The maximum axle loads specified by manufacturers presumably relate to maximum loads when the van is actually being driven. These must include some margin for going up and down hills, braking and accelerating etc when the axle loads change because of weight transfer.
So presumably the maximum loads allowed when the vehicle is stationary are greater than those specified as MTPLM (Maximum Technically Permissible Laden Mass).
I'm thinking of the scenario when your van is at max allowable weight and you receive visitors when parked-up. If those visitors are... ahem, of generous proportions, will the tyres collapse or the axles break when they climb aboard?
There is a serious point here as it seems to me that it would be quite easy to exceed rear axle MTPLM if you have, say, a large person in the loo, another large person standing outside the loo door and yet another standing on the entrance step when the loo and step are located behind the rear axle at the rear of the vehicle.
Does anyone know how maximum static load relates to the MTPLM figures?
So presumably the maximum loads allowed when the vehicle is stationary are greater than those specified as MTPLM (Maximum Technically Permissible Laden Mass).
I'm thinking of the scenario when your van is at max allowable weight and you receive visitors when parked-up. If those visitors are... ahem, of generous proportions, will the tyres collapse or the axles break when they climb aboard?
There is a serious point here as it seems to me that it would be quite easy to exceed rear axle MTPLM if you have, say, a large person in the loo, another large person standing outside the loo door and yet another standing on the entrance step when the loo and step are located behind the rear axle at the rear of the vehicle.
Does anyone know how maximum static load relates to the MTPLM figures?