Rule of thumb

Juggenaut · Veteran Member

Rule of thumb

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Firstly, there were 20cwt to the ton, so 17cwt equals about 860kg.
1cwt per foot was true about 40 years ago, but modern caravans are probably at least double that.

Cheers,
Peter

Juggenaut · Veteran Member

sorry Pete, my minds failing me. did say tonne not ton, did that save me a little?

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Juggenaut wrote:
sorry Pete, my minds failing me. did say tonne not ton, did that save me a little?

Nope :)

There is not much difference between an imperial ton and a metric tonne.

2240Lbs in an imperial ton which is 20cwt (112lb each).

2204 lbs equals 1 metric tonne = 1000kg.

Then there is the Yanks of course who have a "short ton" which is 20cwt at 100lbs = 2,000lb.

Cheers,

Peter

The Belmont Bear · Guru

Juggernaught as not all vans are built the same way or have the same inclusions there is going to be a fair bit of variance in weight for the same length van. For example our 21'6" van came out of the factory weighing 2.23T so in this case your rule of thumb would have been close. If we had opted for bigger wheels, off road suspension, heavier chasis construction, extra solar panel, extra water tank etc. I imagine that the rule would then have been a fair way off.

Cheers

BB

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

The Belmont Bear wrote:
For example our 21'6" van came out of the factory weighing 2.23T so in this case your rule of thumb would have been close.

The "rule of thumb" 40 years ago was 1cwt per foot.

Your van is DOUBLE that weight.

Cheers,

Peter

The Belmont Bear · Guru

Yes sorry Peter you are correct I went back and reread the original post I hadn't actually taken in the cwt bit I was just using the part about a 17' van weighing 1.7T - I never was real good at all that cyphering stuff anyway biggrin .

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