{"id":7063,"date":"2015-01-29T18:20:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T18:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7063"},"modified":"2015-01-29T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T18:20:13","slug":"lightweight-luton-highlights-payload-gains-available-to-3-5t-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7063","title":{"rendered":"Lightweight luton highlights payload gains available to 3.5t operators"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bevan’s lightweight luton body gives a payload of 1,250kg when fitted to a 3.5t Sprinter chassis (pictured)<\/p><\/div>\n

I wrote recently about\u00a0the issue of payload<\/a> (maximum load weight) in 3.5t vans — and highlighted how a luton van will typically have a slightly lower payload than the equivalent panel van.<\/p>\n

Using a luton van — especially with a tail lift — is typically a trade off between\u00a0gaining a wider,\u00a0completely flat load\u00a0deck and losing a little payload. Unsurprisingly,\u00a0van bodybuilders are constantly trying to minimise the weight of their luton bodies without sacrificing any durability\u00a0or strength.<\/p>\n

One of the best payloads available currently appears to come from Bevan Group’s lightweight luton body, which when fitted to a 3.5t Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis, provides a payload of 1,250kg.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure if this is the very best in class, but it’s certainly a very competitive payload for a 3.5t luton, although it’s worth noting that this is (I think) without a tail lift, which would knock around 200kg off this payload figure.<\/p>\n

Passport to approval<\/h3>\n

Bevan is one of the bigger names in the UK bodybuilding industry and\u00a0has capitalised\u00a0on\u00a0its scale to create a very efficient process for\u00a0obtaining whole vehicle type approval (WVTA) for its new models.\u00a0Since the WVTA rules were changed last year<\/a>, Bevan has already secured 140 approvals, thanks in part to having a dedicated approvals team, which works closely with the\u00a0Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), which is\u00a0part of the\u00a0Department for Transport.<\/p>\n

The firm is now extending this concept further with its\u00a0Bevan Passport scheme, which makes the services of\u00a0Bevan’s WVTA team available to smaller bodybuilders, who don’t have access to the same kinds of\u00a0resource and may not find it easy to complete the WVTA process efficiently themselves.<\/p>\n

The end result is a Bevan Passport, which “proves that a vehicle meets or exceeds all of the requisite environmental, safety and security standards\u201d, according to Lee Dimmock, Bevan’s Group Operations Director and the leader of\u00a0the firm’s WVTA team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bevan’s new lightweight luton body offers a payload of 1,250kg on a 3.5t Sprinter chassis, but 1,000kg may be more realistic for many hired lutons, especially if your van has a tail lift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7063"}],"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=7063"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7067,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7063\/revisions\/7067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}