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Subject Topic: Overloading car? Post Reply Post New Topic
11/3/2012 at 9:17pm
 Location: South Coast
 Outfit: Cabanon Estoril Quechua Base 4.2
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I would like to get a wooden pole windbreak (blue diamond) to go with our set up but am concerned about overloading the car. There are 5 (2 adults and 3 kids - 9, 5, 2) of us in a Xsara Picasso plus roofbox. We'll be taking 1 Cabanon Estoril tent, 1 Quechua Base seconds tent, 1 hypercamp tarp, 2 camping chairs, 3 camping stools, 2 camping tables, 2 airbeds, 5 sleeping bags, 1 kitchen stand, 1 groundsheet, 1 breathable groundsheet, plates, pans etc, 1 tent carpet, small single burner stove, cobb, minimal clothes/shoes/toys/toiletries, 1 full Igloo Maxcold. how do we know if we're overloaded?


11/3/2012 at 9:33pm
 Location: County Armagh NI
 Outfit: Monty 6 Quechua 2secs IIII Vango Tmpst
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Hi how are you? We were worried about the same thing last year. I combed through our car's manual after the others on UKCS told me to look for the car's maximum load capacity. Ours was about 500 kg if I remember rightly. Although we are only allowed to put 50 kg in the roof box.

If you really want to check you can drive the car empty, then fully loaded with everyone in it, on the weigh stations that the lorries use. But we just judged it by how low the back of the car was sitting. Mind you it was looking as though the wheel arches would touch the back wheels at any time!

We had a lot of driving to do so we ended up leaving all the comfy extras behind unfortunately!

Hope you have a great trip!


12/3/2012 at 6:46pm
 Location: Worcestershire
 Outfit: Vango Diablo 900XP Outwell Nevada M
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The Windbreak isnt likely to overload the car !

If your concerned about the car find a local weigh bridge once the stuff is in the car.

Also, as a quick look, if the rear wheel arches are below the top of the tyre its overloaded, or see if their is suspension travel left by leaning on the rear corners.

Bet you will also take more stuff than the list in your original post too! 



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12/3/2012 at 8:09pm
 Location: Essex
 Outfit: Bearlake 6
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I remember our first camping trip to the Dordogne, we went in a Vauxhall Corsa full to the brim with a roof box and also we had our bikes on the back! it was definately over loaded and we would never dream of doing it again, although we have seen some seriously overloaded cars on our way down there in recent years!



15/3/2012 at 6:36pm
 Location:  Lancashire
 Outfit: Vango Samara 400 +Coachman VIP 520 4
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Please don't forget that you can be prosecuted just the same as a HGV for overloading,not just on gross weight but on maximum permitted axle weights as well.

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15/3/2012 at 6:59pm
 Location: Grimsby Lincs
 Outfit: Vango Maritsa 700
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This is the reason we bought a trailer!

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15/3/2012 at 7:05pm
 Location: Northampton
 Outfit: Campus Borneo 4 + Lily (Jack Russell)
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I don't have a trailer as there's just me and a little dog and a very modrst set of gear, but if I had a family camp I think I'd save up for a trailer. They are just so practical and save the car's suspension.


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15/3/2012 at 10:08pm
 Location: north of the wall
 Outfit: None Entered
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Being overweight can impact on your brakes and the ability to steer correctly. It's not worth the risk.

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15/3/2012 at 10:12pm
 Location: Worcestershire
 Outfit: Defender 90 and MyWay Voyager Raid
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If you were involved in an incident / accident your insurance may well be invalidated if your car was overloaded.

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15/3/2012 at 10:20pm
 Location: Devizes Wiltshire
 Outfit: MWB VW Crafter PVC
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A colleague worried about me overloading my car, until I reminded him that I do not carry any passenger, just the dog, and that the issue I have is with volume and not with weight.

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16/3/2012 at 9:17am
 Location: South Coast
 Outfit: Cabanon Estoril Quechua Base 4.2
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Thanks for all the advice. I think we'll be OK but I will check the wheel arches and if in doubt go to a weigh station. The car can take 500 kg and the combined adult weight will be less than 140kg, the kids probably less than 80 combined, the big tent and tarp about 65. The rest of it is bulky but not heavy. Safety point well taken though.    


16/3/2012 at 9:17am
 Location: South Coast
 Outfit: Cabanon Estoril Quechua Base 4.2
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... and for next year, we'll get a trailer!



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