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I am trying to estimate an average weight for stuff I carry as I am considering insurance from a French Insurance Company as I leave my 'van there this year.  I have to give the gross weight and I know the manufactured weight.  I carry a 6kg gas cylinder and a telly and sky box, 4 chairs, sat dish, BBQ, water and waste holders and the usual foods, a few bottles (of course) and the normal amount of clothes/bedding etc an awning mat but no awning.

I know I can weigh at a public weigh bridge but I just want an estimate.

Would 35kgs be about it? 

Hmm, I've just been checking the original documentation and it says.

Mass in running order. 1205kg

Essential Habitation Equip Payload 60kg

Personal Effects Payload 132kgs

Optional Equipment Payload 28kgs

Max tech perm. laden mass - 1425kg

Now is it just me, or what on earth do people carry that weighs 220kgs (4.4cwt)?

To save you the trouble of towing your van to a weighbridge, why not weigh your car when you next pass a weighbridge, load it with your kit & then re-weigh it to establish the weight of your equipment. Inform the weighb ridge clerk what you're doing & you probably won't get charged until you get a weigh ticket.

Would the insurance cost that much more if you logged the weight to the max allowed for the van? At least you know you'll be covered if you're confident your equipment doesn't weigh that much.

BB