Watch your weights people you may be in for a shock if you get pulled over. Whilst building my new tug over the last few months I wanted to get it weighed so I knew where I was at as I went along, I got the Expanda weighed as well and it is 168kg over weight. I have had both the tug and the van weighed twice now using 2 different certified bridges, the reason behind getting it done twice was that I didn't think the first weights were right but alas they were.
My Expanda is a 2010 14.44.3 Outback model, it has a shower toilet combo and the weights stamped on the plate are as follows Tare weight 1557, GTM 1827 and ATM 1932 and as it sits at the moment it weighs 2100kg. Now I ensured that it was full of water when weighed so ill put up a break down of what I believe my approximate weights should be.
2 X water tanks 83lts, 166kg
Hot water system full 15lt, 15kg
Flush tank full 15lt, 15kg
2 X 9kg gas bottles full, 35kg
Battery, 30kg
38lt Engel Eclipse fridge empty 22kg
8 X 9ft poles and the PVC holder they are in 15kg
Aussie Traveller AFK and the alloy box they live in 15kg
Pegs and ropes in 2 bags 10kg
Out board motor bracket 5kg
Annex, porch and sun shades 30kg
2 hoses, ladder, broom, levellers, sullage hose, and a couple of blocks of wood 10kg
The usual plates knives, forks, mugs, plastic cups a few cooking pots and pans, cleaning stuff, toiletries, torches and bits and pieces which ill allow 50kg for.
So altogether above we have 418kg add that to my Tare weight 1557kg + 418kg = 1975kg which is 43kg over my allowed ATM without the ball weight, add the ball weight which is 130kg and we get 2105kg which is very close to the 2100kg I got form the bridges. This is with no food or drinks on board lets call this 40kg I also carry heaps of other stuff like an outboard motor 30kg, fuel 20kg, baby Weber Q 10kg, so as you can see fully loaded I would be approximately 273kg over weight doesn't sound like much but I'm sure the scalies would have a field day with me if they pulled me over. All of these weights are approximates but they are close as it all adds up close to my end figure. This came as a bit of a shock to me as I simply didn't think I had that much weight onboard but as you can see it certainly all adds up very quickly.
My Expanda is a 2010 14.44.3 Outback model, it has a shower toilet combo and the weights stamped on the plate are as follows Tare weight 1557, GTM 1827 and ATM 1932 and as it sits at the moment it weighs 2100kg. Now I ensured that it was full of water when weighed so ill put up a break down of what I believe my approximate weights should be.
2 X water tanks 83lts, 166kg
Hot water system full 15lt, 15kg
Flush tank full 15lt, 15kg
2 X 9kg gas bottles full, 35kg
Battery, 30kg
38lt Engel Eclipse fridge empty 22kg
8 X 9ft poles and the PVC holder they are in 15kg
Aussie Traveller AFK and the alloy box they live in 15kg
Pegs and ropes in 2 bags 10kg
Out board motor bracket 5kg
Annex, porch and sun shades 30kg
2 hoses, ladder, broom, levellers, sullage hose, and a couple of blocks of wood 10kg
The usual plates knives, forks, mugs, plastic cups a few cooking pots and pans, cleaning stuff, toiletries, torches and bits and pieces which ill allow 50kg for.
So altogether above we have 418kg add that to my Tare weight 1557kg + 418kg = 1975kg which is 43kg over my allowed ATM without the ball weight, add the ball weight which is 130kg and we get 2105kg which is very close to the 2100kg I got form the bridges. This is with no food or drinks on board lets call this 40kg I also carry heaps of other stuff like an outboard motor 30kg, fuel 20kg, baby Weber Q 10kg, so as you can see fully loaded I would be approximately 273kg over weight doesn't sound like much but I'm sure the scalies would have a field day with me if they pulled me over. All of these weights are approximates but they are close as it all adds up close to my end figure. This came as a bit of a shock to me as I simply didn't think I had that much weight onboard but as you can see it certainly all adds up very quickly.
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