110 van mot

Redhand , Trewey, so if i buy a yank tank camper weighing 6500kg's it can be a class 4 (car mot) but a 110 weighing less than 2000 kgs come's in at a class 7 (commercial mot) just don't make sense , and seems daft to some (me).

So,that's cleared that up then?

andrew j said:

Redhand , Trewey, so if i buy a yank tank camper weighing 6500kg's it can be a class 4 (car mot) but a 110 weighing less than 2000 kgs come's in at a class 7 (commercial mot) just don't make sense , and seems daft to some (me).

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Yep it's about type of use not size of vehicle.. Beasties mate has just bought a London Routemaster double decker bus, that he's gonna use as a mobile bar It's taxed as a PLG and he can drive it on his normal car licence.

andrew j said:

baffling , so in "theory" you could down rate the springs bringing it in to a lower weight limit thus allowing a class 4 mot ?

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Don't even have to do that. just change the weights on the plating, & inform DVLA of new plating weight. job done. but if ya exceed those weights ya fooked for overloading..

I have weighed mine several times ( weighing metal in) and i can guarantee a 90 is a smidge over 2640kg

WANTED :: SKATE BOARD for use by a skinny bugger !!!

shows just how easy it is to fall foul of the law , just by owning a Land rover

chunkymunky said:

I have weighed mine several times ( weighing metal in) and i can guarantee a 90 is a smidge over 2640kg

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Is it fook it's a smidge over 1400kg empty. with you and a tank of fuel plus tools etc it might reach 1640KG but no way it'll reach 2640Kg.

chunkymunky said:

I have weighed mine several times ( weighing metal in) and i can guarantee a 90 is a smidge over 2640kg

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redhand said:

Is it fook it's a smidge over 1400kg empty. with you and a tank of fuel plus tools etc it might reach 1640KG but no way it'll reach 2640Kg.

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Lol,looks like you bin ripped off by the scrappies.........several times.Go back an ask fer compensation, I'm sure they will be reasonable!

redhand said:

Yep it's about type of use not size of vehicle.. Beasties mate has just bought a London Routemaster double decker bus, that he's gonna use as a mobile bar It's taxed as a PLG and he can drive it on his normal car licence.

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Some years ago I set up an AEC Regent 5 double decker bus for MoT.

Nine and a half litre straight six lump. Used as an advertising "tool" for the Rhondda Heritage Park, and not for carrying passengers it was class 5.
Filled the garage with smoke when I started it, but somehow it passed the emissions test too.

It was built in 1963 so classed as a "classic" vehicle and therefore tax exempt.

Provided fewer than 16 non-paying passengers were on board I was able to drive it on an ordinary driving licence.

Special build for Rhondda Transport, seven foot six wide instead of eight feet and a close ratio gearbox especially for the narrow, hilly roads in the valleys.

On a humerous note, I did once have a police escort up through the Rhondda Valley, but then the mayor, councillors and the council mace were on board.

actual weights ere

How much does a Land Rover weigh

Kerb weights

90 soft top 1643 Kg

90 pick up 1661 Kg

90 hard top 1685 Kg

90 station wagon 1727 Kg

110 soft top 1742 Kg

110 pick up 1743 Kg

110 hard top 1796 Kg

110 station wagon 1906 Kg

110 high capacity pick up 1859 Kg.

brian47 said:

Some years ago I set up an AEC Regent 5 double decker bus for MoT.

Nine and a half litre straight six lump. Used as an advertising "tool" for the Rhondda Heritage Park, and not for carrying passengers it was class 5.
Filled the garage with smoke when I started it, but somehow it passed the emissions test too.

It was built in 1963 so classed as a "classic" vehicle and therefore tax exempt.

Provided fewer than 16 non-paying passengers were on board I was able to drive it on an ordinary driving licence.

Special build for Rhondda Transport, seven foot six wide instead of eight feet and a close ratio gearbox especially for the narrow, hilly roads in the valleys.

On a humerous note, I did once have a police escort up through the Rhondda Valley, but then the mayor, councillors and the council mace were on board.

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Mate had an EYMS Beverley Bar bus. Nope not a mobile bar this time. Baverley Bar is the gateway into beverley town/village and the roofs and upper decks had to be sloped and domed to allow the bus to fit thru the gateway.

We used to love taking my mates Scamell Explorer "motorhome" fer its mot. That had a big Gardner! Ansum.

Turboman said:

We used to love taking my mates Scamell Explorer "motorhome" fer its mot. That had a big Gardner! Ansum.

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was it a former tank transporter type beasty ? , i like the old trucks and buses something about them

andrew j said:

was it a former tank transporter type beasty ? , i like the old trucks and buses something about them

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How the fook should I know?

blue beasty said:

How the fook should I know?

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