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GVW & the truck

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our new truck at work, an iveco 50c18, been trying to get my head around what we can & cannot carry
from the plate
Gross Vehicle Weight 5200kg
Gross Train Weight 8700kg

now you would assume that that would mean you could tow a trailer 3500kg but the unladen weight of the truck is only 2700 so that would make the trailer heavier than the truck

to comply with the absolute maximums then you'd need an unladen weight of 3500kg which would limit your payload to 1700kg

i'm taking an atlas copco 100kva genny out to sit on monday, we've had to pump about 300litres out the genny tank to bring the weight down as normally they would go out with a full tank but then it would be too heavy
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Post by dave.m »

It all depends upon your trailer unladen weight, which we don't know.

Truck unladen 2700
Truck Load 2500
Truck laden 5200

Train weight 8700
so Trailer laden 3500 subtract trailer unladen = trailor load
so if trailer unladen is 1000
trailer load 2500
On your figures, if trailer unladened weighs 1000 then total train load can be 5000 split equally between the two.


from the Dept Of Transport:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/vehicle ... ortrailers

"In the case of light trailers, that is less than 3500kg maximum laden weight, there is not any specified relationship in UK law between the weight of the towing vehicle and the weight of the trailer."

"The maximum laden weight of a trailer which may be towed by a light goods vehicle depends on both the stated gross train weight of the towing vehicle (GTW) and the vehicle manufacturer's recommended maximum permissible trailer weight. Neither the maximum permissible trailer weight or the maximum gross train weight (the laden weight of the trailer plus the laden weight of the towing vehicle) should be exceeded. It is possible that the stated gross train weight is less than the sum of the stated maximum permissible laden weight of the towing vehicle and the stated maximum permissible laden trailer weight. In this case the towing vehicle and the trailer must be loaded such that each does not exceed its individual maximum limit and the sum of both does not exceed the maximum gross train weight."
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we have various but the big ifor williams are 600kg

from the direct.gov.uk site regarding C1+1 groups

Subcategory C1+E allows vehicles to be combined with a trailer over 750kgs MAM provided the combination does not exceed 12 tonnes MAM and the laden weight of the trailer does not exceed the unladen weight of the towing vehicle
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