B+E license and towing vehicle can tow up to 3500kg. Vehicle can take tow ball load up to 175kg. Caravan is twin axle and has MTPLM 2000kg with maximum payload 250.4kg. On floor is 2 x aquarolls as wastemaster included in MIRO plus two fold up boxes which together teh boxes and contents weigh bless than 10kg. Except for pegs no awnings etc in the caravan. However there is a possibility that the caravan may go 20kg over the MTPLM if we upgrade the mattress to a pocket sprung as my back is killing me, but we would be within the load capability of the tyres if that counts for anything.
At a struggle I can find about 13kg to remove from caravan still leaving me approximately 7kg over the MTPLM. Problem is to get to my figure of the total current weight I had to weigh everything in the caravan and then add it to the MIRO assuming that the MIRO is correct however possibility that it could be either under or over. The caravan was one of the first off the line. Very unsure as will really struggle to remove anything else out of the caravan and do not want to remove the spare wheel.
When towing would some of the caravan load be transferred to the towball so in essence the caravan may be within its MTPLM as the weight on the axles is now reduced as we are talking about less than 10kg over MTPLM. If stopped by the DVSA they normally weigh the trailer while it is connected up to the towing vehicle so a possibility that caravan maybe within the MTPLM, but I don't want to take the chance?
A bit pointless taking the caravan to a weigh bridge where the tolerance is up to 20kg. Guess I will really have to scratch around. Why do they have such small payloads on twin axle caravans?
At a struggle I can find about 13kg to remove from caravan still leaving me approximately 7kg over the MTPLM. Problem is to get to my figure of the total current weight I had to weigh everything in the caravan and then add it to the MIRO assuming that the MIRO is correct however possibility that it could be either under or over. The caravan was one of the first off the line. Very unsure as will really struggle to remove anything else out of the caravan and do not want to remove the spare wheel.
When towing would some of the caravan load be transferred to the towball so in essence the caravan may be within its MTPLM as the weight on the axles is now reduced as we are talking about less than 10kg over MTPLM. If stopped by the DVSA they normally weigh the trailer while it is connected up to the towing vehicle so a possibility that caravan maybe within the MTPLM, but I don't want to take the chance?
A bit pointless taking the caravan to a weigh bridge where the tolerance is up to 20kg. Guess I will really have to scratch around. Why do they have such small payloads on twin axle caravans?