Unladen weight of lorry?

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Due to only having one horse that I ride now, I have decided to sell my lorry as it's daft to have it for one horse.
I saw a thread on here where people were saying that when they enquire about a lorry, they want to know it's unladen weight. Is there an easy way to find this out? I have had a brief look through the mountains of documentation that came with it, but nothing is jumping out at me. I can get it to a weighbridge but if it should be somewhere on the documents, can someone please enlighten me so I don't have to make a mammoth trek?? lol
Thanks in advance :)
 
inside the cab should be a VOSA plating certificate, check just inside doors, as it should be visible for a policeman to see from outside the cab.
 
To get an accurate weight of the lorry as it is today I would advise you go to a weighbridge and get a printout ticket.
Make a note how much fuel is in the tank and if there are water tanks full onboard or any tack/feed etc as that can make a difference.
 
Thankyou :)
Upskyc, I am going up the yard now to have a look.
Mrs_Wishkabibble, this will be my next move if the VOSA doc doesn't give me any ideas.
 
Look at your last plaiting/MOT certificate and it will have a weightbridge measurement (the plaiting certificate doesn't usually, it jut mentions gross legal weights for the vehicle - or at least that is what mine have always shown)
 
Nothing on the VOSA certificate - but on the braking test certificate, from the 2010 plating, the unladen weight was 5,869k. The fuel tank was about 1/4 full at that point, so as I have no idea how much the fuel tank holds I will estimate, and say that with a full tank of fuel the payload left would be around 1.5t. Does this sound right? Obviously I will not quote the last part as gospel :)
 
sychnant said:
Nothing on the VOSA certificate - but on the braking test certificate, from the 2010 plating, the unladen weight was 5,869k. The fuel tank was about 1/4 full at that point, so as I have no idea how much the fuel tank holds I will estimate, and say that with a full tank of fuel the payload left would be around 1.5t. Does this sound right? Obviously I will not quote the last part as gospel :)
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Yes that's the right piece of paper (sorry just realised my post had a very confusing typo!!).

Does it sound right? Well no one can really say as horseboxes are conversions and it all depends on the weight of the materials that went towards converting it. If it's a two horse box, 1.5t is an OK payload but it depends on the weight of the horses one wants to carry. If it's a three horse box I don't see how it could take three (I assume here each horse weighs around 500-600kgs). If you want to improve the payload (and increase your market) take out all the frills and unnecessary weight, e.g. some horseboxes are lined with MDF cladding in the living area, do you really need that? Rip it out and replace with wall paper if the underneath looks tatty.
 
Strip it of all unnecessary stuff - water carriers, feed, tack etc and take it to the weighbridge, get a dated printout of its weight. I personally fill the fuel tank completely as that is then a known fact. Don't worry about the payload, jut tell the buyer the unladen weight with a full tank of fuel and show them the certificate. They can they work out if they can carry their own horses legally. The VOSA certificate only states the maximum allowable gross weight which is 7.5 tonnes. it does not have anything to do with the actual weight. That will vary everytime you take it out depending on what you put in it.
 
When it went for its plating it had 1/4 tank of fuel and nothing else extra at all... only the living and the bits that have to be there. I can't afford to fill up the tank as money is tight right now, but I think the brake test weight is a pretty good indicator... especially as looking at Ebay, none of the lorries have any indication of unladen weight on their listings, at least I can put something :)
If I can work out how much the fuel tank holds I will have an even better idea :p
 
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