Knowing exactly what your van can and cannot carry is essential for safety, efficiency and staying within the law.
Conventional panel vans can be used for many jobs and knowing exactly what your van can and can’t carry is of great importance, not only to maximise your load but also to stay within the designated payload for your specific vehicle. This can mean the difference between being on the road and trying to work without a driving license!
An overloaded vehicle not only causes damage to roads and to your vehicle, but it also puts you and other road users at risk. Vehicles react differently when the maximum weights which they are designed to carry are exceeded. The consequences can be fatal. Overloading puts a massive strain on vehicle tyres and makes the vehicle less stable, difficult to steer and longer to stop. It is also illegal. Therefore the authorities carry out random checks at the roadside to enforce overloading regulations.
Weights
- Barrel of liquid (36 gallons) 275kg
- Bag of cement 51kg
- Beer case (24 x 1pint) 5kg
- Beer crate (24 x 10 fl oz bottles) 23kg
- Facing bricks 2.5-2.8 tonnes per 1000
- Building bricks 2.3-2.5 tonnes per 1000
- Engineering bricks 2.0 tonnes per 1000
- Milk crate, 20 bottles 27kg
- Paint, 5-litre tin 7kg
- Potatoes, loose 530kg per cubic metre
- Potatoes, sack 51kg
- Water (10 x 1L bottles) 10kg
- Rubble 1050kg per cubic metre
- Sand, dry 1330kg per cubic metre
- Sand, wet 1600kg per cubic metre
- Standard pallet of house bricks 1000kg
Lengths
- Copper tubing 3 m lengths (9ft 9in)
- Ladders 2.4m (7ft 10in)
- Euro pallet 1.2m x 0.8m (3ft 9in x 2ft 6in)
- Building boards 2.42m x 1.21m (8ft x 4ft) 1.82m x 0.91m (6ft x 3ft)
