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Hi,just been turned back at the Swiss boarder for being 250 kilos over weight,I was wondering is it possible to up your vehicles maximum weight?
EEEKKKKK!!
 
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It is - but not normally a roadside job!
Sounds as if you have to find a nearby self storage unit if you want to go to Switzerland ?
 
My first thought was, kick the wife out.
But 250 kilos ? I’d be asking for trouble ??
As it’s off a different forum, I could be safe.
 
Trigger said:
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Hi,just been turned back at the Swiss boarder for being 250 kilos over weight,I was wondering is it possible to up your vehicles maximum weight?
EEEKKKKK!!
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He was lucky from what I can see? just getting turned away? in the UK he would have had a hefty fine I understand?
 
wildebus said:
He was lucky from what I can see? just getting turned away? in the UK he would have had a hefty fine I understand?
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250KG over on a 3500KG vehicle is just over 7%. In the UK the fixed penalty fine is £100 for 5-10% overweight.
 
And it's not endorsable apparently.
Making me rethink my planned axle uprating!
10-15% is £200 fine but 'allows' getting on for 600kg on my MAM.
The real penalty is having to halt the journey of course.
I suppose being turned away from one country isn't too bad if there are no other borders on your route home!
 
I had never heard of vans being weighed as they entered a country. Is this normal for Switzerland?
Are there any other countries where people have been weighed at the border?
 
Clunegapyears said:
I had never heard of vans being weighed as they entered a country. Is this normal for Switzerland?
Are there any other countries where people have been weighed at the border?
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We’ve crossed into Switzerland quite a few times over the years and never been directed to a weighbridge ......
 
Val54 said:
We’ve crossed into Switzerland quite a few times over the years and never been directed to a weighbridge ......
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maybe they look at the gap between tyre and arch as an initial idea? that is a pretty good indication of weight (Ford (and maybe others) actually publish in their brochures how high a vehicle is unladen and how high it is at full GVW - that difference is visible at the wheel/arch gap)
 
Markd said:
And it's not endorsable apparently.
Making me rethink my planned axle uprating!
10-15% is £200 fine but 'allows' getting on for 600kg on my MAM.
The real penalty is having to halt the journey of course.
I suppose being turned away from one country isn't too bad if there are no other borders on your route home!
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The other negative is what you have to unload before continuing on !
 
I wonder if there is a "naughty boy" database you get entered in as well and get flagged for checking everytime you get identified on ANPR systems :geek:
 
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