{"id":6920,"date":"2014-12-15T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=6920"},"modified":"2014-12-15T15:00:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T15:00:54","slug":"jargon-buster-van-weights-and-payloads-when-moving-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/6920","title":{"rendered":"Jargon buster: van weights and payloads when moving house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1048 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/trafic-loaded-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Let us show you how to move house with a hire van\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/trafic-loaded-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/trafic-loaded.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re thinking about hiring a van to move house, there&#8217;s lots to get your head around.\u00a0Not only have you got to be aware of the maximum weight that your van can carry, but you&#8217;ve also got to understand the jargon that goes along with hiring a van.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve put together a jargon buster to help you get\u00a0on the road and answer the most commonly-asked questions.<\/p>\n<h3>Jargon buster<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Large van \/ long wheelbase van:<\/strong> this is a typical large panel van that you might hire to move house, such as \u00a0long<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luton van:<\/strong>\u00a0This is a van with a box body on the back. These are popular with small removal companies as they offer more space and a wider, flat floor with no wheel arches in the loadspace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3,500kg or 3.5 tonne:<\/strong>\u00a0These are the same thing, as 1 tonne = 1,000kg. Most big hire vans are described as 3,500kg vans. This means the maximum permitted weight of the van itself\u00a0<em>plus\u00a0<\/em>the load and any passengers is 3,500kg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Payload:<\/strong>\u00a0This is vital &#8212; the payload is the maximum load weight you can put in\u00a0the van,\u00a0<em>including\u00a0<\/em>passengers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a 3,500kg panel van, the payload is typically around 1,200kg &#8211; 1,400kg<\/li>\n<li>For a 3,500kg luton van, the payload will be a bit less, maybe 1,000kg &#8211; 1,200kg<\/li>\n<li><strong>These numbers vary between models. Any reputable hire company should be able to tell you the maximum payload for the van you are hiring<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Overloaded:\u00a0<\/strong>This is what happens if your 3,500kg weighs more than 3,500kg when you are stopped by the police &#8212; whether in the UK or Europe. Depending on how much over the weight limit your van is, you will be\u00a0fined and\/or forced to remove the surplus weight from the vehicle before being allowed to continue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ignorance is no excuse if you&#8217;re overloaded: you, the driver, are\u00a0always\u00a0liable, regardless of circumstances.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>I don&#8217;t know how much any of my stuff weighs&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re shifting boxes of wine or bags of cement (for example), it&#8217;s easy to know how much\u00a0your load weighs. Each item is labelled with its weight, and they&#8217;re all the same.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately it&#8217;s not so easy with household goods. You can&#8217;t realistically weigh your furniture, for example.<\/p>\n<p>The solution, if you\u00a0want to be sure, is to take your loaded van to your nearest\u00a0public weighbridge before setting off. You can usually find details of these on your local council website (or try your nearest major recycling centre).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s important to understand the difference between the maximum weight of a hire van (often 3,500kg) and its payload &#8212; the weight of the load it can carry &#8212; which is much less than 3,500kg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[463,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6920"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6931,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6920\/revisions\/6931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}