Thread: Stan the van (With Gav & Jan)

Originally Posted by Homestar

Thanks mate, yes 5000Kg GVM so an LR licence is required to drive it. Last time I weighed it it came in at 4,600 ish but I've added and subtracted lots since then so no idea where we've ended up - first trip will be past a weighbridge to check that.

My Partner makes sure everything is buttoned down tight before driving anywhere - even if I'm just turning it around in the driveway.

Good thing Gav,
otherwise everything in the back goes past your head in the unfortunate situation where the old girl
comes to an unexpected sudden stop.
Let a few pound out of the tires before you run it over the weighbridge.
I always do it when i am registering a trailer, that way the registration fee is cheaper.
It's an old trick i learnt many years ago and not many have cottoned onto it, so keep it to yourself.

Cheers, Mick.

Body is seperate to the cab, it’s not a walk through, so it would be more listening to everything clattering around if that happened.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Body is seperate to the cab, it’s not a walk through, so it would be more listening to everything clattering around if that happened.

Wouldn't you be a tad apprehensive opening a rear door in case all the kit a Caboodle came tumbling out & you could find yourself up to your ears in teacups, Dunny Rolls, Micro-oven, dunny pan & all the extra gear you've added?



How does letting air out of trailer tyres reduce the weight?
I know I know, I'll regret asking that question.

Originally Posted by 4bee

How does letting air out of trailer tyres reduce the weight?
I know I know, I'll regret asking that question.

Thinking exactly the same thing. Unless it’s seperate axle sets on the plate at a time

Everything’s buttoned down quite well and nothing catastrophic has happened so far even with the odd heavy brake application.

No idea about the reduced tyre pressures to be honest - I hadn’t heard of that one before.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Thinking exactly the same thing. Unless it’s seperate axle sets on the plate at a time

The Logic & Physics escape me for a mo but then I am only a simple Rhodes Scholar.



Maybe Mick will elaborate, or I just know I won't sleep tonight.



I would have thought filling them with Helium would have helped. (TiC)


Although re-thinking that, it could appear a tad dodgy if the trailer hit the weighbridge floating 6' off the ground behind the towing vehicle.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Thinking exactly the same thing. Unless it’s seperate axle sets on the plate at a time

I think you might have hit the nail on the head Mike, but it would have to be a 4 wheeler in Tandem configuration.

First pair of tyres @ normal pressure on plate gets rated, 2nd pair 50% inflated not being weighed correctly/honestly & being supported by front set & barely in contact with Weighbridge.

But not everyone knows that, roight? They do now.


"By George he's got it, I really think he's got it". (Courtesy of My Fair Lady. Rex Harrison Enterprises)

Putting a few finishing touches on Stan - one of the things we’ve been trying to solve is a window in the toilet/shower area. No off the shelf windows were narrow enough for what was require apart from a couple of really crappy looking units.

SWMBO came up with a brilliant idea - a port hole! Found that most were very expensive but got the below unit from Amazon for $70 delivered which I was happy with. Fitted it yesterday - it works great and looks good inside and out. For those wondering about privacy, it is around 9’ off the ground so no dramas there.