Operating manual and inspection booklet
Appendix
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The specific range of permissible weight deviations can be found for each model in the technical data. LMC
makes great efforts to reduce weight variations to the minimum that is unavoidable for production reasons.
Deviations at the upper and lower end of the range are therefore very rare; however, they cannot be
completely ruled out technically, even with all optimisations. The real weight of the vehicle and compliance
with the permissible tolerance is therefore checked by LMC by weighing each vehicle at the end of the line.
3. Mass of the passengers
The mass of the passengers is set a standard value of 75 kg for each seat provided by the manufacturer,
regardless of the actual weight of the passengers. The mass of the driver is already included in the mass in
running order (see no. 2 above) and is therefore not included again. In the case of a motor home with four
permitted seats, the mass of the passengers is therefore 3 * 75 kg = 225 kg.
4. Optional equipment and actual mass
Optional equipment (also: additional equipment) includes, according to the legal definition, all optional
equipment parts not included in the standard equipment which are fitted to the vehicle under the
responsibility of the manufacturer – i.e. ex works – and can be ordered by the customer (e.g. awning, bicycle
or motorbike carrier, satellite system, solar system, oven, etc.). Information on the individual or package
weights of the optional equipment that can be ordered can be found in our sales documents. Optional
equipment in this sense does not include other accessories that are retrofitted by the dealer or you
personally after the vehicle has been delivered ex works. The mass of the vehicle in running order (see no. 2
above) and the mass of the optional equipment fitted to a specific vehicle at the factory are together referred
to as the actual mass. You will find the corresponding information for your vehicle after handover under item
13.2 of the Certificate of Conformity (CoC). Please note that this specification also represents a standardised
value. Since the mass in running order – as an element of the actual mass – is subject to a legally
permissible tolerance of ± 5 % (see no. 2), the actual mass may also deviate accordingly from the stated
nominal value.
5. Pay mass and minimum pas mass
The installation of optional equipment is also subject to technical and legal limits: Only so much optional
equipment can be ordered and fitted at the factory that sufficient free weight remains for baggage and other
accessories (“pay-mass”) without exceeding the technically permissible mass. The pay-mass is calculated by
subtracting the mass in running order (nominal value according to sales documents, see no. 2 above), mass
of the optional equipment and the mass of the passengers (see no. 3 above) from the technically permissible
mass (see no. 1 above). The EU regulations stipulate a fixed minimum pay-mass for motor homes, which
must remain as a minimum for baggage or other non-factory-fitted accessories. This minimum pay-mass is
calculated as follows:
Minimum pay-mass in kg ≥ 10 * (n + L)
Where: “n” is the maximum number of passengers plus the driver and “L” is the overall length of the vehicle
in metres.
For a motor home with a length of 6 m and 4 approved seats, the minimum pay-mass is therefore e.g. 10 kg
* (4 + 6) = 100 kg.
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