Live van weight limits

[adam]

We're currently ensuring that all of our live vans are under the gross vehicle weight (GVW) when carrying a full load w/ passenger, which in our case is 9400 lbs. One thing I've learned is that the vehicles are delivered weighing a lot. Therefore you've got to be really careful about what gets added in. Has anyone else run into this issue? Is there good, lighweight truck equipment out there that is designed to tackle this issue?

[satop]

yes this is very important....good for you guys for making sure they are below weight. make sure you leave enough weight if their is not only a truck op and reporter but an intern or someone else in the 3rd seat if you have a third seat.

I had the 3rd seat removed from my sat truck, this was one of the many reasons.

[BluesDaddy]

Also, make sure you are running "LT" tires. Regular radials are not up to the task.

[pre-set]

I've never seen an ENG that didn't appear to be overweight. My current one is almost brand new and it's the lightest one I've ever had and if it's one pound, it's 9,000.

[mrphotog]

We had to take the Beta deck and the passenger seat out of out Sat. truck to make it legal.

[mrphotog]

I just realized today that we also had to take the spare tire out. How great is that?!

[lost focus]

not uncommon to remove the spare tire. Would you really try to use a factory jack to swap tires on a 10,000 pound truck? not me. call the operations manager.

[Land Rover]

I may be way off here but, can't you get the suspension upgraded to handle more weight or is the GVW limit of the vehicle apply no matter what you do to the suspension?

[Mighty Dyckerson]

I've never seen an ENG that didn't appear to be overweight.

Hell, I've never seen an ENG Operator who didn't appear to be overweight.

[ENG FTP]

Loose the cable reels and go fiber. Much lighter and it makes the wrap easier plus if the camera is running off of a different power source you will not have a 60 cycle hum issue. You can also run video and audio on Cat 5 if Fiber is too expensive.

If you are rolling down the road and a tie blows and you crash I can promise you that all that equipment in the racks has the potential to keep moving and the few rack screws holding it in will not stop the inertia. Like plumbers there should be a cage that protects the driver in such an event. Since that will not happen keep your weight down so you and your tires have a fighting chance.