Lakesailor
Well-Known Member
I was having a root through some caravanning forums in which deep discussions about weighbridge accuracy etc were being bandied about and came across this VOSA document that someone had linked to.
I went to have another look today and just get a 404 Page Not Found.
Luckily I had made a copy which is here. http://tinyurl.com/c5a9xy2
It shows that a first time offender under 5% overload will just be ticked off. A first time offender up to 30% overloaded would be issued with a prohinition notice and be ticked off. If you can sort it (re-distributing weight or getting excess weight collected) you can carry on.
No doubt the insurance would be void if a claim were made and they knew you had been weighed and found overloaded by VOSA.
It seems that weighbridges with 50 ton capacity are checked every three months and need to be within 2% accuracy. But the question is - do they check over the whole range? When you check your unbraked trailer to see if it is more than 750Kgs or braked trailer to see if it is over 1800Kgs, or whatever it is rated at, is it as accurate at the low level loading end of the range. The weighbridges mainly use four cells under the platform. Most are 20kg cells, so they only go up in increments of 20kgs. Does that mean if it shows 740Kgs it is less than 740Kg. would adding just 9Kgs then show 760Kgs and look overweight when it is not? Or are they not supposed to click over until you have exceeded the displayed weight.
VOSA's own weighbridges are not available for public use http://www.axtec.co.uk/dynamic.asp , unless they just happen to take you to a Public Weighbridge.
Just for information. I don't claim that any of this will stop you having your collar felt when towing a Folkboat with a Fiesta
I went to have another look today and just get a 404 Page Not Found.
Luckily I had made a copy which is here. http://tinyurl.com/c5a9xy2
It shows that a first time offender under 5% overload will just be ticked off. A first time offender up to 30% overloaded would be issued with a prohinition notice and be ticked off. If you can sort it (re-distributing weight or getting excess weight collected) you can carry on.
No doubt the insurance would be void if a claim were made and they knew you had been weighed and found overloaded by VOSA.
It seems that weighbridges with 50 ton capacity are checked every three months and need to be within 2% accuracy. But the question is - do they check over the whole range? When you check your unbraked trailer to see if it is more than 750Kgs or braked trailer to see if it is over 1800Kgs, or whatever it is rated at, is it as accurate at the low level loading end of the range. The weighbridges mainly use four cells under the platform. Most are 20kg cells, so they only go up in increments of 20kgs. Does that mean if it shows 740Kgs it is less than 740Kg. would adding just 9Kgs then show 760Kgs and look overweight when it is not? Or are they not supposed to click over until you have exceeded the displayed weight.
VOSA's own weighbridges are not available for public use http://www.axtec.co.uk/dynamic.asp , unless they just happen to take you to a Public Weighbridge.
Just for information. I don't claim that any of this will stop you having your collar felt when towing a Folkboat with a Fiesta
