Weight restrictions in Europe

Not sure if this is of any help but my Benimar has 2 ratings plates.

1st is from the manufacturer Fiat stating 3650 which would be the maximum for it's chassis, the 2nd is the coach builder Benimar who have rated it as 3500 which could be increased to 3650 if I wanted to increase payload.

This would then require the C1 licence.

What you put in it would be dependent on your payload which is the difference between whatever it is rated at less the unladen weight.

I'm sure anything over 3500 will have further speed restrictions & will affect what you pay for tolls in Europe.

Speed limits in the UK for motor homes are based on an unladen weight of either less than or more than 3.05 tonnes.... see link below

https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits

I stand to be corrected from more experienced members, however!

In the UK it is the plated weight which matters and I assume it is the same in Euroland.

It may be possible to downplate the GVW of the van but that will obviously have consequences for your payload.

Kasspa is correct in stating it is 3.05t unladen for road laws in the UK (but 3.5t laden for driving licence entitlement).

Thank you Kasspa and Tinwheeler. I'm going to leave it as it is for the moment but will consider downplaying before I am 70 (but that is only 16 months away) so will probably look to do it early next year.