Hobby Premium Drive 70GE for sale

I have had my C1 licence taken from me because of a health problem, so now I must reluctantly sell our fabulous van. I've tried to find a fair price for her but there isn't a single van of the same model for sale anywhere in the UK. I don't imagine it would be much under £45k. 2014 and 69K miles. One very careful owner from new, fsh mechanical and habitation. This is the same as[url=

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http://www.dicklanemotorhomes….e-2014.pdf

This shows a payload of 329kg on a 3500kg GVW

So sorry to hear this news Nick. I hope you sell quickly, it’s a beautiful van having seen it first hand.
Have you looked at any 3500kg vans that you like? I’d imagine your van would trade in very well as it is a desirable marque.

I doubt it, we weighed it empty, around six years ago and she was 3.20 t.

I've noticed that on some other models and could never figure out how there could be such a difference in weights. Chassis? Build materials? Mine is plated 4.25 and weighs 3.20 empty.
I was really surprised that a year younger one than mine went for £39.

In the ADAC magazine a few years ago there was an article about overweight motorhomes (very common)
In the article, they mentioned that up to 5% overweight was ignored by the police and you can go on your way without having to reduce the load.
5% > 10% was a fixed fine, over 10% > 15% a bigger fine over 15% bigger fine plus penalty points. If over the 5% excess load must be removed at the checkpoint to bring the vehicle back to its plated GVW.
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Going on the above a 3,500kg GVW running at 3,675kg wouldn't cause problems. although I don't know the policy of the PSNI or UK police services.

IN effect there is no difference most converters will now make the MAM 3500kg or less so that it makes it available to more drivers and a lot could be uprated by a couple of hundred kgs or so. I see that the 3500kg version comes with 329kg which is about standard these days and bears out what you have found, dont forget anything fixed e.g. awning, Sat Dish, towbar, gas bottles added all weigh quite a bit to you empty van and so 300kg for persons and personal goods I feel is still good.

Its what you want/need to take and I think that depends on each person what they perceive they want, for example we have friends who bring out massive padded chairs which between them weigh over 50kgs more than the in a bag type we use. Not saying who is right or wrong, I have no idea what you take but getting it down to below 300kg should not be a problem for non fixed items and that is all you are talking about (including passengers), even if you decided to downsize you might be in the same position as you will have less room to store stuff in a smaller van,
IF you would prefer to keep your lovely van why dont you fully load her and get her down to the weighbridge again and with all passengers in half full water tank get her weight again you might find it easy to put her on a diet by looking at what you take.

So having waffled on still really depends on how much you want to keep her.

Would not like to be in your shoes so best of luck hope to meet up if we ever get over again
David

Does anybody really know of a motorhomer that has been stopped by police and then taken to a weighbridge and weighed?
I certainly do not know of anyone.

I came across this company this morning might be worthwhile to give them a call. this from their advert.
We have replated several camper vans recently where the vehicle length or GVW ( Gross Vehicle Weight ) etc. did not match the vehicle for various reasons.

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Registered address:
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i would search all reasons and ways to keep your hobby as it prob took you a long time to find the right van for you, so take the same amount of time before you change it,sorry just a thought

There are occasions when ordering a new van that you can specify a heavy chassis which is if I remember right 4.2t, this may be the case with Nicks van, it may be fitted with a heavy chassis and probably can’t get down to 3.5t .

Most heavy chassis based Motorhomes come with 16” wheels while a lot of the 3.5t ones are on 15” wheels

I was more anxious about insurance cover. Surely if I don't have C1 for driving over 3.5 t, it's the same as driving unaccompanied as a learner driver??? No licence no insurance surely.

Sadly I've no idea what, Standard is 5x 118, Maxi is 5x 130 means. Can you enlighten me please? I do have 16 inch wheels though.

The diameter of the hole in the centre of the wheel will tell you.

If it is approx 71 mm then you have 5x118 wheels

If it is approx 78 mm then you have 5x130 wheels

These dimensions are also the distances between the centres of 2 adjacent studs for the two wheel types