Taking Our Motorhome To A Weighbridge: Over or Under?!?

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Жыл бұрын

Taking Our Motorhome To A Weighbridge: Over or Under?!?
Weighbridge time.. before our first trip away in our Motorhome we take it to a local Weighbridge to find out how near our 3650kg maximum weight we actually are.
Karina explains how to find out what yours should weigh, the axle limits and just exactly what we are carrying in our Motorhome.
We paid £20 at the Weighbridge and whilst the result wasn’t too much of a surprise, we have had to explore our up-rating options.
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@chrissey663 Жыл бұрын

Hi Karina, great video, we had our last 3500kg motorhome uprated to 3850 no mods needed, just a paperwork mod, to be on the safeside. We recently changed that motorhome to a 5000kg tag axle, and have approximately 1000kg payload so much more peace of mind. I bet alot of people are over weight (motorhomes and caravans) and don't realise it, so great video especially at this time of year when we're all going away. Many thanks x

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and your 5 tonne tag must be quite a motorhome 😍 Yes, I am glad we went before our first trip, we know what we weigh and what we can and cant take now. I hope you have had a great weekend 😊 Safe travels..

@HelenandMartinsTreks Жыл бұрын

Very interesting , we are over due a trip to the weigh bridge a very timely reminder. Best wishes H and M

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and I will be interested to see how you get on. Hope you’ve had a good weekend 😊👍

@colinrimmer789 Жыл бұрын

I remember studying Con & Use Regs, yawn, but very important safety parameters. Great having you back producing content 😁👍

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you Colin..and yes, we both know how important these things are..when it goes wrong, it goes wrong… hope you are enjoying your weekend 😊👍

@lindaplatts7064 Жыл бұрын

That was a very informative video indeed, it has always been a concern regarding weights and what it all means ,you have explained it perfectly. Thanks 👍, not sure where our public weigh bridge is , but I'm going to get my husband to check it out just to be on the safe side for the both of us .

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Linda..all the best with your visit, let me know how you get on. I hope you have had a great bank holiday weekend 😊

@AngelaWilliams-lu9if Жыл бұрын

Great video and very easy to follow- we will have a trip to a weigh bridge this week and let’s see! My cupboards are rammed full of snacks and goodies - may have to ditch some of them! 😮

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and I will await you weight update.. I would prioritise the snacks as essentials 🤷🏼‍♀️😊

@davidlindley485 Жыл бұрын

Hi Karina. Thank you for an excellent video. It prompted me to take our campervan to the weigh bridge at the end of a 19 day trip to Scotland. It was as full as it was ever going to be and I filled the fuel tank and had half a tank of fresh water. Amazingly the front and rear axles both weighed 1720kg. It was weighed twice just to confirm that the weights were correct. When you watch some of the videos on KZfaq it does make you wonder whether some of these motorhomes are overloaded especially when I compare them with how little we carry. It is something that seems to be overlooked but if your vehicle was weighed as part of an accident investigation at the very least your insurance may refuse cover.

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Well done on going.. that gives you peace of mind about your weight. Yes, if you’re over and it’s a serious collision you could be looking at more serious offences or your insurance not paying you out. I hope you had a great trip 😊👍

@grabskygary747 Жыл бұрын

Great Professional presentation as usual. 👍👍👍

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching.. hope you have had a good weekend 😊👍

@M..R.... Жыл бұрын

Food for thought for many and well explained... BTW dont forget to get your hanging basket up behind your motorhome. Thumbs up!

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

😂👍 Thank you for watching and have a good week 😊

@ianhall5179 Жыл бұрын

Hi Karina, really interesting as always. We're just up plating our Motorhome. Rear axle is an issue due to tyre rating as well at the suspension, so we will be limited by them (can't get higher rated tyres without bigger wheels). It's a minefield! 😢

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Ian.. this is the avenue we have taken. Thankfully it was confirmed that our 16 inch wheels, tyres and brakes could go up without change. Sounds like for you to do this it would be at quite a cost if you have to change the wheels etc. Let me know how you get on with it. Have a great week and happy travels 😊

@sambaker1221 Жыл бұрын

That’s interesting. I bet a lot of people are close to the limit. Be good to see what happens next as the rear axle really limits what else you can put in. I wonder if motorhomes without a garage, mainly U.K. ones, don’t have as much of an issue. It would be good for other people to weigh theirs and put it on here to see. Great info as alway.

