Horse box weight confused?

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Thought I had this sussed but now confused!
Thought that there was 3.5/5/6/7.5t etc
thought that carrying capacity was equal to weight t (eg 3.5t) minus unladen weight.

BUT have been enquiring about a lorry and vendor says that it is a 5.2t but gross vehicle weight is 7.5t
axle weights at last plating were 1800 and 3700 so by my previous reckoning would have no payload at all, but can you be a 5.2t lorry and have a gvw of 7.5?

Sorry if Ive given anyone a headache now!
 
could be getting this completely wrong but maybe the unladen weights 5.2t??? If so that would leave you 2.3t spare for horses, kit, passengers etc.
 
My old Bedford TK had an unladen weight of 5.25t and was 7.5t gross weight so payload was 2.25t.
 
Thanks guys-am still a bit confused as its advertised as a 5.2t and having a 1.5t payload (insert confused smiley but cant!)
Flipping minefield this whole lorry thing :)
 
At the time of testing, this lorry recorded axle weights of 1800kg and 3700kg on the front and rear axles respectively. This will have included the driverand anyfuel and water etc . If no additional weight had been put onboard,its unladen weight is roughly 5.5 tonnes. Its maximum gross weight is 7.5 tonnes so it can carry an additional two tonnes. This equates to 3 ponies comfortably ,3 TBtypes say 16 hh would be very close to its limit, It could carry two heffalumps comfortably.
 
The total max weight may be 7.5t, but as others say, it could have been downrated to 6.5t.

You must be careful with front and rear weights. The total max combined weight could be 7.5t, but each axle will have a max weight too. I would say your rear axle is very heavy in comparison and you must look at the plating certificate to see what the rear axle payload (ie the weight you can add). It sounds like you may max out your rear axle quicker than you think.

The plating will tell you what you need to know.
 
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