well i have just taken my toyota coaster (was a 22 seater) onto the weigh bridge. I had me (90kg) and my 25kg dog on board, some tools, half a tank of water ( 90l capacity), 1/2 x 9kg gas bottle,full fuel.
Weighed in at 3861kg leaves me a decent margin before my legal 4495kg.
Before you ask what the axles were, the exit and approach to the weigh bridge are quite steep so dosnt really lend itself to do front and rear axles
cheers
blaze
-- Edited by blaze on Wednesday 11th of December 2019 01:30:05 PM
yobarr said
02:25 PM Dec 11, 2019
blaze wrote:
well i have just taken my toyota coaster (was a 22 seater) onto the weigh bridge. I had me (90kg) and my 25kg dog on board, some tools, half a tank of water ( 90l capacity), 1/2 x 9kg gas bottle,full fuel. Weighed in at 3861kg leaves me a decent margin before my legal 4495kg. Before you ask what the axles were, the exit and approach to the weigh bridge are quite steep so dosnt really lend itself to do front and rear axles
cheers. blaze
-- Edited by blaze on Wednesday 11th of December 2019 01:30:05 PM
With front axle rating of 2300kg and rear at 3200kg,you have plenty of tolerance for uneven loading,but I wonder about the weighbridge you accessed? Most weighbridges can handle 26 metre B Doubles,but your wheelbase is under 4 metres! You say that the exit and approach to the weighbridge are quite steep?....If you really need to know your axle weights,just drive the front axle onto the weighbridge,with the rear wheels just off the bridge....50mm... take the weight,move forward until both axles are on bridge,take weight,then drive forward so front wheels are just off the bridge...50mm....and again take the weight,just to double check! Any variation will be almost immeasurable,I believe.Cheers
-- Edited by yobarr on Wednesday 11th of December 2019 02:51:38 PM
PeterInSa said
03:15 PM Dec 11, 2019
Blaze, I always thought the long wheel base was hard to get under the 4495kg limit, The specs below mention 3765Kg for a long wheel base auto model with of course the 22 seats, so your fit out just weights a bit more than the weight of the seats. Definitely allows for a good payload.
well i have just taken my toyota coaster (was a 22 seater) onto the weigh bridge. I had me (90kg) and my 25kg dog on board, some tools, half a tank of water ( 90l capacity), 1/2 x 9kg gas bottle,full fuel. Weighed in at 3861kg leaves me a decent margin before my legal 4495kg. Before you ask what the axles were, the exit and approach to the weigh bridge are quite steep so dosnt really lend itself to do front and rear axles
cheers. blaze
-- Edited by blaze on Wednesday 11th of December 2019 01:30:05 PM
With front axle rating of 2300kg and rear at 3200kg,you have plenty of tolerance for uneven loading,but I wonder about the weighbridge you accessed? Most weighbridges can handle 26 metre B Doubles,but your wheelbase is under 4 metres! You say that the exit and approach to the weighbridge are quite steep?....If you really need to know your axle weights,just drive the front axle onto the weighbridge,with the rear wheels just off the bridge....50mm... take the weight,move forward until both axles are on bridge,take weight,then drive forward so front wheels are just off the bridge...50mm....and again take the weight,just to double check! Any variation will be almost immeasurable,I believe.Cheers
-- Edited by yobarr on Wednesday 11th of December 2019 02:51:38 PM
understand the just on and just off the weigh bridge but the ramp up and departure are quite steep so I reckon there would be a bias one way or the other. maybe not much but I wasn't really concerned with axle weights. I have done a well balanced fit out with a weight bias to the rear with batteries and water close to rear axle. The original fit was done with hardwood and steel, I have used pine and aluminium. So I am happy where I end up with a few minor things to do.
cheers
blaze
Jaahn said
08:03 AM Dec 12, 2019
Hi blaze
Very interesting thanks for posting that. I have an interest in Coasters. My observations are that a lot of conversions are "heavy made" out of chip board and similar material and the weight is not distributed very well. Too front heavy and not much traction.
