hi all, i have posted this from another thread :
"this may or maynot be relevent but a couple of years ago, a similar topic came up on the forum just after I fitted the mover onto the bailey. allways wanting to be sure of all legalities checked the weight plate of the van, there wasn't one?
it should have been on the side of the van on the lower right hand side of the door, but all there was there was a sticky square patch where it once had been.
after some research established the MTPLM weight should be 1058kg,
on contacting bailey they sent me a new plate free of charge "as it was a legal requirement" but the weight on the new plate was 1022kg thinking this was wrong I again contacted them and was told the lower figure was correct for that particular model but it could be increased to the higher figure through a dealer at a fee of £50.
as the difference was roughly the weight of the mover this is what I did to regain some of the user payload and got a new sticker with the increasd weight which I put on the van.
the twist in the tail however was that when I had the weight checked on a weighbridge, the fully loaded van was only 1018kg
before any calculations regarding noseweight and tow-load were done.
in all probably a waste of time and money but at least I know the parameters I have to work with".
While the increase in MTPLM may, or in my case may not be of use it does not alter the van's MIRO or what the manufacturer includes in it. as of yet I have not had the weight checked with the van empty there is no need as it is the towing weight or should I say tow-load that is the important and the amount of user payload allowed to get to that figure.
as it has been said many times before on the forum have the fully loaded van weighed on a weighbridge to find the absolute maximum because any other figure or constanant like MIRO is acctually irrelevent.
colin