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I believe they sell them on Amazon
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CAK is a good place to start.I'm doing all the work myself. You might find it difficult to incorporate such a tank into an existing layout, unless you get a custom tank made to fit a specific spot you have in mind. I got the tank from "online tank store", although you'll find lots of companies with a suspiciously similar set of products available, so they're probably all storefronts for the same underlying company. I took the baffled 210 litre, as it was the same height as my CRX80 fridge, which is what set the bed height, so was very efficient space wise. They also supplied the 65 litre tank I'm using for grey water.
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Some member are so full of hot air they wouldn't need the balloons!To the uninformed in the event you are close to your payload itās a great help to get a few Helium Ballons from your local joke shop! Apparently when placed in the middle of the MH they can lift the MH Obote the wheels by quite a margin thus easing the payload. Just Saying
I have Goldsmchitt Air Suspenion it has weight senors on the axles so I can weigh at any time.
No it really works, you calibrate it against a weighbridge.I trust that your emoji indicates that you are jesting? Otherwise, how much do you add on to account for your unsprung weight?
Ian
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Geoff I weigh my van at work, we have two weighbridges (1 in, 1 out) with the office in the middle. If you can imagine this, the entry to the IN bridge is flat, the exit of the IN bridge has a ramp off, now the OUT bridge has a ramp ON to it and driving off is level, does that make sense?? Now, Iāve done the axles and total weights on both bridges and there was only one descrepancy of 10-20kg driving off the IN bridge down the ramp to coming off the OUT bridge on the level!!Can anyone please help on this aspect of weighing.
Our local haulage firm used to have a weighbridge with flat approach and exit.
A couple of years ago they installed a new one which has ramps on approach and exit. So now cannot get accurate axle weights.
Does anyone know a rule-of-thumb way of weighing an axle when the other axle is on a ramp, and then applying a factor to the 'inaccurate' axle weight to roughly compensate for the effect of the ramp?
I hope my question is clear.
Geoff
Can anyone please help on this aspect of weighing.
Our local haulage firm used to have a weighbridge with flat approach and exit.
A couple of years ago they installed a new one which has ramps on approach and exit. So now cannot get accurate axle weights.
Does anyone know a rule-of-thumb way of weighing an axle when the other axle is on a ramp, and then applying a factor to the 'inaccurate' axle weight to roughly compensate for the effect of the ramp?
I hope my question is clear.
Geoff
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AdyGeoff I weigh my van at work, we have two weighbridges (1 in, 1 out) with the office in the middle. If you can imagine this, the entry to the IN bridge is flat, the exit of the IN bridge has a ramp off, now the OUT bridge has a ramp ON to it and driving off is level, does that make sense?? Now, Iāve done the axles and total weights on both bridges and there was only one descrepancy of 10-20kg driving off the IN bridge down the ramp to coming off the OUT bridge on the level!!
I hope that all makes some sense
Ady
Why cant you just place the non-weighed axle right on the edge of the weighbridge, before it descends the ramp?
Ian
Can anyone please help on this aspect of weighing.
Our local haulage firm used to have a weighbridge with flat approach and exit.
A couple of years ago they installed a new one which has ramps on approach and exit. So now cannot get accurate axle weights.
Does anyone know a rule-of-thumb way of weighing an axle when the other axle is on a ramp, and then applying a factor to the 'inaccurate' axle weight to roughly compensate for the effect of the ramp?
I hope my question is clear.
Geoff
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Levelling blocks?There is only about 2-3" of concrete.
Weāve just had a lucky near miss in that department!! Did exactly the same as you .... full tanks of everything, fridge, food, wine and spirits, garage with the kitchen sink etc went to the local weighbridge and came in at 3840. Weād already factored in an up rating but we can do that now as a paper exercise to 3850. Phew!
To be honest, I thought weād be over 4 ton so really pleased to find we are well below that plus a fair bit of wiggle room if we need to stow ...... more wine
HiWeāve just had a lucky near miss in that department!! Did exactly the same as you .... full tanks of everything, fridge, food, wine and spirits, garage with the kitchen sink etc went to the local weighbridge and came in at 3840. Weād already factored in an up rating but we can do that now as a paper exercise to 3850. Phew!
To be honest, I thought weād be over 4 ton so really pleased to find we are well below that plus a fair bit of wiggle room if we need to stow ...... more wine
There is only about 2-3" of concrete.
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Don't travel with a full water tank as each litre is one kilo, travel with enough to get to your destination and fill up for the night. Our van handbook says only travel with maximum of one third (out of 150litres). Also make sure you have emptied the waste as same applies to the weight.Two years ago I bought a brand new 6.4m Westfalia PVC on a Ducato without a thought to payload. The agent didnāt mention it at all and happily let me spec plenty of extras. Long range fuel tank, extra batteries, awning, solar, spare wheel, remis blinds. Why were all the weights of the extras in the brochure I naively thought? Today, after two years of reading the posts on here I bit the bullet and took it to the weighbridge.
Weāre heading off tomorrow for a week so I decided to pack everything I would take on a big trip, worst case, everything I could think of. Somethings I would never take at the same time as other things. Full fuel, full water, bike rack, two bikes, big paddle board, bbq, chairs table etc.. beer,wine, store cupboard basics and a full fridge. Took my son whoās heavier than MrsPG the regular travel partner. No dog.
Phew, lucky me.
3500 bang on, 1730 rear axle with the printout.
Lessons learnt in buying a van and at least now I know. So will have to lose a bit or uprate to get a dog.
I suspect the restriction to travelling with a third (ie 50L) is because of payload issues, otherwise there'd be no point in fitting a 150L tank in the first place.Don't travel with a full water tank as each litre is one kilo, travel with enough to get to your destination and fill up for the night. Our van handbook says only travel with maximum of one third (out of 150litres). Also make sure you have emptied the waste as same applies to the weight.
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In my experience yes, just for clarification Iāll take some pictures tomorrow at work to give you an idea of what I mean, but it was between 10-20kg on one weighAdy
So you are saying the ramp angle makes little difference?
Geoff
Alternative contact for uprating paperwork, roughly half the cost of SVTech:Hi
When you say its only a paper exercise to increase the max weight to 3850, what do you mean and how do you go about doing it?
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I never travel with full water except when heading into a remote area, perhaps the Scottish Highlands or areas in the Alps. I wouldnāt drive all the way up the motorway full, this was just an experiment to see exactly where I was with weight.Don't travel with a full water tank as each litre is one kilo, travel with enough to get to your destination and fill up for the night. Our van handbook says only travel with maximum of one third (out of 150litres). Also make sure you have emptied the waste as same applies to the weight.
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And you can buy one of these.
I only paid Ā£130 quid about 4 years ago and they have gone up in price since then, possibly find them cheaper.
You can get them cheaper if you only want to weigh up to 1,000 kgs per wheel but if your axle is 2,000 kgs youre not going to know youre over !
1,500 kgs was the option i went for as van is 4,100 kgs.
Ā£186 delivered.
Amazon product ASIN B00116XAYU
The good news is they only take 1 Kg off your payload if you take them on holiday
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