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My old MH an Orian Pavo (badged Autosleeper Symbol) had the original metal plate fitted by the manufacturers stating a maximum load of 2900 kg plus a plastic stuck on plate installed by Autosleepers stating a maximum load of 3300 kg.
I thought that the two plates side by side was not a good idea as it could be very confusing.
Why is the original plate left in place and is a flimsy stuck on plate acceptable?
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I am about to have my van uprated by SV Tech - They don't need to see the van and when the paperwork is done they issue a sticker which goes next to the plate.
Whether you get stopped on not varies from county to county.
In Suffolk its not the Police that enforce the act, they only are used on a contract basis by Suffolk County Council, as only they can stop a moving vehilce.
Trading Standards officers enforce the legislation but cannot stop a moving vehicle but can enforce the act once you are stopped.
In Suffolk its a licence to print money as they sit on all the bye roads and pull in everyone they can.
No I am not against it, they do a good job, but there are so many people driving overweight, its quite a problem.
I was catching up watching some of my recorded caravaning programs last night. One was a >Caravan Finder< program made in conjunction with the police and featured an operation by the police stopping caravans on the M5 for weight and safety checks earlier this summer. Whilst caravans were mainly feature I did notice they had also pulled over a few motorhomes!
Only 30 percent of those stopped had a clean bill of health and 16 percent were overweight. I thought the latter was a pretty good percentage from what I have judged. Thought it would be much higher.
Interestingly they also have reps from both the C&CC and the CC helping on these operations and choose caravaning owning officers to do the checks. They plan two further operations this year during holiday periods. They have probably had another but bet there is one somewhere this weekend.
Any one come across one or been pulled over by one this year?
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I thought it worth reviving view the latest checks being done
and a member wanting to start a new poll.
As I understand it, if you have already voted you won't be able to vote again. If you have been pulled over since you voted then suggest you just post that fact here.
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I think with a 1250kg payload and all the space we have moving things from front to rear should not be a problem
Another thought
For those of you who increase the weight to over 3.5t, remember to change the road tax class from plg to phg. This also saves about £60 a year. Very strange I know but its cheaper to tax a vehicle over 3.5t than under
I think with a 1250kg payload and all the space we have moving things from front to rear should not be a problem
Another thought
For those of you who increase the weight to over 3.5t, remember to change the road tax class from plg to phg. This also saves about £60 a year. Very strange I know but its cheaper to tax a vehicle over 3.5t than under
I was only 40kg below the max axle rating on the front (2000kg).
That was with 7/8th of a tank of fuel, approx. 1/2 a tank of fresh water and me in the cab (12 stone). I had removed the Super King Size mattress from the overcab (as we never use it).
Given that there are 4 belted seats just behind the cab area, I think it would be overloaded with water and passengers on board.
You could always put the passengers in the rear garage I suppose.
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