easy:
| Bike rack | 15 |
| Portapotti 335 with 12L water | 15 |
| Water in the 30L tank | 30 |
| gas 907 bottle | 6.5 |
| Miscellaneous in rear Wardrobe | 4 |
| Tools for emergenciey repairs | 6 |
| 10% Diesel (90% already included) | 8 |
| Second Passenger | 70 |
| Spare Wheel | 25 |
| Hook Up cable 20m | 4 |
| Food in fridge | 13 |
| Toys and games in underbench tray | 5 |
| 2 bikes | 30 |
| Kitchen upper left (plastic crockery and 1 pot | 5 |
| Kitchen lower left (Food) | 8 |
| Kitchen upper right (Cutlery, crockery) | 5 |
| Kitchen lower right (food+pans) | 8 |
| Airplane drawer towels+hairdryer | 3 |
| Clothes for 2 weeks 2 people inkl shoes | 25 |
| Ecomat+carpet in driving cabin | 3 |
| Isotop | 2 |
| Bedding (2 sleeping bags+2 pillows) | 5 |
| Extra table | 6.1 |
| Electric stove | 4.5 |
| Quechua Base Tent + Pump | 14 |
| 5mx2.5 outdoor carpet | 6.875 |
| Carpet for Quechua Base 2.5x2.5 | 4.5 |
| Carpet in "living" room | 2 |
| Side walls for wind out awning | 3.5 |
| Front wall for wind out awning | 2.2 |
| Moskito net | 0.6 |
| Thule Hold Down | 1.3 |
| Kajak + pdl | 19 |
| Kajak lefe vest x2 | 2.55 |
| Small decathlon table | 1.6 |
| One small stool Dechatlon | 1 |
| Kick scooter x2 | 10 |
| Fiamma Level Up | 3.2 |
| Extra Kit First Aid | 1.4 |
| Beauty Case | 4 |
| Inflatable water matress | 2 |
| Fire extinguisher | 1 |
| Aquakem for Portapotti | 2 |
| Washing liquid | 1 |
| Airman Compressor | 0.5 |
| Extra outdoor toys | 1 |
| Child Seat | 7 |
| Waeco CDF26 | 12.5 |
| Gray Bucket with shoes etc | 2 |
| Gas Herd for outside | 2 |
| Drinking Water pipe | 1 |
| Gray Water pipe | 1 |
| small step stool | 1 |
| Water/drinks in driving cabin for the journey | 1.5 |
| beach towels | 1.5 |
| canister 12L | 0.6 |
| Extra pillows | 2 |
| Total | 423.425 |
Axle weights are critical. It is possible to be under the Grosse weight but be overloaded on the rear axle. This is also an offence and can & will lead to prosecution if caught.
The trend for 20" rims with 275/40/20 tyres would add quite a few kgs.
Buy wine in boxes!
2kg for diff lock isn’t heavy
Cost is on the wallet.
I was looking through the air suspension threads the other week, and one of the Dutch members (@dvdbob, I think) has had their gross vehicle weight increased after the instal of VB air. That was authorised and ticketed by the Dutch certification agency and seemed quite straightforward.
In Germany, and I think any country, the process is similar: when a vehicle is modified someone has to prove that the vehicle is safe for the specs required, in this case increase of GVW. Such test is usually quite expensive, a couple of grand I think. Then there are parts that come with a certificate where the manufacturer has already had the part tested with a specific vehicle (or a number of vehicles), and for the registration with the new specs such certificate is accepted and the vehicle can be issued with new papers with the updated specs.
I believe SVTech do up-plating of vans and motorhomes. From what I understand they do the technical stuff and get the paperwork approved and submitted to DVLA. Not cheap.
Great news, thanks for the update - ours is on order so very interested!
Will you be going back once fully loaded?
Definitely. But I have weighed pretty much everything I would like to take with me and I’ll be underweight for sure. I’m not taking heavy awnings, bike racks etc etc. I may even slip an extra bottle or 2 of wine in now!
Enjoy!
Seeing as the Rear Axle has a higher rating than the front I wouldn’t have thought it would make much difference. After all the very heavy bench seat is forward of the rear axle, and if you are really concerned then slide the bench seat forward to balance the load.
Other way round. Front axle 1620kg, rear 1575kg.
You’re right. The VIN plates I viewed on the www, not necessarily a 4Motion, had higher rear compared with front. . Interesting. Must be due to the 4Motion. My mistake,
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