Weight saving ideas - dual purpose "stuff"

[REC]

Skillet and a wok are all you should need for cooking. I got rid of fry pan, all my baking tins and a mixing bowl. Use wok or skillet to mix in.
Cushions out ....pillows dual purpose. Have a couple of stronger fabric covers for daytime.
Swimming microfibre towels
Extra crockery is melamine, just a set of two China for us ( my preference, have seen some lovely melamine lately though)
Tetra packs of wine or decant into a plastic bottle from glass once opened.
Fewer shoes!! Mine not Dave's
Fewer clothes!! -----""-------"""-----
I suppose it all helps

 

[REC]

Ruthless eh

Pots and pans.... sling out. Buy as much canned grub as possible, you can heat beans and the like in the
opened can. Dehydrated food when you fancy a slap up feed, but only after a can or 2 becomes available.
Toaster, ridiculous item, bread can be toasted over stove stuck on the end of a lightweight aluminium camping fork.
Kettle? What's wrong with an empty bean can.
Cups, yep the old bean can does it.
Fridge, out it goes. With canned food only carried, it's entirely unnecessary.

Could go on with suggesting more weight saving tips, but I have an idea they won't be appreciated!

I can see that there will be a fair bit of weight loss happening on this diet! It would help with the van weight though!
Maybe just eat out!

 

[Byronic]

Maybe just eat out!

Only feasible within the first few days out on a wildcamping trip, the lack of
water for personal hygiene purposes, and no change of clothes means
the only place you're likely to be welcome at is a roadside layby al fresco joint!

 

[REC]

Only feasible within the first few days out on a wildcamping trip, the lack of
water for personal hygiene purposes, and no change of clothes means
the only place you're likely to be welcome at is a roadside layby al fresco

::raofl::raofl::raofl:

I did say " fewer clothes" ...I usually overestimate and Dave underestimates!
Wet wipes solve some of the personal hygiene/ lack of water issue!
There's always drive through fast food if really desperate!

 

[izwozral]

These are really good, bigger, cheaper & wetter than Pitroks 10 x Clinell(R) Bedbath Bed Bath Patient Wipes (Pack of 8) Moisturising Bathing Wipes Rinse-Free Bathing Solution Cleansing and Refreshing (Total 80 Wipes): Amazon.co.uk: Health & Personal Care

 

[delicagirl]

These are really good, bigger, cheaper & wetter than Pitroks 10 x Clinell(R) Bedbath Bed Bath Patient Wipes (Pack of 8) Moisturising Bathing Wipes Rinse-Free Bathing Solution Cleansing and Refreshing (Total 80 Wipes): Amazon.co.uk: Health & Personal Care

i dont really feel "thanks" is appropriate for this izzy - its such an "old" persons thing... i aint there yet !!!!

 

[izwozral]

Ignore the name, they are a good way to freshen up.

 

[Nabsim]

Ignore the name, they are a good way to freshen up.

Caz got some bit they were rebadged as festival wet wipes or something, takes the old stigma away haha

 

[linkshouse]

These are really good, bigger, cheaper & wetter than Pitroks 10 x Clinell(R) Bedbath Bed Bath Patient Wipes (Pack of 8) Moisturising Bathing Wipes Rinse-Free Bathing Solution Cleansing and Refreshing (Total 80 Wipes): Amazon.co.uk: Health & Personal Care

These look grea, definitely going to order some.

Check these out though (related item) - No Rinse Waterless Shampoo Caps - Triple Pack: Amazon.co.uk: Beauty

 

[delicagirl]

These look grea, definitely going to order some.

Check these out though (related item) - No Rinse Waterless Shampoo Caps - Triple Pack: Amazon.co.uk: Beauty

it sounds useful if you have a microwave to heat them in - i dont have one in the house or van

 

[davep10000]

Perhaps back on track for your original question...

Whats the GVW / Unladen weight for your Delica L300?

On mine, its GVW is 2560Kg, with unladen 2230Kg (1040Kg front, 1190kg rear) - giving a load capacity of 330Kg.

I would imagine your GVW would be very similar to mine.

Dave.

 

[rockape]

Ruthless eh?

Nitrogen in the tyres, air out.
Weigh wheels change to steel if alloys are lighter, or vice versa.
Spare wheel, out it goes, along with the jack and tools.
Run on bald tyres, tread weighs kgs.
Balance weights (if any) remove.
Keep oils and coolant at minimum levels.
Any radio, or headset dedicated satnav.etc, out, you can get everything via internet on the phone.
As for books? well enough said.
Carry only as much fuel as strictly necessary, phone will show fuel stations at destination.
Carry no water, with a bit of planning bound to be a supermarket source at journeys end,
might as well remove the water tank itself.
Grey water tank, out that goes, hose or basin (bean can better) straight out on wherever.
Leisure battery, obviously out, the starter will be more than enough.

