Robbie's road to glory Rapido 7090F 3 litre auto

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OK yes we got a new to us van and very nice too but he needs a bit of love and money lavishing on his 31k miles and four point five years usage
I'm itching to get to work on the tasks to do but my job is getting in the way
First job when I get home at the weekend is to send off the V5C and V5C/2 that the previous owner has forwarded up to me. This will be accompanied by my transfer of private number t33 cno
I'll be updating this thread every step of the way of Robbie's transformation and there will be many many steps including photos

Ignore the printed text on the ticket it is irrelevant it has just been improvised by the weigh station

I'll get the train weight off the plate tomorrow , I'd guess about 6000kg

I forgot to mention, the reason Duncan weighed it FULLY loaded was to obtain accurate tyre pressures from Michelin.
65 front 60 rear .
Obviously I'll be increasing the rear pressure

Hello Andy... what mpg do you expect to get on a run?

I get 24.8 on mixed terrain. Probably 25 plus to Dover.
We calculate £25 per 100 in our budget at UK prices.
That is driving in AUTO too

does this mean you have pay load of 460 kg over all .as this inportant bit, just asking so i do not make cook up my self as now fited lots extra weight to our van ,our over all pay load 590 kg

No 460kg is what I have left after it was loaded.
This model of van was manufactured with three weight option starting at 3500 and 3700 with standard chassis. I have the HEAVY chassis upgrade giving me a gross weight of 4250. Payload is probably in the region of a ton

i am going load van for our trip monday and take weigh bridge down road just to make shore

Techno100 wrote:

I get 24.8 on mixed terrain. Probably 25 plus to Dover.
We calculate £25 per 100 in our budget at UK prices.
That is driving in AUTO too

Hi, andy we get 22 mpg fully loaded in auto.

Mine goes up 1 in 4 gradients

Sounds like the most accurate way of doing mick.

It all gets to tec for me all i now get stoped over loaded in crapp then spanish police show no mercy

Beat you all on fuel our van returns two lamp post per gallon

The Burchies wrote:

Techno100 wrote:

I get 24.8 on mixed terrain. Probably 25 plus to Dover.
We calculate £25 per 100 in our budget at UK prices.
That is driving in AUTO too

Hi, andy we get 22 mpg fully loaded in auto.

This info pleases me greatly as I was a wee disappointed with my 20mpg with Buffy, now I don't feel so bad, still only running in so may improve slightly when we get some more miles on her.

You should get at least 22 on the merc engine bob once you've done a few more thousand miles ie run in.

The Burchies wrote:

You should get at least 22 on the merc engine bob once you've done a few more thousand miles ie run in.

Buffy only done 24000 miles Mark so should improve mpg with another 10000 miles on the clock

It will only get better...and that's not just the mpg, German craftsmanship bullet proof!

I get 30+ day in, day out....

Weighs just under 2.5 ton all the time.

178,000 on the clock & still runs like a Rolex

Lord Lucan wrote:

I get 30+ day in, day out....

Weighs just under 2.5 ton all the time.

178,000 on the clock & still runs like a Rolex

But you can't expect to get that sort of mpg out nearly 5 tonnes.

So did the link not raise any more question?
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Hola Andy,
se construyó la casa rodante y se adquirió en Bilbao, España. Ha publicado ninguna foto de pleno derecho de la autocaravana. ¿Usted está poniendo assisters aire en los muelles traseros para facilitar el nivelado sobre reúne. Gracias, Mack

No need for air assisted suspension as the bank end is in the air, I need big ramps on the front wheels or a convenient slope

Se Signoir...... you speak Spanish too.......

Parked on an uphill slope and still 3 steps up the millencos. People just don't get it! he's a real truck! another ton on the back might start to level him up
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Not with that overhang mate,

All Rapido vans seem to be high to the rear, mine is the same

Does your chassis go all the way to the rear

No it stops where the garage starts and the space where the spare wheel hanger might normally be is occupied by the heated grey waste tank

I don't think you'll have any problems with overweight, that's why the manufacturers design them with the extra payload in mind so as to carry the weight.
Once loaded up for your longer trips you can go to the weighbridge just for piece of mind.

1920 front
2020 rear
3940 gross so I still have 310kg spare at the back and I had half a tank of grey waste on board too

I had full to the brim fresh water and LPG tank and about 90% diesel

Techno100 wrote:

1920 front
2020 rear
3940 gross so I still have 310kg spare at the back and I had half a tank of grey waste on board too

I had full to the brim fresh water and LPG tank and about 90% diesel

Nice one Andy plenty spare

Hi, What is the weight limit in your garage, as mine has the ALCO chassis right to the rear bumper, but they restrict what weight you can carry in the garage,
Not sure what make but I seem to remember reading that to much weight in the garage can damage the body, not sure where I read it but its certainly worth taking into account ? and making sure you don't over load the garage, if it does have a weigh restriction

The garage does not have a weight limit. The GRP section within the garage is limited to 150kg spot loading. The batteries are not on this section nor anything appreciably heavy. The additional weight I have yet to consider is the bike rack and bikes on the rear wall which is a fraction of the remaining payload at my disposal.

I would say about 30kg for 2 bikes inc rack...nothing at all

Is this the new window near habitation door youve been wanting to do?

Aye

Give us a wave when youve dunnit!!

Hi 310kg free is not bad but equal not a lot were the people that you take in the van and all the cloths including beding plus all the food etc that you will take for a reasnoble length trip only i wouldnt purchase a van with only a 310kg weight limit

310 spare is after fully loaded with all our crap, seems I'm struggling to get that through to you. I also had half a tank of grey waste on the back axle

big balls
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Nice one Andy, I expect it lets more light inside?

Cheers Mark, yes it's worth it for that alone but it should let me see down the road on those wide junctions
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Looks much better than that barren wall too
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Excellent job as usual Andy, and it looks brilliant also better than I originally thought with the width restriction

Nice job Andy... will your council tax go up more now??

No still a one bed flat

Very smart job Andy , looks like it was always there

Cheers Barry

You definitely need a window there being lhd, I would really struggle in the traffic if we didn't have one there Andy.