Your not insured if you are over weight and will do time if you injure someone whilst driving overweight!!
I was chatting to another wc this morning that I know. He was saying that the police were checking vans the other day in his area for defaults and being overweight etc. Anyways they stopped him in his vivaro and was told to follow police to a weighbridge. The guy knew he was overweight but crafty as he is turned system on from cab area and whilst driving to weighbridge 6 miles away dumped a few litres of water out of his back doors in the proccess.Very irresposible attitude.
Anyway when he finally got on weighbridge he was about 5 litres under so copper let him off. So he saved himself a hefty fine.
MMm maybe try that myself if I ever get pulled.
joking apart, any overweight or un secured load issues can be dealt with in a severe way if the particular police force are having a CLAMP down on them.
Every so often the police will go out and target particlar offences.
Did you know carring an unsecured 25ltr container FULL of water is an offence! in a commerical/business use setting!!!
Take care lads keep an eye out in that rear view mirror!! ;)
you will have a total weight limit of 2.6 tonnes. Thats you the van and the system. so easiest way for you to see if you are running legal is fill up with water and go to a public weigh bridge.cheers, i will do that one day (when i find a weigh bridge)
hope this helps
Bloody police. always poking their noses into other ppls business
unsecured hose reel in the back of your car travelling to your mothers for dinner, no problem.
unsecured hose reel in the back of your car travelling to your next customer, different matter all together.
Dont get me wrong i am not trying to be a scare monger.
I am just showing that ,god forbid if you did have an accident while operating (in business time) and something unsecured or overweight was found at scene or during further investigation you will be prosecuted!
Fact!
Involuntary manslaughter! death caused by an insecure load. Google it! it will open your eyes. I wouldnt fancy my chances if my 2 hose reels came flying towards me in an accident!
It was a Y reg transit just after we went over to wfp, over six years ago now. I may have been doing forty but no more. I think there was a gap between the bulkhead and tank. Long time ago.
I know I ended up right up against the steering wheel.
Rob ;D
I cannot work out which numbers on the plate in my Transit is the payload?
ChopsieCheers, Mine is a 2005, So that will do, I got a 400 litre tank in,could do with a bit more really, I have also had a rear bench seat fitted so that will reduce my payload even more.
Not sure of the very latest T260 but the 2005 Tddi has a payload of 988kgs. So the weight of a tank of diesel, driver and passenger and any other fixed accessories fitted, ie bulkhead, roofrack etc, removed from that figure will be what you have left to work with.
IMO if you have a 650l tank fitted and fully fill it, you could very well be overloaded.
Spruce
Isn't the clue in the numbers?I assume this is the total weight of the vehicle and permitted payload, As I am dam sure my van could not handle 2.6 tonnes in the back :o
T260 = 2.6 tonnes
T300 = 3 tonnes
My Toyota is a 280 - 2.8 tonnes