by Beaker » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:18 pm
as Ned says, you can carry 2900kg maximum, which includes EVERYTHING you take with you. So with a full tank of fuel, full water containers, food, clothes, bedding, cooking equipment, full gas bottle etc. etc. AND INCLUDING the weight of yourself and passengers, it must be under 2900kg.
You have 620kg maximum payload available - including passengers, so if you have three people in at 10 stone each, that's just about one third of your weight allowance gone. Even after that, 400 or so kilos is quite a bit to be honest.
Go over this weight and you can and will get fined and points on your licence - particularly on the continent where getting pulled over to be weighed is much more common than here in the UK.
I strongly suggest you pack everything you concievably need for a holiday in the van, fill the fuel tank to the brim, load up your passengers and go and weigh it again just to be on the safe side. If you are under weight then no problem. If you are over weight you will at least know how much by, and can then work out what you are going to have to leave at home.
This is a very common issue with pro conversion campers as the furniture and fixtures they use tend to weigh a lot, resulting in you being very close to your weight limit, even when "empty".
The gross train weight refers to the all up weight of the van and a trailer or caravan, so you can ignore that one.
With regard to tyres, I think the specified tyres for a Custom are 104 load rating, and you ought to stick to that. In theory, you don't need C (commercial) rated tyres if it is now a campervan, but again I would be looking to find C rated tyres for their extra strength as you are going to be close to your weight limit when fully loaded.
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