Capron T58 - Calculating the Payload

Before the journey
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 Books
 Toiletries
 Small electrical appliances (e.g. coffee machine)
No matter where kept, personal equipment also includes:
 Animals
 Bikes
 Sports equipment
For the personal equipment, according to the applicable regulations, the
manufacturer must use a minimum weight that is determined according to
the following formula:
Minimum weight M (kg) = 10 x N + 10 x L
N = maximum number of people including the driver, as stated by the manu-
facturer
L = total length of the vehicle in metres
4.3.2 Calculating the payload
 Never exceed the maximum permissible gross weight in laden condi-
tion!
 The maximum permissible gross weight and the weight including spe-
cial equipment fitted at the factory (actual weight) is shown in the vehi-
cle documents, but not the weight of the loaded vehicle (see sec-
tion 4.3.1). For your own safety, we recommend that you have your
loaded vehicle (with all passengers, luggage and personal objects)
weighed on a public weighbridge before you set out on your journey.
The payload (see section 4.3.1) is the difference in weight between
 the maximum permissible gross weight in a laden condition and
 the actual weight.
Mass in kg to be
calculated
Calculation
Example for calculating
the payload
Maximum permissible gross weight ac-
cording to vehicle documents
3500
Actual weight including basic equipment
according to vehicle documents
- 3070
This results in a permissible payload of 430
Conventional load e.g.: 3 persons each
weighing 75 kg
- 225
Additional equipment - 40
For the personal equipment this results
in
= 165
The calculation of the payload from the difference between the maximum
permissible gross weight in laden condition and the actual weight specified
by the manufacturer is however only a theoretical value.
Formula
Explanation