Kerb weight
How do I work out the kerb weight, I saw a post that explained but I cannot find it.
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Car kerbweight will be in the car handbook or look at the V5C for mass in service. My handbook defines kerbweight, which includes 90% tank of fuel and 75kg driver, that weight is the same on V5c as mass in service.
On the cars VIN plate will be:
Gross vehicle weight.....kerbweight + payload
Gross train weight..........Max.overall weight of vehicle and trailer.
Max. front axle load
Max. rear axle load
Take GVW from GTW which gives max tow limit, that also will be on the V5C.
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Car kerbweight will be in the car handbook or look at the V5C for mass in service. My handbook defines kerbweight, which includes 90% tank of fuel and 75kg driver, that weight is the same on V5c as mass in service.
On the cars VIN plate will be:
Gross vehicle weight.....kerbweight + payload
Gross train weight..........Max.overall weight of vehicle and trailer.
Max. front axle load
Max. rear axle load
Take GVW from GTW which gives max tow limit, that also will be on the V5C.
Strictly speaking, kerbweight and mass in service are not the same thing and you'll be pushed to find any documetary evidence anywhere of the kerbweight as it is actually defined. Among other differences, kerbweight is defined without the driver whereas mass in service includes a 75kg allowance for the driver and sundry items. Also, mass in service per V5c is for a base vehicle without any factory-fitted options other than those legally required for the country in question so in most cases it won't correspond to what the vehicle in question really weighs. The closest you'll get to true kerbweight is the 'actual mass of the vehicle' which should be shown under Item 13.2 of the Certificate of Conformity which was supplied with the vehicle, but even that will also include the 75kg for the driver.
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Use a calculator. In my case caravan mtplm 1,318kg divide by car kerbweight 1,495kg times 100 = 88%.
mtplm divide by kerbweight x 100 = %
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If you have a newish car this site might help. Sorento just used as an example.
http://carleasingmadesimple.com/business-car-leasing/kia/sorento/kerb-weight/
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If you have a newish car this site might help. Sorento just used as an example.
http://carleasingmadesimple.com/business-car-leasing/kia/sorento/kerb-weight/
Whichever source you use, any published data can only be a rough guideline. The link that you refer to specifically states that the figures quoted are minimum. Variances of up to 150kg are not unusual.
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The "law" will put it on a weighbridge - so you might as well do the same. And weigh the van at the same time.
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The "law" will put it on a weighbridge - so you might as well do the same. And weigh the van at the same time.
There is no law which lays down any specific requirements relating to kerbweight so the 'law' will not check the kerbweight, only whether the gross vehicle weight is exceeded or not.
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I find this an interesting discussion. i have been having some difficulty pinning down the kerbweight and gross train weight for a new Honda CRV 2015 either by using the VIN, handbook or sales literature. The vehicle is yet to be registered and I am awaiting
a response from Honda technical. Published figures for the kerb weight provide a unit match ratio between the car and van of 86-91%. I am an experienced caravaner and wonder if I should acept this as close enough to optimum as in reality, the actual weights
of either car or van can, and will, vary.0
