Could a car take 1/2 a ton in the back?

Premier_2

Get ready to be surprised & delighted (as Ford would term it )

Current weight data of mondeo here:

http://www2.fordconnection.com/fordconnection/multimedia/gbr_en/00q/yyb/gbr_en00qyybmodelspc.htm

All >500kg (unless I missed one) and generally about 600kg.


Current weight data for Focus here:

http://www2.fordconnection.com/fordconnection/multimedia/gbr_en/001/yyb/gbr_en001yybweightspc.htm

You'll see that even most Focuses have a difference in GVM to kerbweight of about 500kg or more (but a few variants are a little bit under that)

Note that kerbweights also include weight of driver (based on 75kg).

computershack

Premier wrote: »

Get ready to be surprised & delighted (as Ford would term it )

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Err, no. The point you are all missing is that it isn't just about the gross vehicle weights but also THE INDIVIDUAL AXLE WEIGHT LIMITS. It is possible to be under the gross weight but overweight on an axle and you would be penalised exactly the same as you would for a gross overload.

I would think that with a difference of the kerb weight and gross weight of 600kg, it would be virtually impossible to put 500kg over the back axle and still be at or under the axle weight.

reduceditem

What a load of jessies!

Of course you can throw 500kg in there!

Premier_2

computershack wrote: »

Err, no. The point you are all missing is that it isn't just about the gross vehicle weights but also THE INDIVIDUAL AXLE WEIGHT LIMITS. It is possible to be under the gross weight but overweight on an axle and you would be penalised exactly the same as you would for a gross overload.

I would think that with a difference of the kerb weight and gross weight of 600kg, it would be virtually impossible to put 500kg over the back axle and still be at or under the axle weight.

I'll say no more.;)
(Why isn't there a 'smug git' smilie when you want one?)

Premier wrote: »

..I don't have the maximum permitted axle weights to hand, but you would need to consider these too. i.e distribute the weight so as not to exceed them...

computershack

reduceditem wrote: »

What a load of jessies!

Of course you can throw 500kg in there!

Depends if you want to risk a £1000 fine for overloading the axle.

Someone did that in a car which got pulled into a place I was working at as we had an axle weighbridge. The rear of the car was well down and it was obvious to anyone it was overloaded. They had to arrange someone to come in another vehicle to take some of the stuff.

Premier_2

Premier wrote: »

If the back seat is down, then the maximum permitted occupancy of a Mondeo is driver plus 1 passenger ...

Before someone else suggests it, you could have two passengers if you only put part of the split rear seat down

27col

I saw an overloaded builders van the other day and the police had made the driver shovel out onto the grass verge a huge pile of sand that was the cause of the overload. I don't know if he got fined, but all the inconvenience must have cost him a few quid.

Wig

As I said, make full use of the front passenger area. Obviously if it looks unevevenly loaded from the outside, you're doing something wrong

PasturesNew

I put 1/3rd of a ton in the back of a punto once... I drove slowly, worried the tyres would go pop.

It was some blocks that I wanted to use to edge my land. Each one weighed a lot more than I thought.

I'd not recommend doing it again... and certainly not in a built up or busy area. I was in the countryside on a quiet day.

DaveMacD

Get a pick-up Then you don't have to worry