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02/9/2012 at 10:48am
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As daft as it sounds I actually have every item stored in our TT on an excel spreadsheet. The list includes what the item is, how much it weighs and the cost of it.
To start the list off can be time consuming because you may have to weigh certain items to know the weight. Thereafter any new items can just be added as you will know the weight of what has just bought.
Using excel the list calculates the total weight as you add or remove items. That way we always know the total laden weight of the TT. The only thing you need to do is make sure the weight is distributed correctly and check the nose weight.
The list covers three things IMHO and they are the total laden weight, what you actually have and the total cost, which if needed can be produced for insurance purposes.
The other method is to take your fully laden unit to a local weigh bridge.
Hope it helps.
Griff
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02/9/2012 at 12:16pm
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You can use portable axle weighers but I imagine the cost to buy would be quite high. Unless you are carrying heavy items like bikes/several cases of beer etc you are unlikely to come anywhere near overloading caravan. If you just carry a couple of gas bottles/clothes/food/camping chairs/table you will be ok.
If you want to find weight of loaded caravan with stuff you normally carry, drive to a local weighbridge. If they are too busy to allow you to detach caravan from car weigh car/caravan together, then return & weigh car, gives you caravan weight.
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02/9/2012 at 2:50pm
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Take it to a public weighbridge
weighbridges in Wales
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02/9/2012 at 3:01pm
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I do the same griff .... no weighbridge nearby ...
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02/9/2012 at 3:39pm
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The only way I know is to take your outfit to a public weighbridge. The one local to us charges £10 and that's to weigh whatever you want ie. car and caravan independently or both together as a unit then either the car or caravan and calculate the difference between the two.
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02/9/2012 at 11:50pm
Location: Rochdale
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Have a look at these
http://rk-reich.com/product_info.php?language=en&info=p526_Fahrzeugwaage-CARAVAN-WEIGHT-CONTROL-CWC-bis-1500KG.html&XTCsid=f1b9e65f0be764aa8951aa9522635145
http://www.outdoorbits.com/reich-caravan-weight-control-1500kg-p-1426.html
Both describe the reich caravan weight control unit. Having read some people's comments who own them they seem to work quite well
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Bill
For a licence dated 1997 or later you must add together the plated max weight of the caravan and trailer, if the total is 3500 or less you can tow it. You may even tow a caravan with a MAM greater than the cars unladen mass the restriction was removed in 2013
Mondeo Titanium 140 tdci
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