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Sam, yes, it would be good to see what other people weigh. Have a great week 😊

@jbf5117 Жыл бұрын

Karina, I should come to England from NYC just to go motor homing with you and Jules, I love your content!

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Oh thank you… have a fantastic week 😊

@andyhorne2654 Жыл бұрын

Great Vlog I’m in the process of up plating my Motorhome, have to a weigh bridge before and been under 3500 kg, never really thought about axle weight we definitely have that checked out. I’ve spoken to many people that have never heard of payload, I do think the dealerships should talk about payload more not just trying to sell the van and how much cupboard space you have. Thank you once again

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy, yes, just goes to show really, all the best with the uprating of your weight. That’s something we are doing too.. hope you have had a fantastic weekend 😊👍

@harrythehymersholidays Жыл бұрын

Hi Karina, we’ve just watched this again. As you know from the message I sent you, having had ours weighed, we are up plating from 3,500kg to 3,850kg. We were on our way back from a weekend away so, as with you, we had minimal clothing and basically no food. We had a quarter of a tank of fuel and a quarter of a tank of water. We didn’t have our awning, my bike or our outside chairs and were shocked to find we were only 40kg under our maximum. It would be impossible to do a 2 or 3 week trip without being way over. We have now weighed everything we have so can calculate each trip depending on what we take. Prior to this, we had an Autotrail, which had a smaller payload than we have now, so I hate to think how much we were over by. 😬 I agree that everyone should have their motorhome weighed. Suzie

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Well done on going to get weighed..it just goes to show. After our visit we linked in with Cara and have had air suspension fitted with them and uprated to 4000kg. There will be some vlogs about this process. Happy travels and glad you have got sorted too 😊

@mikebeswick3420 Жыл бұрын

If you it something on the back axle it’s still spread through the front and back. Although the ratio will change according to the position. I imagine. I dread to think what my twin axle caravan weighs.

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching…we took our caravan to the weigh bridge.. again not much in it..people were quite shocked 😬😂 If you do go get weighed please let me know how you get on 😊

@sprecklesville 5 ай бұрын

Really useful content - it raises an issue I hadn't even considered as a completely newbie to motorhomes. Are there any implications for things like road tax from up plating?

@HereWeTow 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching..yes, under 3500kg your Motorhome is classed as private light goods and pays £170, I believe the current rate is. Over 3.5t and it’s private heavy goods vehicle and pays £165. The date1 your vehicle was registered can also effect the rate but I won’t go in to that.. good question so thanks for asking. 😊👍

@nigeljohnston1148 Жыл бұрын

When you get your e-bikes you’ll find they are quite heavy. To lessen that considerably is take of the batteries and store them up near you in the cab - those batteries are quite heavy. Depending on which bikes you chose they can normally be heavy old things, but definitely get those batteries off and up front.

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tip Nigel..we will do that 😊 I hope youve had a great weekend 😊

@rossvjohnson Жыл бұрын

Very interesting vlog. It goes to prove what Andrew Ditton always says, payloads on caravans and motorhomes are nowhere near big enough. I don’t think a family of 4 could use that motorhome without uprating it. I’m scared to take our caravan to a weighbridge for that reason! If and when we change though, the new one would go straight there from the dealers so we knew what we had to play with.

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and yes, absolutely, it is a bit of an eye opener..but it is best to know where we are at weight wise I guess. It was reassuring we were under but very close. Enjoy your caravan and safe travels 😊

@richardcope3850 Жыл бұрын

Ignorance is no defence if stopped by the DVSA!

@neilgregory5380 Жыл бұрын

Hi Karina , could I ask you which trading standards weigh bridge you used in Somerset as I need to weigh my caravan, thanks Neil.

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Yes it was the one at Wellington, near Taunton. It is £10 including vat as far as I know 😊

@neilgregory5380 Жыл бұрын

Thanks karina

@tylerstravels0610 Жыл бұрын

Great video Karina, certainly makes you think about payload., i bet there is a lot of motorhomes out there that are over loaded as the margins do seem pretty tight tbh. If you and Jules had been carrying 2 extra adults with extra supplies, plus bikes equipment etc, you would be well over !!! Whats the law regarding this if you are stopped by the police, and TBH how can they even check ?? Take care, Trev Debz and Tyler

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, if stopped they can take you to a weigh bridge and if you are over you can receive a prohibition not to drive until you reduce the load and the offence does carry penalty points and a fine. If you dont have the licence category if you are over 3.5 tonnes then you have not a problem as you are driving otherwise in accordance with your licence and your insurance in likely to be invalidated at that that point too. It would depend on how the police decided to deal with the offence at the end of the day, but definitely best to be safe. I hope you have had a great weekend 😊

