Transit Gross Weight/Plating

[IslandApe]

Hi All,

I'm just researching at the moment and not planning to buy until next year, but I am trying to understand payload.

Thanks to this forum I now know that 3,500kg could be an issue, but luckily I have a C1. I'll be buying new or a couple of years old but think I understand the Fiat weight/chassis/up plating options so confident about what to look for and what can be done to to increase payload on a secondhand van. What I don't see anything about is the Mk8 transit, apologies if my searching is a bit rubbish...

So, If I look at, say a Chausson, there is an option for the 4,400kg Chassis if you order new (albeit without the auto box which is a Ford constraint I think) but if I buy a second hand 3,500 kg chassis, how far can the gross weight be uprated and at what sort of cost?

Anyone tried this?

Thanks,

Ape

 

[Speve]

Give Steve at http://www.svtech.co.uk/ call they are very helpful

 

[DandG5515]

Good question they all seam to be built on the same ford fwd chassis, the mk7 rwd twin wheel was simply a paper exercise to upgrade to 3850kg.

 

[andy63]

I bought a 2016 chausson 620 on the ford base.. it was plated at 3500kg but I had to have it up rated for my needs..
sv tech said that I could uprated to 4000kg without any modifications or changes. simply a paper exercise..
the max individual axel weights remained unchanged...
not sure what you could go to if you fitted air assist and uprated tyres but a phone call to them would clear that up... I just did the paper upgrade.
Andy

 

[IslandApe]

I bought a 2016 chausson 620 on the ford base.. it was plated at 3500kg but I had to have it up rated for my needs..
sv tech said that I could uprated to 4000kg without any modifications or changes. simply a paper exercise..
the max individual axel weights remained unchanged...
not sure what you could go to if you fitted air assist and uprated tyres but a phone call to them would clear that up... I just did the paper upgrade.
Andy

Hi Andy.

Many thanks - just the answer I needed plus I know where to go to get the job done.

I estimate I need 600kg payload at most. So as I want a van under 7 metres I'd be unlucky for gross weight to be an issue I think.

Ape

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Minxy]

You can also use a chap called John Ruffles for uprating too, about half the cost of SVTech, just search the forum for his name and my ID and they should pop up.