Van weight.

[Squiffy]

Just as a matter of interest, I had my Volvo and van MoT'd today and I asked the tester to give me the front axle and rear axel weights for the van, which did not hold any surprises front was 1842kg and the rear was 1784kg all fine. But then I thought I wonder how many people realise that their vehicle weight is recorded on an MoT, the axel weights are recorded for the brake testing but it does not show on the supplied MoT test certificate but ofcourse these weights are all recorded and sent to the DVSA, so if you are over loaded on one or both axles the DVSA if they wish could use that info to send to the stop and test teams around the country, so when your pulled over they would already suspect that you are over weight, the moral of the story is " You have been warned " .Phil

 

[HTF]

Over here, if overweight, it won't pass the inspection

 

[Duckato]

@Squiffy
Ironically identical post cropped up on FB today so I asked a group expert who is an mot tester,
Not all garages have roller that measure weight it isn’t mandatory also the rollers are not certificated for accuracy.

I doubt the info would be of any use to the DVLA as is.

 

[zamirmewelld]

Just as a matter of interest, I had my Volvo and van MoT'd today and I asked the tester to give me the front axle and rear axel weights for the van, which did not hold any surprises front was 1842kg and the rear was 1784kg all fine. But then I thought I wonder how many people realise that their vehicle weight is recorded on an MoT, the axel weights are recorded for the brake testing but it does not show on the supplied MoT test certificate but ofcourse these weights are all recorded and sent to the DVSA, so if you are over loaded on one or both axles the DVSA if they wish could use that info to send to the stop and test teams around the country, so when your pulled cars over they would already suspect that you are over weight, the moral of the story is " You have been warned " .Phil

Yes i see this

 

[Duckato]

In addition to my post above there’s a suppri amount of people either too ignorant to realise or more likely, knowingly, driving vans plated > 3500kg without a C1 licence

I regularly seem them pleading ignorance across multiple FB groups seeming reassurance they won’t get caught etc.
They obviously do get away with it, DVSA roadside checks are very far and few between.

What most don’t realise is if they aren’t licensed to drive the van then their insurance is also invalid because they’ve made a false declaration when buying the contract.

I've had two vans leave here on the back of flat bed trucks because after discussing it with the nieve but honest owners they realised they had no other choice. Women buying ex Ambulances from dishonest traders especially seem to get caught out by this.

I even had one guy turn up, only passed his test a week earlier, no C1 no Mot, no VED, no insurance and fake weight plates on Van plated >3500kg, he had been totally suckered by the crooked trader he bought his van from ( who told him everything was in the post including insurance) and was probably the most gullible person I have ever encountered!

His van was also in an unsafe state it would not have passed an mot , so it was a good thing his also went home on a flat bed