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Subject Topic: How much excess weight?
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12/11/2011 at 9:11pm
 Location: NW of Glasgow
 Outfit: Sterling Searcher 2008 Volvo XC90
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Is this a "man thing" taking all this stuff in the van?

My OH does it too,I carry out a "cull" before every trip, and his heavy tools have been relegated to the car.

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12/11/2011 at 10:14pm
 Location: St Helens Merseyside
 Outfit: Freedom Microlite Sport
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I have to be pretty ruthless with what I carry on the Freedom Discovery.The unladen weight is 490 and the mass weight is 620. The unladen weight does not include the leisure battery or the spare wheel so that's 38-40 kilos before anything gets added.


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13/11/2011 at 10:26am
 Location: Llangennech Nr Llanelli S Wales.
 Outfit: VW Touareg & Swift Charisma 635
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Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 12/11/2011
Quote: Originally posted by scarletsfan on 12/11/2011

Bedding for 5 (95% of the time it's just the two of us and the dogs).

Melamine crockery for 8.

5 Board games that have not been out for 3 years.

Sandwich toaster not used for at leat 2 years.

15ltr insulated keg with tap for cold drinks.

about 12 assorted glasses

2 chopping boards!

8 bottles of Avon skin so soft.

2 sets of hair straighteners

More toiletries than we have at home.

A stack of CDs not played for 3 years at least.

240/12v transformer that's not been needed for 2 years

Kites, boules, cricket set and a load more outside games.

By my estimation I reckon the van has been at least 100kg over it's MTPLM,




8 bottles of Avon skin so soft. Just a few for a rainy day.


I know.  We listened to all the scaremongers on here before we toured Scotland in 2009 and had visions of using gallons of the stuff.  In reality the midges were no problem.



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