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Top up was done, no charge. I went in on Wednesday, they took the car details to allow them to verify the plan, get a job card ready etc. I went back the next day for the top up itself. I guess unless the dealership you visit has a record of your car, they won't be able to do it there and then.
Ron
Does the excessive adblue use when towing or working hard also apply to the TDV6
It does in my case.
A very interesting thread. I am about to start towing with a SDV 8 L494 , and am now redoing weight checks. I was taken by the multiplying factor for rear axel weight and am wondering about the calculations?
I get the idea of applying a moment around the rear wheels when weight is added to the rear towball, but why only to the front wheels and not the front of the car? I am assuming that the weight added would be the moment from the centre of mass. So if this is so then adding passengers would move the Centre of mass forward.
I haven't thought this through but am thinking only safe way is weighing over a weigh bridge.
My numbers - 2019 SE Sd6 5 seater, straight from the dealers, filled up in Broadford and put it across the Vicroads weighbridge on the Hume Highway. Kerb weight - full tank of diesel and me - 2540 kg. Front axle - 1220 kg, rear axle - 1230 kg. The stated kerb weight is an work of fiction.
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Just trying to work this out, are you saying the front and rear axles above are factory weights or the weigh bridge weights?Quote:
Originally Posted by Numb Thumbs
The above Front and rear 2450 , so is the fueled weight with you 100 kgs above or is there a mistake ?
The weight distribution is pretty much 50/50 so if I assume this is what the RRS will be then , 2450 empty means 1250 is empty weight on rear with with max of 1770 kgs 500 kgs Rear axle load.
I mis-typed - the front was 1220 kg, the rear 1320 kg, total 2540 kg. Literally straight from the dealers, only change was AT tyres, nothing else. The weights were on the weighbridge with me - around 100 kg clothed - in the car, full tank of fuel. The weighbridge is designed for B-Doubles so it has four pads. I just put the front wheels on the lead pad and the rear wheels on the second pad. A + B = total weight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bails
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What is empty weight supposed to be?Quote:
Originally Posted by Numb Thumbs
I am doing my numbers now and I think I have about 550 kgs that I can add to rear axel . I have found that a 7 seat RRS has an extra 200kgs rear axel weight. I am trying to find out what component changes have been made to get the extra 200 kgs.
If the figures are to be believed I can add about 750 kgs to my car , however will be
easy to exceed rear axel weight. I only have the wife and I to carry , no kids , so I think I can stay legal with 320 kg towball weight. Zone are telling me empty towball is 180 kgs.
The rear axle is usually the limiting factor. The really annoying thing with the rear axle limits of the D5 is has different limits for the 5 seater and 7 seater, even though it is exactly the same diff and suspension. WTH? And most people forget that the ball weight actually applies more weight to the rear axle and takes it off the front, something like 1.4 times the weight to the rear axle.
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I am trying tp find out if there is a difference, if no then I will assume I have an extra 200 kgs this may be illegal to use, but is safe as it was designed for the weight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Numb Thumbs