@tribester07 Жыл бұрын

We took our 2017 Adria Matrix SL , which like yours was originally MAM 3650kgs, but had been down plated to 3,500kgs by previous owner so new (since 01/01/1997) car (Cat B) UK licence holder could drive it, to a weighbridge. with 2 occupants, 1/2 tank of diesel, 25% water, zero waste water, empty toilet cartridge, a weeks worth of clothes each, 2 x bedding and towels, 2 x ebikes, table, chairs, minimal groceries. Our gross weight on the weighbridge was 3,720kgs! with 2100kgs on the rear. We definitely need to up-plate the gross weight and rear. It would be good to follow your story on this issue, because John (the owner) would need to do the same, and so would probably all other Matrix owners!!

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and wow, it just goes to show how important it is. Thank you for sharing your experience with your Matrix. John has already looked in to the best way forward and we are going to be covering that in more content. If we hadn’t sold our Compact DL we were going to make some upgrades to it. It will be good to find out more about how all this works. Have a fantastic week 😊

@carlsandom Жыл бұрын

⁠@@HereWeTowWe have a Compact DL so I’m interested what upgrades you were thinking of adding? Great vlog btw.

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you, we fitted air con, a solar panel and wifi and we were going to get semi air suspension. I think that would have been all we needed..maybe some Fiamma locks on the garage too. Enjoy your Compact 😊👍

@PUTDEVICE Жыл бұрын

don't you have transitional rule 96 in UK, or did it disappear with brexit. I'm old enough that I'm allowed to drive motorhomes heavier than 3.5 tonnes on my driving license here in Sweden.

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

If you passed before 1st January 1997 you had what we call “grandfather rights” and can drive up to 7.5 tonnes. I have that licence. If you passed after that you do not have the C1 category and are limited to 3.5 tonnes on the B category of your licence. You have to take a theory test, medical exam and driving lessons and a test to get the C1 category. I hope that answers your question 😊 Thank you for watching

@celtic-audiophile Жыл бұрын

The majority of new 3500 Moho,s have very small payloads, from experience talking to fellow campers 95% haven’t a clue what they weigh

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

I agree, payloads aren’t as much as you think, especially once you add extras. Manufacturers are keen to keep them at 3.5t due to the driving licence categories I think. I hope you have had a great weekend 😊

@waynebrown5852 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting to be so close because you don't have much 😢

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Wayne, goes to show those optional extras soon add weight and is the MIRO actually accurate 🤷🏼‍♀️ Im glad we know where we are with our weight. Have a great week 😊

@davidrobinson8740 Жыл бұрын

Easy to be over if full of water for instance

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely.. thank you for watching

@jermurphy2167 Жыл бұрын

E bikes not suitable for rear Carriers as they are too heavy

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

You take the battery out if you want to put them on the carrier 😊 Our carrier will take up to 60 kg also, but we do plan to put them in the garage. Thank you for watching and making a valid comment that may be useful to others. I hope you have had a good weekend 😊

@davidmbell Жыл бұрын

Gosh, you barely seem to have anything in it, compared to what you see some folk load in to theirs.

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Yep, just goes to show doesn’t it. I know there are a lot of extras fitted but most are ones many people would choose to fit themselves too. All the best to you and Gary 😊

@kenrothon2940 Жыл бұрын

I like when you do reviews about different caravans. But I think, when you do not own your own motorhome, and are given one, you cannot give an honest view of where you stay and, more importantly, how your vehicle performs. Sorry for my negativity, but we can all comment on a freebie.

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Ken, you are of course entitled to your opinion on that and I hope you enjoy my upcoming caravan reviews. My honesty and reviews is not in question at anytime, I can assure you of that. My channel is about creating content that is informative and helpful to other people, that will never change. Have a good week 😊

@dicktator3196 Жыл бұрын

Ken, given this about payload and not about usability I'd have to disagree ....very informative and quite shocking re payloads which I'm trying to get my head around. We have a motorhome on order and given the fact we have bedding, towels, pots, pans, ramps, electric cable etc (now @ 45kilos and that's just the basics and the lightest we could buy) 'im getting a tad nerviouse re our fully laden weight ...

@HereWeTow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting..once you take delivery go get weighed and then you can go from there. If you need any advice you are always welcome to contact me. Enjoy your new motorhome 😊👍