well that was a squeeze..

[PhilG]

Need to get a couple of bikes back to Germany, but also need to take 3 push bikes... wasnt optimistic, but we did a test load today and it went in, much to my surprise, still a load more to pack in round it, but at least we have a chance.

 

[Minxy]

Hate to tell you this but you're missing a wheel!

What's your rear axle loading like?

 

[dave newell]

Never mind rear axle load, most garages in motorhome s have anywhere between 100 and 200 it's load capacity. High probability the two motorbikes exceed the garage weight capacity.

D.

 

[PhilG]

Hate to tell you this but you're missing a wheel!

What's your rear axle loading like?

they are all under the floor.. not sure where all the stuff i took out will go though.

No idea, buts its a Tag, it is what it is.

 

[PhilG]

Never mind rear axle load, most garages in motorhome s have anywhere between 100 and 200 it's load capacity. High probability the two motorbikes exceed the garage weight capacity.

D.

Its a full length chassis, if you cant put 300kg in it, there is summat wrong..

I have never seen any quoted figures for garage load, on any spec sheet, where do you get that figure from , out of interest.

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[dave newell]

From experience. Many but not all garage motorhomes have a weight limit sticker near a garage door. I didn't say hours is overloaded but it may be, surely it's worth checking?

D.

 

[Granjan]

Not preaching but might make others think, when we loaded our Burstner Elegance 810 with 2 electric bikes, an inflatable kayak, usual camping chairs, table, spare wheel and toolbox we were well over on the rear axel weight and 20k over on the weight overall, tanks were half empty and we hadn't finished packing! We took out loads of pointless tins etc, travelled with just 20% water, re-distributed what we could and ultimately swapped for a heavier chassis motorhome.
Big garage tempts you to fill it but you dont necesarily have the weight capacity! It will help if you are both light weight people. Worst case scenario is that you are unstable, have an accident, someone gets hurt and you also invalidate your insurance.
Bet you wish you had never posted picture, hope you can sort it somehow.

 

[PhilG]

From experience. Many but not all garage motorhomes have a weight limit sticker near a garage door. I didn't say hours is overloaded but it may be, surely it's worth checking?

D.

I appreciate you are a pro, but as an engineer, i look at the bed above , that has a single 40mm beam held in place with 6 40mm screws, and a 10mm thick lip screwed to the wall around it , that hasnt collapsed yet with 200kg bouncing round on top of it.

i am aware that some of the smaller vans have a garage floor made of paper, which is why we didnt buy them .

In the absence of a sticker , or anything in the spec sheets, i guess their thinking is the same as mine.

No way to check , will be leaving stuff out like spare gas and not filling the water so thats one bike accounted for, and there is only 2 of us, but it is what it is.

 

[Puddleduck]

I have never seen any quoted figures for garage load, on any spec sheet, where do you get that figure from , out of interest.

Ours has a sticker, 150kg I think. It's because the chassis under the garage is an Al-Ko extension and if it was overloaded I am guessing it might snap where it joins the original. The bed isn't fixed to the floor of the chassis extension, it has it's own frame that ties back into the main chassis.

The kayaks go on the roof rack and the fixing / loading points for the roof rack were strengthened during manufacture because they knew we would be carrying the kayaks on the roof. Because it was "custom built" we had to wait a bit longer than expected for the van

We have a spreadsheet with all the weights of garage stuff on so that we can decide what to load and where. We also do a weighbridge test if setting off on a long trip fully loaded.

 

[PhilG]

Ours has a sticker, 150kg I think. It's because the chassis under the garage is an Al-Ko extension and if it was overloaded I am guessing it might snap where it joins the original. The bed isn't fixed to the floor of the chassis extension, it has it's own frame that ties back into the main chassis.

The kayaks go on the roof rack and the fixing / loading points for the roof rack were strengthened during manufacture because they knew we would be carrying the kayaks on the roof. Because it was "custom built" we had to wait a bit longer than expected for the van

We have a spreadsheet with all the weights of garage stuff on so that we can decide what to load and where. We also do a weighbridge test if setting off on a long trip fully loaded.

Is it a drop floor in the garage?

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[Puddleduck]

Is it a drop floor in the garage?

Sorry, i don't know what you mean by a drop floor in the garage.

 

[PhilG]

Sorry, i don't know what you mean by a drop floor in the garage.

Is it the same level as the rest of the floor in the van , or is it dropped lower?

 

[Puddleduck]

Is it the same level as the rest of the floor in the van , or is it dropped lower?

I think it is dropped lower

 

[PhilG]

I think it is dropped lower

That is why the load is less , because its not a continuation of the main chassis as such, and it isn't properly triangulated to take loads.

 

[Puddleduck]

That is why the load is less , because its not a continuation of the main chassis as such, and it isn't properly triangulated to take loads.

What I sort of said here:

It's because the chassis under the garage is an Al-Ko extension

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