Even PC are getting confused by the silly new payload regulations, so what cahnce the newby caravanner? On page 108 of the April magazine Neil Hampton is niggled that Swift have reduced the payload for the Sprite 2012 TD from 239kg (good useful payload) to 185kg (not bad) yet reading Swifts website spec the company state that total payload has not been reduced the differenece being now that some items are included in MIRO due to the new regs. Does PC need a correction in next months mag?
A further observation on payload relating to the review of the Coachman Pastiche 460/2, it is not surprisng that NNigel Hutson commented that" even for an extended stays,there are unlikely to be empty cupboards". Not surprising with such a low payload of 130kg. I did a tot up of items that I take such as Mover, Battery, Chocks, Lock, Small Aquaroll, Waste Water container, Sidelift jack, TV and two chairs. It came to 114kg. I accept that some go in the car along with awning, non-perishable food etc, but 130kg too low to be practical. In Swifts excellent website Owners Handbooks are available and give a checklist of things a toursit should consider taking. How a newbie can get that lot within the low payloads being offered by some makers mmust surely result in over loaded vans, or cars. My 2005 Bailey handbook reminds me that MIRO may vary by =/- 5% and that the van should be weighed empty and full. So for the Coachman abbove if its MIRO varied bby around 5% that would take 56kg out of payload. Is such a hypothese realistic? The drive to get headline MTPLM low is craeting potential problems of unknowingly overloaded vans. Perhaps its time tto give buyers the option of payload upgrades on all models not jjust those that have the bit of spare capacity purely as a result of production rationalisation.
A further observation on payload relating to the review of the Coachman Pastiche 460/2, it is not surprisng that NNigel Hutson commented that" even for an extended stays,there are unlikely to be empty cupboards". Not surprising with such a low payload of 130kg. I did a tot up of items that I take such as Mover, Battery, Chocks, Lock, Small Aquaroll, Waste Water container, Sidelift jack, TV and two chairs. It came to 114kg. I accept that some go in the car along with awning, non-perishable food etc, but 130kg too low to be practical. In Swifts excellent website Owners Handbooks are available and give a checklist of things a toursit should consider taking. How a newbie can get that lot within the low payloads being offered by some makers mmust surely result in over loaded vans, or cars. My 2005 Bailey handbook reminds me that MIRO may vary by =/- 5% and that the van should be weighed empty and full. So for the Coachman abbove if its MIRO varied bby around 5% that would take 56kg out of payload. Is such a hypothese realistic? The drive to get headline MTPLM low is craeting potential problems of unknowingly overloaded vans. Perhaps its time tto give buyers the option of payload upgrades on all models not jjust those that have the bit of spare capacity purely as a result of production rationalisation.
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