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We got weighed in Austria when we had a Flair (N & B) we were well underweight.
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Yet they cannot manage to stop robberies on the same peages??the French police had set up after the Péage booth.
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Perhaps they're looking at the best use of their resources. If there is a link between accidents and being overloaded reducing it could save lives a lot more important than robberies.Yet they cannot manage to stop robberies on the same peages??
I've never heard of DIY motorhome scales. I would be very interested to know more about the Berger system.I just bought a weighing gizmo from Berger here in France that purports to be quite accurate doing one wheel at a time.
These Reich ones have a decent reputationI've never heard of DIY motorhome scales. I would be very interested to know more about the Berger system.
On the N10, going south, after Mansle Charente, is a closed - off Lay by used exclusively by the Gendarmes for checking trucks. During July and August there are frequent Motorhome/Caravan inspections carried out with portable scales, the vast majority of the vehicles are French. Never seen anything left behind, presumably it is all removed when they leave.
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Nice one. I’d have done the same.We were weighed by French police a couple of years ago whilst travelling along an urban dual carriageway.
I handed over all of our documents including base vehicle paperwork, conversion paperwork, certificate of conformity….everything.
We run at 3500kg, although with no modifications but the correct paperwork we can run at 3850kg.
Our Hymer was almost fully fuelled and we had a lot of fresh water in the tank.
The gendarmes told us we were under weight ………..I think they might have been wrong !
We didn’t ask how much we weighed , just drove off and didn’t look back.
I’ll report back when I use them. I’m also curious. Seem similar in theory to the pads they used to weigh my plane but a lot less expensive.I've never heard of DIY motorhome scales. I would be very interested to know more about the Berger system.
No they take the 'idle wasters' approach which is easiest.Same as they do in most countries.Perhaps they're looking at the best use of their resources. If there is a link between accidents and being overloaded reducing it could save lives a lot more important than robberies.
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Frog plates? Not very PC and we do have French members!Yikes. Sounds intensive. Wonder if they target foreign plates? I’m on Frog plates me.
The VIN plate on your motorhome gives you the maximum axle weights you can load up to but there is also a total weight which is usually a bit less than adding the axle weights. If you are allowed a maximum weight of over 3500kg according to the VIN plate you will be driving a Heavy Goods Vehicle but your licence should be fine for that.Sorry for the basic question. What IS the weight limit, and does it depend on the driver's licence? We've both had full UK licences since the 1980s.
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