Initially posted in Insurance by error
Looking in this month's Practical Caravan I could not help but notice the very different carrying capacities of UK vans compared with German ones. I know that everyone thinks that German vans are heavy but a large part of the Max Permitted Load is down to the fact that they have a good margin for user payload. Even the little Adria Action put some UK vans to shame. If you look at one of the Coachman models (Amara) User Payload is down to around 97-135kg. Even for their larger vans it is still no higher than 138kg. Hymers are coming in around 360-460kg, and even the Adria Action has a useful 281kg
Just because a manufacturer gives a good User Payload you don't have to use it to the full if it means going over the car's limit, or 85%, but it would give owners felixibilty and perhaps mean no change of van when changing cars
Looking in this month's Practical Caravan I could not help but notice the very different carrying capacities of UK vans compared with German ones. I know that everyone thinks that German vans are heavy but a large part of the Max Permitted Load is down to the fact that they have a good margin for user payload. Even the little Adria Action put some UK vans to shame. If you look at one of the Coachman models (Amara) User Payload is down to around 97-135kg. Even for their larger vans it is still no higher than 138kg. Hymers are coming in around 360-460kg, and even the Adria Action has a useful 281kg
Just because a manufacturer gives a good User Payload you don't have to use it to the full if it means going over the car's limit, or 85%, but it would give owners felixibilty and perhaps mean no change of van when changing cars