gazz wrote:

"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.


From what I can glean its about 2.9 unloaded..only about 600kg of ****e
allowed.

2 people and 2 dogs is at leasts 100kg of that..then theres a bolt on
boot full of stuff..there must be maybe another 50-100kg of generalised
camping stuff...so its at least 3 tons ..

In the end I am not that concerned about what it exactly weighs: the
only downside of overhard tyres - and that on the charts would never be
more than 10% over at max pressure - is the harder ride and less
traction on the loose or under braking.

The benefits - tyres that don't prematurely wear out from flexure, and
better fuel consumption, is a worthwile return on the slight risk.