Pro’s and con’s of up- plating

[Ralph Hardwick]

Thank everyone. This is all excellent info. It’s sounds a bit of a no-brainer really. So, apart from having to avoid the toll roads, that I probably would have avoided anyway, in Austria and possibly having to shout at a french toll machine occasionally there isn’t really a down side.

As I said the lower speed limits don’t phase me and, in the long run, will save fuel.

I presume insurance isn’t an issue?

 

[mikebeaches]

Quite a few small French villages have a 3,500kg weight limit, but I'm not sure if anybody is likely to challenge you in a 6-metre van.

 

[Garratt]

Just a quick thought to add to the discussion. Do you have children that may want to use the MH. This is what is making me hold off from uplating our new PVC.

 

[Ralph Hardwick]

Just a quick thought to add to the discussion. Do you have children that may want to use the MH. This is what is making me hold off from uplating our new PVC.

Have you met my kids!!!

Seriously though, that is a good thought. Fortunately all my kids have kids of their own. The layouts we prefer are all strictly 2 berth, so they wouldn’t find it practical.

It allows us to be very selfish with good justification

 

[Tude]

When I’ve seen the 3.5t signs it relates to goods vehicles not camping cars .

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[Peregrinator]

My first post, so please be gently .

In the new year we are planning on buying our first motorhome. At the time of purchase the dealer can up-plate the van from 3500 kg to 3650kg for £99.

The motohome we want has a fairly respectable payload (well over 500kg) but I just wanted to explore the options and see if it was a worthwhile addition or not.

Pro’s
I am aware that the road tax is lower.
Obviously we can carry more ‘stuff’ ( not necessarily a good thing ), but more importantly we won’t have to worry so much about what we do carry.

Con’s
It limited the market to C1 drivers when we come to sell it ( unless we down- plate it). We do plan to keep it for quite a long time so this may be less of an issue in the short term.
I know there are issues when I get over 70, but I’m only 58, so I still have while before I have to worry about it.

There are just two of us, and it’s just a 2 seat, 2 berth and we plan to spend, at least, 3-6 months each year touring the UK, EU, Scandinavia and possible North Africa and some of the Adriatic states including Turkey.

Are there any other for’s And against’s that you lovelies are aware of?

Ta very much.

Does that 500Kg include fully loaded? I doubt it.

 

[AlanF1]

Recently had our Burstner up-plated from 3500 when, with just two of us on board with dog (no water in tanks and with a reasonable amount of truck in the garage), we had it weighed and to my surprise the result was 3460. So it was straight onto Van Weight Engineering (half the price of SV Tech) and in the matter of two and a bit weeks (with a good turnaround from DVLA) we are now at 3650.

My advice is just do it.

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