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I have had a look but not found the necessary info,

 

Can anyone tell me the truck with the biggest payload in 3.5t and single cab form?

 

Looking at my groundies transit double cab its about 900kg, which is about the same or less than my Ranger.

 

Just having a bit of re-evaluation:001_huh:

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There have been a few of these threads on here. The problem is that there are so many different body conversions out there.

 

IIRC most manufacturers didn't (until recently) offer an arb type option so the plates on many vans are pre-conversion.

 

The only way is for people to go and get their vans weighed, then a list of

manufacturer/model/ conversion type and weight could be collated.

 

A few people have done this but the details are scattered to the four corners of this forum.

 

The only one I can offer is my old 1990 VW LT35 (long wheelbase) panel van weighed

3.5 tons with 4 cu mtrs of chips on board. There was room to also carry 3/4 ton of logs on top but that would have put it over the limit so was of no use.

 

So there we have it - eveyone should weigh their van with full kit and staff then we will know the actual legal payloads.

Posted (edited)

Most of the 3.5 ton trucks are sold a chassis cabs, this is a highly competitive market so there will be little to choose from between makes in this state. Enter the tipper body market and thats where the difference can be made.

 

I have just replaced a Transit and I fitted a high cube Ali chip box that weighs less that the old one which never even had the high sides.

 

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This came off the weighbridge at 2440kg empty of all tools and with quarter of a tank of diesel. So with driver it will have app a 1ton payload.

 

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