Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005 at 00:35
Hello "Fence Sitter" 10 Para,
In the following thread you say that someone at
Bushtracker told you a 20' van would weight just under 3000 kg? Twice! If they did they would not be working here, so you must be mistaken about that... Here is a response sent to you at the end of this thread just regarding that, as you put it in the thread several times, and I don't want someone else to get such an incorrect impression:
Steven Gibbs here, Director,
Bushtracker,
If someone here told you that a 20' van would be around 3000 kg, you are mistaken or they would not be working here... Ha! They were talking about you having an allowance to put at least 500 kg of your own personal gear and water aboard. No one would tell you that it would weigh that much empty... Most 20' are running from about 2480 kg to 2550 kg.. The Industry allows 400 kg, we say most put on 500 to 600 kg minimum in water and food and toys and such... A 20' van would normally come out with a ATM (Aggragate Trailer Mass) that means fully loaded capable to 3500 kg...
Most 20' vans come out having picked most of our Optional Equipment, and that adds up to about 400kg of gear... For instance three batteries are 105 kilos... Four batteries would weigh 138 kilos! Most people want that optional equipment for self sufficiency, independence, and luxury, and a lot of people take nearly all we have to offer.... Our vans themselves, in 20' weigh only about the 2100 to 2200 kg mark, but add on that 300 or 400kg in Optional Equipment and you get a real Tare weight and as I said most run at or just over the 2500 kg mark...
Even quality road running vans weigh that much...
I go on in the last entry to tell you about Tip # 43 on the Air Bag suspension you enquire about... And to tell you about the over-built version of the Simplicity that we have built, so there is a safety margin of strength in it... I personally do not think our Air Bag suspension is necessary, only a luxury item, but not a necessity...
Kind Regards, stg
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