Lorry weight Query.

[piaffe]

Have confused myself a little.

I have a 3.5 t lorry. it is a 2 horse. I want to put a 13.2 and a lightweight 15hh in it, but have no idea if i can do this? is the 3.5 the weight of the lorry or the max weight?

 

[dieseldog]

The max weight with everything in it, you, the horses, water, fuel etc

 

[TequilaMist]

Ditto Deiseldog.Total weight of everything,people etc.

 

[lisan]

Take it to the nearest weighbridge just for peace of mind. I took mine with ALL my stuff and me in it, well, just minus horse!, and it was 2.7 tonnes, just leaving enough for 1 horse.

 

[lorenababbit]

you will almost certainly be over the weight but as someone said take it unloaded to a weighbridge and then you will be able to establish how much payload you have left over for the horses. remember the 3.5 tonne thing is the TOTAL weight loaded not just the weight of the cargo.

 

[Ferdinase514]

Or even better....take it loaded to a weighbridge

 

[PaddyMonty]

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Or even better....take it loaded to a weighbridge

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Might be risky if it was a VOSA run weighbridge and lorry turned out to be overweight.

 

[Rambo]

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Or even better....take it loaded to a weighbridge

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Might be risky if it was a VOSA run weighbridge and lorry turned out to be overweight.

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Yeah, I had the same dilemna at the weekend....was driving past a weighbridge and thought shall I just check it out, but then thought I might get in trouble if we were over

Does anyone know if you can just turn up to the weighbridges anyway ? What's the procedure ?

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

3.5 ton in the maximum weight. You need to fill the fuel tank, fill water tank if you have one, load up your tack, water canisters, saddles etc infact everything you take on your outings including driver & passengers & go to a weigh bridge. Get the lot weighed & then subtract that weight from the 3.5 tons & that is the weight of horses you can carry. You'll be surprised that alot of lorries advertised as 2 or three horse lorries may have the space to take them but they don't have the scope weight wise to carry them.

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

You can just turn up at public weigh bridges, you may need to phone up private ones though. There's a large scrap yard near me & they have a weighbridge that is used by lorries etc but I think you need to call ahead of time...they may charge aswell for any printout.

 

[Rambo]

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You can just turn up at public weigh bridges, you may need to phone up private ones though. There's a large scrap yard near me & they have a weighbridge that is used by lorries etc but I think you need to call ahead of time...they may charge aswell for any printout.

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That's great. Thanks

 

[lisan]

I just showed up at a private firms one, had to wait about 10 mins and got charged a £5 for the printout.

 

[dieseldog]

Chrimbo if you still have your brake printout from your plate the weight is on there. Each axle and the total weight.

 

[Rambo]

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Chrimbo if you still have your brake printout from your plate the weight is on there. Each axle and the total weight.

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Yeah, i've got that, but I took everything out of the lorry when it went for it's plating. I know how much it weighs 'empty', I want to know how much of my 1750kgs spare I use with two horses, a generator, 2 saddles, 2 bridles, water, 2 adults, 2 children and a dog etc