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We have a new 'Penalty Point Offence' on the Emerald Isle now and it refers to overloading a vehicle and it states that ....

'Anyone convicted for driving a vehicle that exceeds the permitted weight will be given three penalty points and could face a fine of up to €300'

So, what is the permitted weight of a vehicle? Google is, of course, your friend and the permitted weight referred to is the weights specified by the manufacturer. In the case of a Diesel Syncro the GVW is 2500kgs. I have read a number of times on here where people refer to their 'all up weight' as being 3 tonnes. Well guess what? Thats 500kgs over the limit so when you are buying uprated springs so you can carry extra weight etc just remember that the GVW is still the same!

Now while this new offence is aimed at the pikeys who overload their Transits, it tars everyone with the same brush so how heavy is your Syncro?

I'd assumed you'd cleansed Your beautiful island of the ethnic travelling minority ( pc or what )!!?? as they all seem to be over here!!

I would only carry my mixer and about 20 bags of cement/ballast in my working panel (I do a fair amount of fencing where

the Syncro's traction is supreme ) Had a 110 landy before and it was pants!!

2,200kg empty if I remember correctly

Lee

..lee.. wrote:2,200kg empty if I remember correctly

Lee

1540kgs for an empty van and 1850kgs for a hi top joker

Get the power washer out lee .... !!

How come I cant use 'Snagit' on this forum?

Well when I say empty I mean with twin spare wheels recovery kit ect full tank of fuel ect. Just not family a d clothes

Lee

1780kgs on the bridge at my local scrapyard...but that's with the missus sat in it! Vw hi top panel van with 3 extra windows and nothing inside at all.

max and caddy wrote:1780kgs on the bridge at my local scrapyard...but that's with the missus sat in it! Vw hi top panel van with 3 extra windows and nothing inside at all.

Let me do the calcs ...... 1780kgs - 1540kgs = nearly eight and a half stone .....

syncropaddy wrote:

max and caddy wrote:1780kgs on the bridge at my local scrapyard...but that's with the missus sat in it! Vw hi top panel van with 3 extra windows and nothing inside at all.

Let me do the calcs ...... 1780kgs - 1540kgs = nearly eight and a half stone .....

She's happy with that!

1980kg last time mine was on a weighbridge, with me sat in it.

So where are all these 3 tonne Syncros then?

My doka was 2160kg on a weigh bridge somewhere in Norway, incl driver, the vindic on the back and loaded up for 3 weeks of travelling.

Weighed mine today - 2220Kg!
Which doesn't leave much by the time 2 people, luggage, beer and food is added.
I did have 1/2 tank of petrol, 3 batteries, a compressor fridge and a 1/2 full LPG 100l tank, modest toolkit and usual syncronauts spares on-board.
No sink, no fresh water, no bicycles, no front bash plate.

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All of which pretty well reinforces the conclusions of this topic, that I put up a while back:

https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... 26&start=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A syncro Westy is really only good for 2 adults on a longer trip. Add in kids and clobber/tat and you're dangerously close to the GVW.

Tow a trailer and stay legal!

syncropaddy wrote:Funny how a topic eventually comes back around. I wonder will anyone actually take any notice this time?

My 2wd Westy worries me!
Never mind a Syncro.
60 litre tank on a 2wd 60kg give or take.
90kg ish per adult
55l of water, another 55kg there abouts..
Doesn't leave much left for kids or baggage never mind bikes and that. Yet, you see these displeasuredrives with their chipboard interiors loaded up to the gunnels with all manner of stuff happily killing off their 1.9 dg...

For those who like to trawl though endless digitized brochures, go to vw-pix.org and look for the word "Zuladung" which is the available payload, for passengers and cargo.
Leergewicht (kerbweight) mit fahrer (driver) und voller kraftstofftank (full fuel tank) is the other key phrase.
Gesamtgewicht is the GVW.

The 1989 Westy Atlantic allegedly had 600 kg to play with according to the German brochure.