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mat_1_uk

03/4/2006 at 7:30am
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on my 1990 abi courior i have a little blue plate by the door with 3 weights on in boxes marked a,b,c can anyone tell me which is which???

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bordercaz

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It is usually:

1) Unladen Weight

2) Max Authorised Weight

3) Max recommended nose weight

So the first will be lower by 200 - 300 Kgs than the second and the third is probably 75 Kgs or so, if not then I'm wrong.

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mat_1_uk

03/4/2006 at 5:54pm
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looks to me like ya spot on cheers hun!

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Weight Plate Upgrade Cost

As I cannot create a new topic I thought I'd use this really old one.

Can all you helpful people out there advise on what they know would be the cost of a weight plate upgrade.

Did see one post from a number of years back saying £50 but the poster did not say which manufacturer.

I do know that Elddis in the first year of ownership do a free upgrade, but would like to know what other manufacturers charge.

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No one know the cost of an upgrade?

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Quote: Originally posted by blueexpo97 on 16/7/2020
No one know the cost of an upgrade?

I had an upgrade on a 2 year old 'van (Elddis) in 2013, 100Kg upgrade, cost was £50 + V.A.T. total £60

Colin21

16/7/2020 at 8:40pm
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Never heard of this before, do you need to do anything to the caravan to upgrade it? Excuse my ignorance but if not, why was it not higher rated in the first place?

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Thanks Flat at, thanks kind of the figure I would have thought it would have been around.

Colin, I believe it is not at it's highest rating because they don't want people filling it with everything they can think of and there is no leeway.

I have had a 32kg aircon unit fitted and although not at the top of the limit if I accidentally put a tad extra wine in it on the way back from France I would like a bit more of a cushion.

My problem I have is with Adria, the cost(I would get a chair for this bit!) is an eye watering £162 including VAT.

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17/7/2020 at 11:52am
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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 16/7/2020
Never heard of this before, do you need to do anything to the caravan to upgrade it? Excuse my ignorance but if not, why was it not higher rated in the first place?

Mine was 950Kg, dealer told me that it was to attract owners of smaller cars. We needed a motor mover, we both have bad backs, and suitable battery fitted, which would have left very little payload. Nothing needed to be changed on the 'van, however I did upgrade the tyres to commercials when the old ones got to 7 years old

Paul + June

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You can't just upgrade,it depends on your axle rating.My caravan had a mtplm of 1354kg but the axle is 1500kg.
It cost me £70 for Lunar to upgrade to 1495kg,it took about 6 months and lots of phone calls.This was about 4/5 years ago.
I believe you can do it yourself with a blank plate and metal stamps,but like I said check your axle rating

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