches]

70kg in the buff (with both feet on the scales), so the suggested 75kg is OK by me...

Don't do McDonalds these days.

 

[Tigger-Tim]

I'm under 75kg.

 

[Rosemary1]

Average weight in the uk for adults is listed as 84 kg for men and 70 kg for women. However they are also listing average heights for men at 5 ft 9 and women 5 ft 3. Perhaps us funsters are taller than average?

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

I can only aspire to such a delicate build.

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[Riverbankannie]

I don’t mind divulging my age, but never my weight!

 

[Sapper520]

83kgs. No idea what my wife weighs, but definitely lighter than me……and I won’t be asking her either.

My sons dog weighs nearly 50kgs!

 

[Riverbankannie]

average heights for men at 5 ft 9 and women 5 ft 3. Perhaps us funsters are taller than average?

No wonder I can never buy clothes to fit.

 

[The Wino]

I suspect that the average weight these days is a bit more than 75kg but not by a lot if you take into account that 50% of the population are women.
Just looked the ons say 83.6 for men 70.2 for women so the average at roughly 77 isn't far off the manufacturers figure.
Being light or heavy (other words could be used!) is like being tall or short it depends who you're stood next to.

 

[Janine]

I weigh 45kg - that leaves plenty of payload for cider

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[Bailey58]

I'll manage the 75kg benchmark.

 

[ivorantony]

Under 75kg but not by as much as I would like

 

[Rosemary1]

No wonder I can never buy clothes to fit.

Me too - I’m 5ft 9 inches. And like you - no one knows my weight!

 

[Pugsy]

I,m 73kgs so fine for me,I try and balance up the front axle with the same weight in the passenger side in alcohol coming home from Spain. Customs guy laughed at me last trip,when I told him(as he asked about the pile of booze in the footwell) that the new restrictions meant I was a bit light this year.

 

[DiggerJon]

I've discovered that I'm not really overweight, just undertall for my age. I should be somewhere about 6' 12"..........

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[Blue Knight]

I weigh 45kg - that leaves plenty of payload for cider

Come up to Durham for a month and we'll soon get you up to the 75kg weigh-in level. We have pie shops on every corner so you won't go hungry

 

[Ingwe]

54kg so got some spare.

 

[Blue Knight]

I've discovered that I'm not really overweight, just undertall for my age. I should be somewhere about 6' 12"..........

I'll put you down as an 80kg chap then

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

I wasn't but shed some weight so now well inside that figure, however now we have an increased payload up to 1200kg, well it may be a good job our scales are not talking scales .
If only, Dr say's I must retain a healthy [ boring] sub 70kg MAM.
Mike.

 

[Blue Knight]

70kg in the buff for me (with both feet on the scales), so the suggested 75kg is OK by me...

Don't do McDonalds these days.

Only on FUN could we be talking happily about being in the buff, Mike, lol

What a fine community eh

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[DiggerJon]

I'll put you down as an 80kg chap then

I wish!

 

[Blue Knight]

I wasn't but shed some weight so now well inside that figure, however now we have an increased payload up to 1200kg, well it may be a good job our scales are not talking scales .
If only, Dr say's I must retain a healthy [ boring] sub 70kg MAM.
Mike.

That's a fantastic achievement though Mike. Well done indeed

 

[Vanderek]

2512 ounces according to the kitchen scales

 

[Blue Knight]

I,m 73kgs so fine for me,I try and balance up the front axle with the same weight in the passenger side in alcohol coming home from Spain. Customs guy laughed at me last trip,when I told him(as he asked about the pile of booze in the footwell) that the new restrictions meant I was a bit light this year.

This could be the reason why 75kg is quoted; i.e to help with your alcohol hoard

P.S. I like your style!

 

[jumar]

Count me in... I'm under 75kg....can I have a badge and membership card please.

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[The Dotties]

Plus another 20kg for me.
(Down from 148kg) Still trying

 

[M-J]

Around 73-75kg since my 16kg weight loss.

 

[Blue Knight]

83kgs. No idea what my wife weighs, but definitely lighter than me……and I won’t be asking her either.

My sons dog weighs nearly 50kgs!

That's a good point regarding the animals - our Rotti is c.46kg so it soon mounts up.

 

[Blue Knight]

Around 73-75kg since my 16kg weight loss.

Now that's the sign of a bloody good motorhomer, I.e. driving your weight down to what the manufacturers are telling you to be

 

[jumartoo]

I'm the average height for a woman but 20kg under the average weight

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