Lenny HB
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- Oct 18, 2007
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I was going to post on the other thread, but it went a bit OT with Jim's marquee & tyres.
Van upgraded by SV Tech hopefully one day DVLA will send me the new V5.
I was unable to upgrade the rear axle without fitting air assist a bit Ouch on an Al-Ko twice the price so left that for now. Axle weight still the same at 1850 & 2000kg Gross up to 3850kg.
Last night loaded up the van with virtually worst case, everything likely to have on a 3/4 week trip even filled the fridge with food & bottles.
45% Fuel
100% Gas
100% Water + 2 x 20Lt containers full of water in the garage.
Took it up to the local weighbridge, it is a dynamic drive over one, results vary so average of several passes used:
Front 1600kg,
Rear 2008kg.
Repeated with 1 x 20Lt container removed from garage:
Front 1610kg
Rear 1960kg
Placed 20Lt container under table in the van roughly centre of the axles increase of 10kg on each axle:
Front 1620Kg
Rear 1970kg
We rarely run with both of the extra water containers full & if the fuel tank was full we would probably be another 20kg lighter at the rear end conversely if it was only 25% full would probably be 10kg heaver. The 20 Lt containers were to the front of the garage and had an effect on the rear axle of 2½ times their weight!
Had a look in the garage a French boule set 2.9kg, my emergency tools 3.3kg, total 6.2 kg moving these up to the front of the van will take 15kg off the rear axle, if I take the batteries off the bikes another 15kg (weigh 5kg but further back in garage) a few other bits can be moved up front so we can live with the rear axle at 2000kg & without the extra water containers full we would be at least 80kg under.
We are very limited on what we can put in the front of the van as Hymer decided to use the large under seat box to install the combi, also the 100Lt water tank is behind the rear axle, German engineers should know better.

Van upgraded by SV Tech hopefully one day DVLA will send me the new V5.
I was unable to upgrade the rear axle without fitting air assist a bit Ouch on an Al-Ko twice the price so left that for now. Axle weight still the same at 1850 & 2000kg Gross up to 3850kg.
Last night loaded up the van with virtually worst case, everything likely to have on a 3/4 week trip even filled the fridge with food & bottles.
45% Fuel
100% Gas
100% Water + 2 x 20Lt containers full of water in the garage.
Took it up to the local weighbridge, it is a dynamic drive over one, results vary so average of several passes used:
Front 1600kg,
Rear 2008kg.
Repeated with 1 x 20Lt container removed from garage:
Front 1610kg
Rear 1960kg
Placed 20Lt container under table in the van roughly centre of the axles increase of 10kg on each axle:
Front 1620Kg
Rear 1970kg
We rarely run with both of the extra water containers full & if the fuel tank was full we would probably be another 20kg lighter at the rear end conversely if it was only 25% full would probably be 10kg heaver. The 20 Lt containers were to the front of the garage and had an effect on the rear axle of 2½ times their weight!
Had a look in the garage a French boule set 2.9kg, my emergency tools 3.3kg, total 6.2 kg moving these up to the front of the van will take 15kg off the rear axle, if I take the batteries off the bikes another 15kg (weigh 5kg but further back in garage) a few other bits can be moved up front so we can live with the rear axle at 2000kg & without the extra water containers full we would be at least 80kg under.
We are very limited on what we can put in the front of the van as Hymer decided to use the large under seat box to install the combi, also the 100Lt water tank is behind the rear axle, German engineers should know better.
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