Well I was shocked today. Took a load to the tip and they weigh you on the way in and again on the way out. Andy weighed 1580kg!! They assure me the scale is accurate. I though Bay window bus’s were lighter than that??
Andy was empty besides a few tools/spares, the roof rack, and a full tank. All that would have to be MUCH less than 200kg, so that leaves 1380kg for a bare and empty bus.
Anyone else had their bus weighed??
Oh, Andy’s a ’77 2L manual bus.

Hi Andy
I had to get my bus weighed when I installed the pop top, I had to get an engineers certificate and a new weight figure to make it leagle, (RTA) I remember it was someware around the figure you quoted, mine is a 77 as well.

gee, i never knew they were that heavy, how much does a split weigh then?

the original glovebox handbook out of a 76 says the following UNLADEN weights:
kombi 1170
delivery 1150
pickup 1160
dual cab 1200
microbus 1280

My Split Screen container van weighs 1496kg's this has been weighed at the tip many times

Thanks Guy's. So Andy's 300kg over weight!! Don't know where all the extra weight is, Bog maybe and a few too many coats of paint???
:o

Unloaded and loaded weights on the side of my bus:

T3 Kombis are a bit bigger and heavier than T2 Kombis Barry! Roomier too, and just as cool of course. There are 4 pages of reasons why T3s are cool in the latest issue of Zeitschrift (which I wrote)

My '74 Campmobile's rego papers say it weighs 1350 kg, but I bet it's much more than that. Which tip did you go to? I will have to go to Menai tip if they have a weighbridge, and see for myself.

:bounce:bounce YES!! lets have a CRUISE to the tip one day, get rid of rubbish & find out how much our vehicles weigh & enjoy the look on the guy at the weighbridges face:bounce

[Edited on 24-3-2003 by kombikim]

There are 4 pages of reasons why T3s are cool in the latest issue of Zeitschrift
:bounce :bounce :bounce :bounce

Which tip did you go to - the one at north ryde at the end of Wicks Road

So at 1165kg, an Austin 1800 is heavier than either a delivery or a single cab! :o

Yes, thay are very light, especially considering the 1 ton pay load (some were rated to 1.2), but does anyone have a std kombi that only weighs what the book says, or is it an unachievable goal?

In dry climates, vehicles tend to gain weight as they get older. Repairs, accessories, extra soundproofing and general crap build up. It's a recognised tendency with aircraft (where it's more critical of course) too. Anywhere that's a bit damp or uses salt on the roads in winter, vehicles tend to get lighter as they shed their skins as fine brown powder and, eventually, lose substantial pieces of themselves . Hooray for WA.

Book figures also tend to be dry weights (no fluids) of base models. That said, 1600 kgs does seem high. My evil old forward control Land Rover (lots of surplus metal) was only 2100, tanked up and with me (90 kg in those far off days) on board ready to go.