my vehicle weighs....

[agrimog]

doesnt matter what the plate says.....vosa reads what the scales say....3501kg=fine, end off, weight capabilities of transit tippers is pure sh1t, unless you are willing to run bigger vehicles , and the hassles that go with them, tow a trailer, fill it, empty it, then load your chipper on it, go home, or use 2 vehicles

[Johny Walker]

doesnt matter what the plate says.....vosa reads what the scales say....3501kg=fine, end off, weight capabilities of transit tippers is pure sh1t, unless you are willing to run bigger vehicles , and the hassles that go with them, tow a trailer, fill it, empty it, then load your chipper on it, go home, or use 2 vehicles

 

are you not permiited to be 5% overloaded,once ?? i read some that is the case ,things may have changed ,andy were are you

[agrimog]

at this moment in time vosa seem to have a vendetta against crew cab transit tippers, every time you see a vosa check, theres one or more in it, they seem to know every little snag on them,and 5% not to these nazis, by the book, even if they've got to make it up , you've got to be willing to take it all they way when you get a stroppy ****. any excuse these days as they've got to self finance

[Old Mill Tree Care]

get a helper spring fitted, keep it smiling

 

I see the joke but the springs add weight an that won't help at all,

 

when your sitting on a weigh bridge.

[treequip]

We did have our snap boxes in the cab and them sarnies were fairly heavy!

 

Are you letting Lucas eat now?

 

That seems extravagant. I thought he had to work to avoid the beatings:laugh1:

[Peter]

700 kg sounds good I expected less especially if you had 4 passengers like me I always assume 1/2 tonne of sand is pushing it. When you have the truck a year or two you find it stuffed with all those cant do with out nick nacks

 

 

Yes sand is quite heavy, half a tonne of feathers would be ok though.

 

 

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[Sussex Groundie]

(Former Transit Owner) The name gives it away "Crew Cab Tipper" really a tool carrier, imagine you had 6 blokes or ladies in the cab what then no payload at all.

[gensetsteve]

3500kg gross is just not enough for people in this line of work. Its a shame they cant relax the rules and allow 4600kg without op licence. I know people would still be overloaded but I think the roads would be safer as most would be on the limit with some form of braking.

[fen01]

3500kg gross is just not enough for people in this line of work. Its a shame they cant relax the rules and allow 4600kg without op licence. I know people would still be overloaded but I think the roads would be safer as most would be on the limit with some form of braking.

 

Spot on, my LR 130 has a payload of about 1000kg (no kit but with full tank and driver and dog). Once we've put kit and groundie on board and include chipper nose weight that doesn't leave much!

 

I need a 4x4 as well so limited options within. My 15k budget, RB44 - better but still not a great payload, or go large and something like a Bedford TM (need my HGV 'e'). Either O licence here we come😤

 

 

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[Joel77]

I jumped in my mates crew cab tipper a few months back & it had a digital waigh scale in the cab it had nothing on the tipper but there was six of us in the cab & it was over waight on the front axel, you can see why vosa love a crew cab it's an easy nick