"Steve Firth" wrote in message
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:


I prefer to look at the manufacturers website where it states that it
weighs 3.5 tonnes.

No it doesn't. It states that the GVW is 3.5 tonnes, which is not the
same thing.

thats what i was getting at with the weighbridge thing, thing is most
motorhome owners are scared of them as it would most likely show their
vehicle is overloaded,

half the motorhomes built nowadays seem to weigh around 3.3 tons empty, add
your clothes, a bit of water in the tank, some food and there's no weight
allowance left over for the driver,
half of the problem is motorhomes built on the al-ko chassis would have
origionaly been designed for it being rated at 3.8 tons, but they get
de-rated to 3.5 tons to sell more.... limitations of licences, higher speeds
on dual caridgeways, cheaper road tax for the european sold models etc.

One of the reasons i chose the iveco as my base vehicle when building my
motorhome was it uses the same chassis, engine and drive train on the 6 ton
version as it does on the 2.8 tonner, everything is heavy duty... and hence
expensive, rear wheel bearings are 100 quid each, discs are about 60 quid
each, shockers are 50 quid each and almost take 2 people to compress and
extend then a few times to de-airate them before fitting.