Pots and pans.... sling out. Buy as much canned grub as possible, you can heat beans and the like in the
opened can. Dehydrated food when you fancy a slap up feed, but only after a can or 2 becomes available.
Toaster, ridiculous item, bread can be toasted over stove stuck on the end of a lightweight aluminium camping fork.
Kettle? What's wrong with an empty bean can.
Cups, yep the old bean can does it.
Fridge, out it goes. With canned food only carried, it's entirely unnecessary.

Could go on with suggesting more weight saving tips, but I have an idea they won't be appreciated!

Your hardly trying to fly a B17 back to an airfield after enemy action over Germany.
By the way ,you have forgotten all of the machine guns, dingys and radio set.

 

[delicagirl]

Perhaps back on track for your original question...

Whats the GVW / Unladen weight for your Delica L300?

On mine, its GVW is 2560Kg, with unladen 2230Kg (1040Kg front, 1190kg rear) - giving a load capacity of 330Kg.

I would imagine your GVW would be very similar to mine.

Dave.

hi dave i had a huge thread going on here 2-3 years ago about my van's weight as it was not plated when i bought it. SVTech plaed it at GVW 2600 GTW 3500 Axle1 1150 Axle2 1450 Revenue weight 2600. i got my figures from mitsubishi in japan eventually as i could find nothing in the van or log book at all.

 

[davep10000]

I guess if yours is 2600 GVW, and its a bigger van than mine, you wont have much headroom for payload...
Dave.

 

[delicagirl]

I guess if yours is 2600 GVW, and its a bigger van than mine, you wont have much headroom for payload...
Dave.

i pretty well filled the van over the weekend - with full water/fuel/toilet cistern tanks, food, "stuff" and took it to the weighbridge. it weighed 2540kgs without me in it. So i am am dead chuffed... all the weighing/removing/reweighing seems to be worth it.

Does anyone have the definitive answer to this please? When VOSA weigh you - do they weigh the van with driver or without driver? Is there a +/- figure for tolerance ?

 

[delicagirl]

Assuming that you do plan to drive it, why on earth would i be going to all this bother if i was not going to drive it ?




your weight should be included.

The margin is probably 5%, but how can you be sure the weighbridge you used is more accurate than that? The margin is to allow for such errors, not to push your luck.

no one can know if the weighbridge is accurate can they? unless they have scientific measuring equipment blah blah - all i can do is work with the numbers they give me.

 

[mark61]

The margin is 5%, and thats where fines start too.
Don't forget axle weights.

Yes, van will be weighed with driver and any passengers.

 

[bobj808]

I have a Chausson with L shaped seating (with walkway between) which converts to front bed with a pull out plywood base from one of the couches. The table converts the other part in front of the other couch into the additional bed base. The table weighs a ton (well 15kgs) and is a nuisance to unclip, fold the leg and drop it down to bedbase level. I bought black square steel tubing and knock in L corner joiners (also steel covered in plastic) and a piece of 12mm ply from B and Q (cut to size for free) All bolted up and slides out from under the couch base easy peasy. Used this weekend and does the same job table used to for £30 and weight saving of more than 10 kgs including cheap lightweight table kept in boot. MH looks much more spacious as well. Just finished some led strips as well running off 4 zone remote. Smart. Bob

 

[delicagirl]

I have a Chausson with L shaped seating (with walkway between) which converts to front bed with a pull out plywood base from one of the couches. The table converts the other part in front of the other couch into the additional bed base. The table weighs a ton (well 15kgs) and is a nuisance to unclip, fold the leg and drop it down to bedbase level. I bought black square steel tubing and knock in L corner joiners (also steel covered in plastic) and a piece of 12mm ply from B and Q (cut to size for free) All bolted up and slides out from under the couch base easy peasy. Used this weekend and does the same job table used to for £30 and weight saving of more than 10 kgs including cheap lightweight table kept in boot. MH looks much more spacious as well. Just finished some led strips as well running off 4 zone remote. Smart. Bob

what a great idea - next time i go to the van i will measure the table width and see if i can do something very similar as i have a plywood base under one of my lounge seats which might suffice.....

 

[wildebus]

depending on how much you are remodelling, this type of pull-out setup is popular in Campers and is very DIY-able....




These are using straight planks of wood for slats. Much lighter then solid sheet of ply to carry around and also move around when making up and closing up bed. (I prefer to use bed slats from IKEA however. Very light and strong and have that little curve for extra bounce and strength).