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Title: water weight
Post by: daz1977 on February 08, 2010, 06:02:56 pm

am i right in thinking that 1 ltr of water weights 1 kg?

Title: Re: water weight
Post by: JamesTurnbull on February 08, 2010, 06:03:38 pm

yeah, thats what i have been told :)

Title: Re: water weight
Post by: DaveG on February 08, 2010, 06:10:08 pm

Yep its the metric system you see! :)

Title: Re: water weight
Post by: daz1977 on February 08, 2010, 06:15:29 pm

i only ask as i have an astra van and have noticed tw weights on van something like 2500 and 1600,  as was thinking this is an awful lot for the size of the va, even if i take off full tank of fuel and 2 people,

Title: Re: water weight
Post by: AJ on February 08, 2010, 06:20:39 pm

could be 1600kg unladen, 2500 laden, so 900 total load can be carried. only COULD be.

Title: Re: water weight
Post by: Scrimble on February 08, 2010, 07:50:05 pm

daz a mk4 astravan 98-06 only have 600kg payloads

i have a 210litre tank in mine and wouldnt wanna carry much more

Title: Re: water weight
Post by: daz1977 on February 08, 2010, 08:12:28 pm

thats what i thought.  was just checked at what was written inside the van,  is there any difference between the vans if its got back seat or not on what it can carry weight wise

Title: Re: water weight
Post by: Scrimble on February 08, 2010, 08:40:08 pm

look at the gross vehicle weight that amount is the important one, the van cannot weigh more than that,

best thing to do would be to use a public weigh bridge check the weight of the van empty so you know how much you can put in it

Title: Re: water weight
Post by: Ian Lancaster on February 09, 2010, 02:29:26 pm

Quote from: ST1Allstar on February 08, 2010, 08:40:08 pm

look at the gross vehicle weight that amount is the important one, the van cannot weigh more than that,

best thing to do would be to use a public weigh bridge check the weight of the van empty so you know how much you can put in it

That's right ;)

Somewhere on the van will be a plate with the weight figures on it.  GVW means Gross Vehicle Weight (It may not actually have the letters GVW but you can work out what they mean - sometimes there's a second figure which is higher - this is the Gross Train Weight which means the most the vehicle can weigh in combination with a trailer.)

Load up the van with everything you are going to need/carry including fuel, driver and any regular passengers but leave the water tank EMPTY

Take it to you friendly local weighbridge (either the local tip or scrap metal merchant) and get it weighed WITH DRIVER /PASSENGER(s) SITTING IN IT

The difference between the weight you get and the GVW is the amount of water you can put in it.

You will get a certificate showing the recorded weight - keep this in the van in case you ever get stopped.

Title: Re: water weight
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on February 09, 2010, 02:33:31 pm

Ian how much do they charge to use the weighbridge?



Matt

Title: Re: water weight
Post by: Ian Lancaster on February 09, 2010, 02:41:27 pm

Not much,

from memory it's about a fiver