[Clever Forum Name]

1308 kg

Water 850kg
Fuel 50kg
Batteries 65kg
Ladders 26kg
A Frames 20kg
Two men 200kg
Dry weight of Grippa System 90kg
Reel frame work 50kg
Reels 75kg

Then you have.................

Ladder rack, ladder roller bar, ladder load stops, poles, brushes, door cards, ply lining, storage box on top of tank, reel tray, chemicals, back packs, hoses, fittings.

My spares box weighs around 12kg.

I have had the van weighed 3 times on a weigh bridge.

its not like i just guessed it all lol.

Daz you cheeky feck, i was 18 stone at my peak. I have been on a diet since December and currently weigh 16stone 2 lbs!

[Smurf]

1308 kg

Water 850kg
Fuel 50kg
Batteries 65kg
Ladders 26kg
A Frames 20kg
Two men 200kg
Dry weight of Grippa System 90kg
Reel frame work 50kg
Reels 75kg

Then you have.................

Ladder rack, ladder roller bar, ladder load stops, poles, brushes, door cards, ply lining, storage box on top of tank, reel tray, chemicals, back packs, hoses, fittings.

My spares box weighs around 12kg.

I have had the van weighed 3 times on a weigh bridge.

its not like i just guessed it all lol.

Daz you cheeky feck, i was 18 stone at my peak. I have been on a diet since December and currently weigh 16stone 2 lbs!

Don't forget daveyboys wallet as well 

[Clever Forum Name]

1308 kg

Water 850kg
Fuel 50kg
Batteries 65kg
Ladders 26kg
A Frames 20kg
Two men 200kg
Dry weight of Grippa System 90kg
Reel frame work 50kg
Reels 75kg

Then you have.................

Ladder rack, ladder roller bar, ladder load stops, poles, brushes, door cards, ply lining, storage box on top of tank, reel tray, chemicals, back packs, hoses, fittings.

My spares box weighs around 12kg.

I have had the van weighed 3 times on a weigh bridge.

its not like i just guessed it all lol.

Daz you cheeky feck, i was 18 stone at my peak. I have been on a diet since December and currently weigh 16stone 2 lbs!

Don't forget daveyboys wallet as well 

He leaves it at home as he knows i am soft and will buy his lunch and costas 

[dazmond]

well done damo.im close to 18 stone now.

what have you done?cut down on carbs?exercise?or both?

[CleanClear]

i was 18 stone at my peak. I have been on a diet since December and currently weigh 16stone 2 lbs!

Ah !!! That explains the plank on a flat roof !!!   

[Clever Forum Name]

I kid you not three customers have had new flat roofs and every single one of them said "glad you have lost some weight" cheeky buggers.

[Smurf]

I kid you not three customers have had new flat roofs and every single one of them said "glad you have lost some weight" cheeky buggers.

 

[Walter Mitty]

It's only older flat roofs that are a problem - the ones with chipboard usually.  For some years now that has been outlawed and now materials are used that don't weaken when wet, or at least not enough for you to go through.

[Rich Wilts]

Is the '23' 23 stone or I.Q. fatty? 

[ChumBucket]

I had to get all discs and pads replaced on my Traffic end of December and some other bits and pieces, £620. Then front pads and discs on my car and some other bits last week £270! Heavy right foot perhaps, as my Dad used to say  New van on order though so should be ok for a bit, but will have 850 ltr. tank instead of 650ltr.

I wont see any change out of £500. The service is a joke at just over £250 but when i sell the van it will be one owner, full ford service history. So at least the new owner can point at me and say mug 

The thing is I changed the  brake pads on my Dispatch last year I think they cost about £40 for the most expensive set
in my local motor factors and it took me an hour to change them.
Could have done it quicker with  the tools a garage would have to hand, its not only shiners who know how to charge.

Same here, would never take it in just for pads/discs, very easy job to do.

[Clever Forum Name]

well done damo.im close to 18 stone now.

what have you done?cut down on carbs?exercise?or both?

Portion control mate. Simple as that. On a bad/good week i would have 3-4 takeaways.

A Saturday would be.

Mac d breakfast - subway - doner meat and chips AND a small pizza.

So I am still eating the same food. Just way less lol

[Clever Forum Name]

More than capable of serving my van and changing brakes. However it's under warranty, I am lazy and booking into a 5 star hotel for the day with a customers missus.

[dazmond]

i couldnt be bothered changing pads and discs myself either but i wouldnt take a car or van to a main dealer.they charge a hell of a lot more than a local trusted garage.

[Clever Forum Name]

i couldnt be bothered changing pads and discs myself either but i wouldnt take a car or van to a main dealer.they charge a hell of a lot more than a local trusted garage.

It's under warranty still.

[dazmond]

i couldnt be bothered changing pads and discs myself either but i wouldnt take a car or van to a main dealer.they charge a hell of a lot more than a local trusted garage.

It's under warranty still.

THATS OK THEN!

id never buy a car or van that new with the miles i do!(which is around 3k in the van and 5k in the car per year)

[Walter Mitty]

i couldnt be bothered changing pads and discs myself either but i wouldnt take a car or van to a main dealer.they charge a hell of a lot more than a local trusted garage.

Unfortunately, I don't have a choice for the next few years as I don't own the vehicle until the balloon payment is made.  Main dealerships have a knack of replacing parts that they "guess" might be wearing.  They always want to change the wiper blades - EVERY time.  Some years back I used a Nissan main dealer for my newish Sunny van.  He told me that he replaced the blades because the wrong ones had been fitted.  What he didn't know was that his company had fitted them on the previousservice (6 month intervals back then for a petrol van).  So that one was quickly deleted.  That dealership also stole my spare wheel and replaced with an worn tyre.  I went back when I realised but the place had gone broke and closed.

[dazmond]

sounds like main dealers can be just as dodgy as small local garages!

[SeanK]

sounds like main dealers can be just as dodgy as small local garages!

Even worse Dazmond the whole things a racket, for a start 23 can take his van anywhere for a service as long as its to a
qualified mechanic but the dealers will fight you on it.
By law all you need to do to keep the warranty valid is to maintain the vehicle to a standard where by if you didn't it would
cause damage.
A new vehicle is guaranteed by consumer law but dealers use it as a way of taking us for a ride by charging over inflated prices
for servicing and replacement consumables.

[Walter Mitty]

I agree Sean.  In my (admittedly limited) experience, main dealers are dodgy compared to the back street garage - though I have chosen back street garages carefully.

[Matt.]

If your vehicle has warranty and you go the dealership to get jobs done. The dealership then gets paid for whatever work is done.

Say renault ( only coz I know ) ........ So I go into renault Liverpool and get some work done, costs £600 these then claim it all back from renault uk, at a more inflated cost I bet. Hence the reason they will change anything

So I should imagine vauxhall vw ford and the rest will all be the same.