Legal weight issue

[bullian]

If I've got a post 97 driving license, and say a 2.5 tonne tipper, how full will the back have to be full up with chip to reach the 3.5 tonne limit. I know it's gonna vary on the type of wood etc., but any rough ideas?

[Steve Bullman]

1.5 ton assuming you dont have a heavy chip body....and i assume you mean a 3.5t truck.

[Steve Bullman]

sorry in volume.....a level load of beech in my truck brings me to the limit. my sides are 50cm deep

[PeteB]

Sounds about right. Although a 2.5 tonne truck means 2.5 all up weight. A 3.5 truck should on average give something in the order of a capacity of 1800kgs of load and still allow a chipper of under 750kgs to be dragged once the drag test has been passed.

[madmatt]

Sounds about right. Although a 2.5 tonne truck means 2.5 all up weight. A 3.5 truck should on average give something in the order of a capacity of 1800kgs of load and still allow a chipper of under 750kgs to be dragged once the drag test has been passed.

 

There is a wire crossed or Typo there Pete, If the standard Cat B car test was passed after 1/1/97 the driver can legally drive a vehicle grossing 3500kg and a chipper upto but not hevier than 750kg Without the Drag test. The Drag test B+E entitles the driver to drive a vehicle grossing upto 3500kg with a trailer upto 3500kg.

[bullian]

Yeah I mean 3.5 tonne truck by the way of what you can carry upto, and unladen they normally have something like 800-1200kg to spare to get upto 3.5 tonne limit, so sounds like I could fill up say a transit upto the existing sides which are like 50cm tall, but I can't fill it right up if I've got ply cut-outs running up the sides, cos it would push it over the limit...

[Steve Bullman]

definetly would be over the limit. last time i was pulled and weighed by vosa i had a level load of green beech on, with substantantial air gaps too i might add. i was 3% overweight on the front axles.....fortunately they allow you 5%

[bullian]

Nice one, cheers for the heads up on this, well worth knowing.

[Steve Bullman]

welcome to the site:icon14:

[Mike]

Remember to take people in the cab into account. 3 good sized people in most 3 seat vans (ldv/transit) will put the front axle overweight. Then there are tools and ropes etc. May not seem much on their own but added all together can be alot more than you think.