Iveco daily 3.5 tonne.....

[georgiegirl]

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Has anyone got one of these or know what the 'typical' unladen weight is for a standard x2 horse facing backwards (I will only be carrying one).

Theres one advertised which I have seen and is a 2001 lwb iveco daily. Horsebox conversion was done in 2005 (not sure who by but I can find out) and is a typical rear facing two staller. Small grooms bit in the back, nothing fancy in there just a tiny sink.

Ive been told by the seller (who is in no way horsey btw!) that they have taken it to a weigh bridge and come up against a 'problem' and that it came in at just over 3 tonnes - of course this makes it useless for transporting any horses. Does this sound right? I know 3.5 tonners you have to be careful on weight but I have NEVER heard of any coming in at this sort of weight even the old fashioned coachbuilt lt35's which are pretty hefty, quite often have more in terms of living space and you can still carry one horse in them (which is all I am EVER going to do)

Bit gutted really as its a very nice box (and a potential bargain) but if that unladen weight is correct then theres no way it'll ever have a horse in it legally

 

[Tempi]

All boxes are different regardless of chassis make - the only thing you could do would be to take it on a weigh bridge yourself. I can quite believe that some 3.5t boxes do come in at that sort of weight though.

 

[AlFresco]

I used to have a 1997 Iveco Daily 3.5tonne so a bit older than the one you mentioned but it's unladen weight was 2.9T so I can believe it! It was a great wee box too but only really suitable for 1 pony at most I only had 1 pony so was fine for me but you do have to be really careful - lesson learned! When I sold it I was honest about the unladen weight and I still had people ask if it would be ok for their '2 x 15.2hh cobs' etc - er no, unless they were incredably skinny! Sold it as a 1 x pony box again in the end but like you, I was gutted as apart from that it was fab

 

[perfect11s]

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Has anyone got one of these or know what the 'typical' unladen weight is for a standard x2 horse facing backwards (I will only be carrying one).

Theres one advertised which I have seen and is a 2001 lwb iveco daily. Horsebox conversion was done in 2005 (not sure who by but I can find out) and is a typical rear facing two staller. Small grooms bit in the back, nothing fancy in there just a tiny sink.

Ive been told by the seller (who is in no way horsey btw!) that they have taken it to a weigh bridge and come up against a 'problem' and that it came in at just over 3 tonnes - of course this makes it useless for transporting any horses. Does this sound right? I know 3.5 tonners you have to be careful on weight but I have NEVER heard of any coming in at this sort of weight even the old fashioned coachbuilt lt35's which are pretty hefty, quite often have more in terms of living space and you can still carry one horse in them (which is all I am EVER going to do)

Bit gutted really as its a very nice box (and a potential bargain) but if that unladen weight is correct then theres no way it'll ever have a horse in it legally

Yes it was probebly like a lot of boxes built a few years ago when no one bothered about weight!!!! there are plenty of older 7.5 tonner also with little or no payload Lucky the seller was honest and you are savy....