Ben; fabulous and truthful vid there. I’ve seen (as I’m sure you have!) other UA-cam ‘stars’ that are giving out incredible misinformation on this subject - it’s a real shame you’ve not got the 35k subscribers that they have. Watching the others and reading the comments from their fan base is terrifying; ‘well said’, ‘I’m putting a lift kit on mine now because you say it’s ok’ and their own ridiculous points that include ‘your brakes are rated at 7T because you can tow a 3.5T trailer’ 😳. It beggars belief and I hope you now get a much bigger following - you’ve nailed this one. Thank you.
Thanks for your comments and your support. It really is incredible that people seem to be happy to take the risk of burying their heads in the sand with this one. Maybe we need to see a couple of high profile prosecutions to help people understand the risk they're taking!
Hi Ben, Dee here. We've just sat and watched the video and I wanted to say thank you; not just the mention, but also for helping to educate others in the VanLife community. There are a lot of myths & "my mate's dog walker's sister's mot tester reckons..." floating around on the forums, so it's great to see folks taking the taboo subject of weight and really getting to grips with it, and banishing those myths. Top work, and a great looking series of videos too. Dee @ VanweightEngineering
Great video. In my country it's pretty the same, B driver licence is good for up to 3500kg, but we don't have C1, just plain C, and it is needed to have classes and make test in a lorry for that. They have an exception for motor homes allowing B class to drive motorhomes up to 6 tons, but I would need C to be able to drive it legally while conversion is in the way. Building a van is a long-term goal for me, around 10 years in the future, but I'm already doing the math to know how much I will spend on that and what I wil need. From my calculations it's pratically impossible to build a motor home over a LWB Sprinter (14m²) without exceeding 3500kg. It's pretty heavy even empty, lefting only 1062kg for everything. I will probably try a 13m³ Fiat Ducato (less space to fill with furniture and 1308kg available for transformation), and use my model airplane builder ninja powers to try to keep it really light. In this case I will need to have CoG low and well balanced between front and back axle, as it is a FWD van and there will be lots of slopes in the path.
Hi again, wow, you’re really thinking very clearly about your future build. It would be very good if more people took the care that you are. Good luck with your build, when ever you are able to start.
Hi Ben - thanks for the informative and thoughtful video. I dive a 5T Sprinter camper conversion done by Airstream. I've had it weighted at each corner after I upgraded the battery and inverter/charger. I was happy to know my modifications did not exceed any weight limits. Here in USA we don't have the strict requirements and enforcement on weight as you do in UK. But I always encourage my fellow owners that it is still a good idea to stay within weight limits for safety.
Hi, When you got your van Weighed did it include yourself? Also you must remember any passengers. It sounds like you may have to run with empty water tanks. Nice video many thanks Richard
Hi, thanks for watching. Yes all the tanks were full and I was in it when it was weighed. That should have been the maximum weight at that point, fingers crossed.
Extremely informative video, thank you
Thanks very much, glad it helped and thanks for watching.
great video and very informative, thank you for sharing👍👍👍
Absolute pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Great video Thank you
Thanks for watching.
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Thanks for watching and commenting.
Ben; fabulous and truthful vid there. I’ve seen (as I’m sure you have!) other UA-cam ‘stars’ that are giving out incredible misinformation on this subject - it’s a real shame you’ve not got the 35k subscribers that they have. Watching the others and reading the comments from their fan base is terrifying; ‘well said’, ‘I’m putting a lift kit on mine now because you say it’s ok’ and their own ridiculous points that include ‘your brakes are rated at 7T because you can tow a 3.5T trailer’ 😳. It beggars belief and I hope you now get a much bigger following - you’ve nailed this one. Thank you.
Thanks for your comments and your support. It really is incredible that people seem to be happy to take the risk of burying their heads in the sand with this one. Maybe we need to see a couple of high profile prosecutions to help people understand the risk they're taking!
Hi Ben, Dee here. We've just sat and watched the video and I wanted to say thank you; not just the mention, but also for helping to educate others in the VanLife community. There are a lot of myths & "my mate's dog walker's sister's mot tester reckons..." floating around on the forums, so it's great to see folks taking the taboo subject of weight and really getting to grips with it, and banishing those myths. Top work, and a great looking series of videos too. Dee @ VanweightEngineering
Hi Dee, thanks for your comments and all your help.
Great video.
In my country it's pretty the same, B driver licence is good for up to 3500kg, but we don't have C1, just plain C, and it is needed to have classes and make test in a lorry for that. They have an exception for motor homes allowing B class to drive motorhomes up to 6 tons, but I would need C to be able to drive it legally while conversion is in the way.
Building a van is a long-term goal for me, around 10 years in the future, but I'm already doing the math to know how much I will spend on that and what I wil need.
From my calculations it's pratically impossible to build a motor home over a LWB Sprinter (14m²) without exceeding 3500kg. It's pretty heavy even empty, lefting only 1062kg for everything.
I will probably try a 13m³ Fiat Ducato (less space to fill with furniture and 1308kg available for transformation), and use my model airplane builder ninja powers to try to keep it really light. In this case I will need to have CoG low and well balanced between front and back axle, as it is a FWD van and there will be lots of slopes in the path.
Hi again, wow, you’re really thinking very clearly about your future build. It would be very good if more people took the care that you are. Good luck with your build, when ever you are able to start.
@@diamondsontour thanks, and enjoy your scandi trip, I'm looking forward for next episodes.
Hi Ben - thanks for the informative and thoughtful video. I dive a 5T Sprinter camper conversion done by Airstream. I've had it weighted at each corner after I upgraded the battery and inverter/charger. I was happy to know my modifications did not exceed any weight limits. Here in USA we don't have the strict requirements and enforcement on weight as you do in UK. But I always encourage my fellow owners that it is still a good idea to stay within weight limits for safety.
Hi, thanks for taking the time to watch and to comment. I wish ours was a 5T! We’re planning to ship our van to the USA next year, super excited.
Hi, When you got your van Weighed did it include yourself? Also you must remember any passengers. It sounds like you may have to run with empty water tanks.
Nice video many thanks
Richard
Hi, thanks for watching. Yes all the tanks were full and I was in it when it was weighed. That should have been the maximum weight at that point, fingers crossed.
Great advice thank you 👍
Thanks, glad you liked it.
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Was this the time you put petrol in instead 😂