Unladen weight of a lorry????!! Advice please

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I am buying my first lorry and have seen one advertised which says the unladen weight is 6450kg. Does this mean i only have 1000kg to allow for horse, us and tack? If so, it wont be any good cos one horse i know weighs 600kg and the other cant be far off. Then i wouldnt be able to take me , mum or tack or the dogs!!! Can anyone explain please?
 
Yes it does.
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Yep your right. There are loads of 7.5ton out there which are overloaded with two horses on board. There are supposed to be cracking down on this next year, so I wouldn't buy it if you want to transport two.
 
Thats the problem with lorries with lots of living/ wooden cladding/ lockers etc! Its criminal that they can advertise 3 horse lorries that can take 1 horse, 1 saddle and 1 person!
Be very careul and take anything you buy across a weigh bridge first!
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Yes, it does mean that you only have 1000kgs of usable payload
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I would hope the lorry is VERY cheap on that basis as it is effectively a 1 horse lorry
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My 3-stall lorry with living comes in at 5750kgs empty'ish, which means we can effectively only carry two large horses and tack / rider / groom etc
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my lorry will carry 4 horses but unladen weight is 6.5 tonne!! i can only travel one at a time as big fella is half ID and the mare is a 3/4 welsh so also a chunky monkey! i bought my lorry from a friend who bought it from another friend and i know they reguarly carried 4..lucky they wernt stopped really
 
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