So it is good to hear a person who has addressed these problems and had a successful outcome ! Well done
Jaahn
blaze said
09:31 AM Dec 12, 2019
just for interest
I have a full en suite across the rear of the coaster. There is no fixtures impeding the view out the windows. The top half of the shower cub icicle will be removable ( going to use that thick clear plastic used to protect table tops, held in place by press studs). There is only one sink/basin in the cetre rear between toilet and shower. Foward of that are 2 single beds with fill storage underneath. There is no cook top inside. We will use a small twin burner gas cooker either inside or outside. There is a roof hatch above the location to cook inside (yea I know, will have plenty of windows open too). Foward of the beds are a set of drawers that were original fit out that I left in place. In hindsight if I did it again I should not have retained them as it dictated to a degree what i could do elsewhere. but they were part of what drew me to buy it for a start (quirky/hippy type fitout).
There is a few pics in show your van thread
cheers
blaze
Whenarewethere said
11:34 AM Dec 12, 2019
If you are going to rip things apart stick polyester batts in the ceiling. I've done this to the car & it's made a really big improvement with heat loss and heat gain.
well i have just taken my toyota coaster (was a 22 seater) onto the weigh bridge. I had me (90kg) and my 25kg dog on board, some tools, half a tank of water ( 90l capacity), 1/2 x 9kg gas bottle,full fuel.
Weighed in at 3861kg leaves me a decent margin before my legal 4495kg.
Before you ask what the axles were, the exit and approach to the weigh bridge are quite steep so dosnt really lend itself to do front and rear axles
cheers
blaze
-- Edited by blaze on Wednesday 11th of December 2019 01:30:05 PM
With front axle rating of 2300kg and rear at 3200kg,you have plenty of tolerance for uneven loading,but I wonder about the weighbridge you accessed? Most weighbridges can handle 26 metre B Doubles,but your wheelbase is under 4 metres! You say that the exit and approach to the weighbridge are quite steep?....If you really need to know your axle weights,just drive the front axle onto the weighbridge,with the rear wheels just off the bridge....50mm... take the weight,move forward until both axles are on bridge,take weight,then drive forward so front wheels are just off the bridge...50mm....and again take the weight,just to double check! Any variation will be almost immeasurable,I believe.Cheers
-- Edited by yobarr on Wednesday 11th of December 2019 02:51:38 PM
www.toyota.com.au/-/media/toyota/main-site/vehicle-hubs/coaster/files/coaster_spec_data_feb2019.pdf
understand the just on and just off the weigh bridge but the ramp up and departure are quite steep so I reckon there would be a bias one way or the other. maybe not much but I wasn't really concerned with axle weights. I have done a well balanced fit out with a weight bias to the rear with batteries and water close to rear axle. The original fit was done with hardwood and steel, I have used pine and aluminium. So I am happy where I end up with a few minor things to do.
cheers
blaze
Hi blaze
Very interesting thanks for posting that. I have an interest in Coasters. My observations are that a lot of conversions are "heavy made" out of chip board and similar material and the weight is not distributed very well. Too front heavy and not much traction.
So it is good to hear a person who has addressed these problems and had a successful outcome ! Well done
Jaahn
I have a full en suite across the rear of the coaster. There is no fixtures impeding the view out the windows. The top half of the shower cub icicle will be removable ( going to use that thick clear plastic used to protect table tops, held in place by press studs). There is only one sink/basin in the cetre rear between toilet and shower. Foward of that are 2 single beds with fill storage underneath. There is no cook top inside. We will use a small twin burner gas cooker either inside or outside. There is a roof hatch above the location to cook inside (yea I know, will have plenty of windows open too). Foward of the beds are a set of drawers that were original fit out that I left in place. In hindsight if I did it again I should not have retained them as it dictated to a degree what i could do elsewhere. but they were part of what drew me to buy it for a start (quirky/hippy type fitout).
There is a few pics in show your van thread
cheers
blaze
If you are going to rip things apart stick polyester batts in the ceiling. I've done this to the car & it's made a really big improvement with heat loss and heat gain.