V5 Weight 3.8t vehicle plate 3.5t

[Iain55]

Just noticed that my vehicle plate reads 3.5t and my V5 reads 3.8t.
The manufacturers brochure reads 3500/3800.
I'm going to Europe in August which is legal ?

 

[SimonM]

Mine also reads 3500, but my V5 reads 4100 - this is because I have had it uprated. I’d assume your converter has down the same to yours.

 

[Tezza33]

You can get a replacement vin plate displaying the same weight as the V5
www.vin-plate.co.uk/any_car_van_plate.html

 

[Iain55]

You can get a replacement vin plate displaying the same weight as the V5
www.vin-plate.co.uk/any_car_van_plate.html

Thanks

 

[r4dent]

Check your licence ... have you got C1?

 

[Iain55]

Check your licence ... have you got C1?

Yes, I'm that age

 

[Iain55]

You can get a replacement vin plate displaying the same weight as the V5
www.vin-plate.co.uk/any_car_van_plate.html

do you need the plate or does carrying the V5 enough ?

 

[GreggBear]

Does that mean your road tax is only £165 per year then?

 

[Iain55]

Does that mean your road tax is only £165 per year then?

Yes, but I pay monthly d/d, think it’s £173

 

[Iain55]

Yes, but I pay monthly d/d, think it’s £173

Private HGV

 

[GeoffL]

FWIW, when SV Tech did their bit to get my van back to the manufacturer's 3.85 tonnes from the 3.5 tonnes a previous owner had downplated it to, they also supplied a supplementary VIN plate to be stuck near the original or on the driver-side B pillar if not enough room by the original VIN. From this, I suspect that you need to fit a supplementary plate rather than replace the original. HTH, Geoff

 

[Tezza33]

do you need the plate or does carrying the V5 enough ?

When I uprated mine from 3.4 to 3.7 I was given a new VIN plate (not metal) and SvTech did say that it had to be fixed on the vehicle where it could be seen if anyone wanted to see it, I was told that I didn't need to remove the original

 

[Wooie1958]

I was under impression that a correct VIN plate was needed on the vehicle and each one supersedes the others.

I have 3, the original Peugeot one showing 3,500kg, next to it is the ALKO one showing 3,850kg when it was uprated at conversion manufacture and on the drivers wheel arch ( no more room on the slam panel ) the SVTech one from when i uprated it to keep it legal and within the MTLPM.