Was wondering whether to put a spare wheel on the back. Just under 6 m but a wheel would take us over. So now we decide travel with spare wheel or a filler!Yes they charge by length and be truthful, No excuses!
You beat me to it. It costs the same on the Tunnel for my 7m motorhome as it does for a T5 PVC. That said, at least one of the ferry companies (DFDS) puts motorhomes into two categories "<4m x 7m" and "<4m x 10m" with fares of less than £50 each way Dover to Dunkirk for the 7m category. So perhaps shopping round to find the a ferry company that lumps your 6 to 7 metre van in a cheapish category might be advantageous?Tunnel doesn’t charge per metre ... just select the campervan option.
The ferries do spot checks. I was checked at Hull a few years back,all good fortunately.The ferries don't check lengths.
Some tunnels and bridges on continent measure vehicle electronically so no point trying to kid them
I now live on Bute and while i was travelling up & down with my stuff I also got measured - not sure if he believed me when i told him it was 5.5m - but no problem after that !I went to Isle of Bute a couple of weeks ago, the 2 guys took out a tape measure and I called out them I was 6.75m and so over the 6m charge length, one chap called back to me that he made us 6.8m as if I was cheating him (to$$er)
Going onto the ferry from Mull via Tobermory last year I said to the chap I was 6.75 and he said I’m charging you for 6m “it’s near enough!”
They often measure anything bigger than a car on Orkney Ferries (the inter isles ferries in Orkney).
As we live on one of the northern isles we use them often and I smile at one of the pursors (who must be a proper jobsworth) when I seem him measuring the hauliers lorry. This lorry travels back on forth on the ferry every day, sometimes twice a day - does he think it may have changed size?