Your help and advice on my van weights still confused!!

[colyboy]

My vin plate reads :- as per attached photo. ,could some one help me again please what the figures mean.

3650 KG
6150 KG
1- 1960KG
2- 2000KG

Colyboy

 

[Jim]

1. 3650 KG
2. 6150 KG
3. 1- 1960KG
4. 2- 2000KG

1 Is your max allowed weight. MAM.
2 is your Gross Train Weight the most you can weigh including the weight of a trailer. GTW or GCWR
3 Front axle max weight
4 Rear axle max weight

 

[two]

You could upgrade to 3960Kg
You could tow up to 2500Kg

 

[Blue Knight]

.....you'll need a C1 category on your license to drive your van since it's registered at 3,650kg.

 

[Tigger-Tim]

(1) is in case you cannot do sums: (1) = (3) + (4), the maximum weight you can put on each axle.

Except that it isn't.

And that's not unusual - my van is similar.

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

 

[rb62]

As we found out previously you do not have C1 on your licence so you have two options,

1). Downplate the van to 3500kg which will make it legal for you to drive,but will reduce your payload.

2). Apply for your C1 to be reinstated.

 

[Tigger-Tim]

My vin plate reads :- as per attached photo. ,could some one help me again please what the figures mean.

3650 KG
6150 KG
1- 1960KG
2- 2000KG

Colyboy

BEWARE: Is that the only plate on your motorhome? Many have two or three. The one applied last in the construction takes precedence.

 

[colyboy]

My V5 states , revenue weight 3500 KG GROSS.



COLYBOY

 

[Tigger-Tim]

My V5 states , revenue weight 3500 KG GROSS.



COLYBOY

In that case case there should be another VIN plate somewhere. If not under the bonnet, try the door jamb - it could be on the driver or passenger side.

 

[Bognor Saint]

BEWARE: Is that the only plate on your motorhome? Many have two or three. The one applied last in the construction takes precedence.

There should be a converter sticker somewhere and I think that will correspond to V5 figures

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

 

[rb62]

My V5 states , revenue weight 3500 KG GROSS.



COLYBOY

Now we're getting somewhere the 3500kg on the V5 is the weight that the vehicle is registered at so you are OK to drive it. As others have said there should be another 'plate' somewhere but Carthago? sometimes use a self adhesive one that has possible not been attached,ours was still in the glove box and the van was 6 years old!

 

[colyboy]

Looked all over for another plate but cannot one. So if the figures quoted what do I do ?
Colyboy

 

[Larrynwin]

My van has three plates, the original Fiat and an Alco plate in the engine bay and the Hymer converters plate is near the rear of the van on the cill , not necessarily the obvious place to look.

 

[rb62]

If you had it from a dealer I'd speak to them or these people would be able to supply one,

Van Weight Engineering

Need to change the weight of your vehicle? You're in the right place.

www.vanweightengineering.com

 

[Tigger-Tim]

If you know the values that should be on the plate, these people can supply one?

http://www.vintagsuk.com/index.htm

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

 

[Driventemple]

Looked all over for another plate but cannot one. So if the figures quoted what do I do ?
Colyboy

The figures on the V5 are what you are limited to - also subject to the axle limits.

 

[MichaelT]

There should be a converter weight plate too somewhere, perhaps ask the dealer where it is normally stuck. It maybe the dealer has not stuck it on if it was down plated by them, our uprated sticker came in the post about a month after we bought it.

 

[Lee Fryer]

Looked all over for another plate but cannot one. So if the figures quoted what do I do ?
Colyboy

1/ Nothing, keep V5 with Van (as you should), and keep under 3500kg
2/ Get your C1 reinstated or take test and get van uprated as high as posible by VWE
Lee

 

[Ditcha]

Looked all over for another plate but cannot one. So if the figures quoted what do I do ?
Colyboy

colyboy the other plate should be in the passenger footwell like this or amongst your paper work

 

[two]

Except that it isn't.

And that's not unusual - my van is similar.

Yes, I noted my error - and changed it before seeing yours!
The sum of the axles is what you can 'up-plate' to if needed.

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

 

[IRHP]

The sum of the axles is what you can 'up-plate' to if needed.

Is that what people refer to as a paper exercise? I.e no alterations to suspension or tyres etc?

 

[Jim]

There will be a stage 2 plate on it somewhere, it could be anywhere, I've seen paper ones and punched alluminum, seen them inside cupboard doors, stuck on drawer bottoms, stuck on the wall inside a locker, stuck on a page in the documetation. A few by the top seatbelt strongpoint and most in doorjams. Have a really good look, I'd be surprised if you havn't got one

 

[Wagoneer]

The Dealer who originally sold the new MH obviously registered it with DVLA with a MAM of 3500kg (as shown on the current V5).

This Dealer should have provided a (Carthago) converters VIN plate to supersede the Fiat VIN plate.

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

One way to determine what is the actual plated weight is the amount of VED you pay. This will confirm what DVLA has it down as.

 

[two]

Is that what people refer to as a paper exercise? I.e no alterations to suspension or tyres etc?

I believe so.
In some cases, you may have to make an alteration, but not usually. The 'paper exercise' is to check that it's appropriate.

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

 

[Mike123]

Do a tax check on DVLA, if should state the revenue weight current

 

[colyboy]

The dealer has today just received from Carthago , so he says the second vin plate which we need. It’s funny it’s just arrived today after I started asking questions re the weight of the MH
Colyboy

 

[colyboy]

Many thanks everybody who helped me with the problems I had sorting out the weight problem with my MH. Now sorted.
Colyboy

 

[Tigger-Tim]

I bet it was just sitting in a drawer somewhere. Good result.

 

[TonyEmm]

My vin plate reads :- as per attached photo. ,could some one help me again please what the figures mean.

3650 KG
6150 KG
1- 1960KG
2- 2000KG

Colyboy

WEIGHTS & VIN PLATES!

The information here is based on a motorhome conversion of a commercial chassis but it holds true for virtually any vehicle.VIN stands for Vehicle Identification Number.It's a unique 17 digit number which includes coded information such as Country of Assembly, the Manufacturer, the Body Style...

spinner28.wixsite.com

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