I looked into this and you can take the light chassis to 4000Kg as far as SVTech are concerned.To add
It is pointless to run a Maxi at 3500kg or below as the extra chassis weight will eat into your payload, but a Maxi is well worth having if you have the C1 Licence and want a good payload.
Our Hymer Tramp was also up weighted from 3500kg to 4100kg
I think a light chassis can only be up weighted to around 3850kg Max
Also consider AiRide on the rear suspension. This can give an extra 100kg on the back axle
I thought the lightweight chassis came with 15" as standard? did you buy it new or did a previous owner maybe specify a wheel upgrade?I have the Fiat light weight Chassis and had the air suspension put on the back, it was already came as standard with 16" wheels and John Ruffles uplifted it to 4050kg, didn't have to have the front suspension altered.Cant understand why Svtech don't give the same allowances. I think now that I have become a bit better educated, I would go for the heavy Chassis to give me a better pay load.
No bought it new, but Mobilvetta seem to fit all there campers with 16" alloy wheels.I thought the lightweight chassis came with 15" as standard? did you buy it new or did a previous owner maybe specify a wheel upgrade?
It is usual for the individual axle limits to total more than the overall max.I have a 2011 maxi and it seems that the two axle weights add up to 4500kg, what baffles me is that the first number is only 3500kg!!
That’s because your maximum weight is 3500kgs. You have to keep the overall weight to that and also make sure you don’t overload each axle.I have a 2011 maxi and it seems that the two axle weights add up to 4500kg, what baffles me is that the first number is only 3500kg!!
Yes it’s a big difference on itWould have thought it unusual for the combined axle weights to be 1000KG over the GVW.
I have the Fiat light weight Chassis and had the air suspension put on the back, it was already came as standard with 16" wheels and John Ruffles uplifted it to 4050kg, didn't have to have the front suspension altered.Cant understand why Svtech don't give the same allowances. I think now that I have become a bit better educated, I would go for the heavy Chassis to give me a better pay load.
With Mr Ruffles approach, the user had to be very careful on the weight distribution to ensure it was not overloaded on an axle. SVTech seemed to be a lot more cautious in that respect and required you to effectively uprate the axle allowances to gain payload rather then get you to put stuff in the right place (easier said than done usually). Not saying his method was wrong at all, but it did (IMO) put an big onus on the driver and too many people have, to be frank, not a clue.That’s because your maximum weight is 3500kgs. You have to keep the overall weight to that and also make sure you don’t overload each axle.
Not heard of them before.Someone on a forum posted a link to this firm,
Van Weight Engineering
Need to change the weight of your vehicle? You're in the right place.www.vanweightengineering.com
However I have not heard any reports or prices.
Davy
Not really, there must be thousands of Maxi chassis vans with 3500kg, the reason being at first with X250 all XLWB vans where built as a preference on Maxi chassis even if you only wanted 3500kg, our van is one. However I believe now with the XLWB X290 it is more common for them to be built with light weight chassis, this has become a problem for those people who have specified a light chassis on a long van, the rear axle often becomes overloaded before getting near max weight.Would have thought it unusual for the combined axle weights to be 1000KG over the GVW.