Greater payload

[tim361]

The company I use to work for did a lot of highway contracts and would lease vans for the busy periods when we had more temp staff on. The merc was a fantastic van. Loads of power and would seat 7 if my memory is correct. Its big down fall was the legal weight it could carry. I argued at great lengths with my manager that filling the van with chip put it massively over weight, he would always say don’t be stupid it’s all fine. It’s was a double cab with a 10ft tipping body and because it was a lease vehicle just had a plywood chip box put in while we had it. On one of our jobs the nearest place to tip off was paid site with a weigh bridge. Went in weighed in tipped off and weighed out. The van empty with just me driving weighed 3.2t when I went in loaded with chip was just under 7t. Van got sent back shortly after.