My goodness, isn't it nice having a reasonable payload!

RubyOptics

RubyOptics

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As the title suggests....my what a nice feeling it is!!In our old van, once we were all in with some water, we had around 100kg to play with. In three weeks time, I will have a whole, glorious 400kg+ (again, with us all onboard plus full tanks etc).

What on earth do I do with the extra 300kg?! And no, before all you wine and beer lovers chip in, I can't use it for that as I no longer drink! 300kg of French cheese seems slightly excessive, even by my, crippled-with-a-terrible-cheese-addiction, standards!

Seriously though, what on earth do you all use so much payload on? Am I missing out on some wonderful toy?!
 
Landy Andy said:
If I had the payload, I wouldn’t tell the wife, or I’d have a lot more crap, and a lot less payload available.
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True! I made my post half-jokingly though, as even with our old, severely limited, payload we still had a bbq, enough food and drink for a few days, clothes etc etc. I'm sure I can whack off another hundred to carry MORE clothes and food/drink, thereby making our lives easier, but still curious as to what others carry that I don't!
 
Clarky said:
A couple of decent bikes?
Could even go electric if you really want to push the boat out.

Richard.
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We celebrate Children's Day in Poland (much to my shock that there was such a thing!) and due to having 2 pretty crappy birthdays in a row what with lockdown, we got him an e-scooter. I must admit, we are pretty impressed with the thing. Would give us a bit more leeway to explore the local area and be lighter than carrying 4 ebikes by a considerable margin.

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We up plated ours to 5500kg to be ‘safe’

I was horrified when we used a free to use weigh point in Norway and weighed 5555kg 😳

in fairness we had a load of extra food and drink, but no bikes or awning 🤔😳
 
Just think, if you've got payload to spare it means your fuel costs should be better as you aren't trying to lug so much stuff around.

I'm quite happy that the chaps with their weighbridge setup who arrived at Peterborough told me I would be wasting their time putting my little 3500 rated PVC on their kit - 400kG+ to spare, even fully watered, fuelled and beer stashed for the weekend.

I expect DuxDeluxe to arrive shortly to gloat over his spare capacity ;)
 
JJ said:
I have no idea what my "payload" is...

Never ever been weighed.


JJ :cool:
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We weren't either, I guess it's just a new feeling to not have that nagging "am I too heavy" feeling!
 
suavecarve said:
Vodka then :unsure: ;)
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beer oc GIF
 
Kannon Fodda said:
Just think, if you've got payload to spare it means your fuel costs should be better as you aren't trying to lug so much stuff around.

I'm quite happy that the chaps with their weighbridge setup who arrived at Peterborough told me I would be wasting their time putting my little 3500 rated PVC on their kit - 400kG+ to spare, even fully watered, fuelled and beer stashed for the weekend.

I expect DuxDeluxe to arrive shortly to gloat over his spare capacity ;)
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Nope.... wasn't going to........ :moon2:

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RubyOptics said:
What on earth do I do with the extra 300kg
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Don't wish to put a damper on your expectations...but until you have actually weighed the van you will not know what payload you actually have..
Perhaps you have had it weighed but if you are going off the advertising blurb I'd reserve judgement..they give themselves quite a bit leeway..like + or - 5% ..and if that works against it can mount to 100 of kg.. and yet they are still within limits..
Andy
Andy
 
I run on bald tyres so that gives me an extra 8kg payload for cheese :-)
 
andy63 said:
Don't wish to put a damper on your expectations...but until you have actually weighed the van you will not know what payload you actually have..
Perhaps you have had it weighed but if you are going off the advertising blurb I'd reserve judgement..they give themselves quite a bit leeway..like + or - 5% ..and if that works against it can mount to 100 of kg.. and yet they are still within limits..
Andy
Andy
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You're absolutely right, but even if the worst happens, I'm still going to have a lot more than I was used to!
 
Worth checking payload as if you have an accident even if it’s not your fault guarantee the first thing the insurance company will do if they find out you are overweight is void the policy.

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RubyOptics said:
As the title suggests....my what a nice feeling it is!!In our old van, once we were all in with some water, we had around 100kg to play with. In three weeks time, I will have a whole, glorious 400kg+ (again, with us all onboard plus full tanks etc).

What on earth do I do with the extra 300kg?! And no, before all you wine and beer lovers chip in, I can't use it for that as I no longer drink! 300kg of French cheese seems slightly excessive, even by my, crippled-with-a-terrible-cheese-addiction, standards!

Seriously though, what on earth do you all use so much payload on? Am I missing out on some wonderful toy?!
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space for an inflatable rib and couple of ebikes?
 
Personally, I can't be doing with driving round with loads of "stuff" on board, which suits me just fine with our low payload. I made him indoors take out all the things he might need and miraculously we're within the right limits. We've had this motorhome for over a year now and he's never mentioned his stash!
 
Lenny HB said:
How about telling us what the van is and the payload RubyOptics
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Sorry Lenny HB , it's a Challenger 287GA Start edition (we didn't at all like the dark wood on the higher trim level). Payload is stated at 598kg.

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RubyOptics said:
Sorry Lenny HB , it's a Challenger 287GA Start edition (we didn't at all like the dark wood on the higher trim level). Payload is stated at 598kg.
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I don't see how you are going to have any spare payload by the time you have got the family in it will be very tight.
 
Lenny HB said:
I don't see how you are going to have any spare payload by the time you have got the family in it will be very tight.
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We don't carry a load of crap around with us I guess?? We were fine and legal with our 380ish payload on our old van so this should be a doddle to be honest.
 
We are serious payload eateruppers, we both play Golf so 2 full sets of Golf Clubs,bags and pharaphanalia and golf clothing and shoes etc,we both Mountain Bike so 2 Electric M.Bikes and again Clothing ,Shoes,Tyres,Tools and so on,We carry a Honda Scooter 125cc,We have a Dog that has his requirements for entertainment etc,Barbeque,Pizza Oven,since our trips can be upto 9 months the Clothes must cover all seasons Oh,and the Washing Machine. L did say we eat it up.😁
 
Littlewheels said:
We are serious payload eateruppers, we both play Golf so 2 full sets of Golf Clubs,bags and pharaphanalia and golf clothing and shoes etc,we both Mountain Bike so 2 Electric M.Bikes and again Clothing ,Shoes,Tyres,Tools and so on,We carry a Honda Scooter 125cc,We have a Dog that has his requirements for entertainment etc,Barbeque,Pizza Oven,since our trips can be upto 9 months the Clothes must cover all seasons Oh,and the Washing Machine. L did say we eat it up.😁
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Blimey, worse than me, we only carry a couple of e-bikes, twin tub washing machine, spare cassette, spare wheel, table & chairs, tools etc. But have fitted 2 extra batteries, solar, sat dish and all the other bits you have to have.

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