Nasty surprise at Peterborough (1 Viewer)

funflair

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It was good to see SV tech weighing vans at Peterborough, did anybody get a nasty surprise when they rolled over the weigh plates? we clocked 7350kg but still within our allowance :giggle: (y) so happy days.

We are 1000kg heavier than when we picked it up though:unsure: but only 80kg of that has transferred to the front axle which just goes to show the importance of correct loading (our front axle is heavy when empty) I know that 1/3 of the extra 1000kg was down to the full water tank which sits on or even behind the rear axle then we have a scooter in the garage etc etc.

Thanks SV tech for your time and Jim for organising it (assuming he did;))
 

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enough to know i shouldnt touch things i know nothing about ....
is it part of the Funster area or accessible to everyone - just asking as if its accessible to everyone, then i assume there may be queues ....
 
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is it part of the Funster area or accessible to everyone - just asking as if its accessible to everyone, then i assume there may be queues ....
Just part of the Fun area I believe and don't even know if it was just yesterday or if they are in today as well.

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Some 860Kg under our MGVW! šŸ˜Ž

We recently emptied the van to give it a thorough clean through though before repacking minimally (full water tank though) for this weekend.

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tonka

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Spot on here.
Plated at 4500kg. Weighed in at 4500.
We are running in our full travelling mode with full water, gas, fuel, chairs, gazebo etc. I was a bit surprised as expect to have at least a 100kg buffer. Started to empty the garage last night so we are already down by some gin and Hobgoblin. šŸ‘šŸ¤£šŸ¤£
 

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It will be interesting to see a breakdown of results from SV Tech, it will help many going to the next one to focus especially if 3500Kg max. It may be a small sample and not statistically significant for some. Great idea put into practice.

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Kannon Fodda

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It was just yesterday they were here. I think a few funsters did have a bit of a nasty surprise and possibly a couple were dangerously overloaded. Issues were normally rear axle. Sv tech werenā€™t giving any details which is only right.
 

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I hope they are coming to Stoneleigh!
 

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