Weight restriction vw transporter t5 lwb: 240 bottles wine

Ned_led16

Hi there
gonna bring back 240 bottles of wine from france:
would that be bad for a 2007 lwb vw transporter?

TrailerBob

No, Transporter would be well able for that.

kildare.17hmr

The payload capacity should be close to a ton, your load would be half that at most

NWPat

Having done many a wine run to France I can tell you a normal bottle of wine weighs a fraction over 1 kilo and a bottle of bubley 1.5 kilo. 240 bottles weighs about 19 stone, same as two slim ladies and will fit in a normal hatch or estate, with seats down. You could easily double or treble what you're bringing back with that van.

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Ned_led16 wrote: »

Hi there
gonna bring back 240 bottles of wine from france:
would that be bad for a 2007 lwb vw transporter?

Might be better running it on diesel tbh

NWPat

NWPat wrote: »

.......... a normal bottle of wine weighs a fraction over 1 kilo ............. 240 bottles weighs about 19 stone.........

240kgs is a lot (double ish) more than 19 stone, I can just about bench press 19 stone, I wouldn't be able to budge 240kg off the rests.

Those two slim ladies you know are fat lieing b1tches !!!

Jesus Shaves

NWPat wrote: »

Having done many a wine run to France I can tell you a normal bottle of wine weighs a fraction over 1 kilo and a bottle of bubley 1.5 kilo. 240 bottles weighs about 19 stone, same as two slim ladies and will fit in a normal hatch or estate, with seats down. You could easily double or treble what you're bringing back with that van.

what kind of slim ladies do you know:p

Voodoomelon

RoverJames wrote: »

I can just about bench press 19 stone, I wouldn't be able to budge 240kg off the rests.

You're a stronger man than I had you pictured!

I literally mean just about though, as in two of them, maybe three at most. I wouldn't be doing reps of 120kgs or anything.

Anyway, OP, that weight would be grand in the van, no bother at all to it, most cars would take it too.

Voodoomelon

Still a fair lift 120kg, I'd struggle with 100.

OP should be more than fine, i'd double the haul.

Pkiernan

Ned_led16 wrote: »

Hi there
gonna bring back 240 bottles of wine from france:
would that be bad for a 2007 lwb vw transporter?

Can you let us know how you get on.

I'd be interested to see if Customs will ask you to prove that the wine is for personal use or not.


Goods bought in another EU country

You will not be charged any extra duty or VAT on purchases where the duty and VAT has been paid (for example, goods bought in shops, supermarkets, etc.) in another EU country, provided the goods are for your personal use.

If your purchases are equivalent to or less than the quantities set out in the table below, they will usually be regarded as being for your personal use. If you exceed these quantities, you may have to demonstrate at Customs that the goods are for your personal use.

Alcohol and tobacco allowances for travellers to Ireland from EU
Goods

Maximum quantity allowed

Spirits (whiskey, vodka, gin, etc.) - 10 litres
Intermediate Products (e.g. sherry, port, etc., excluding sparkling wine) - 20 litres
Wine (only 60 litres of sparkling wine allowed) - 90 litres
Beer - 110 litres

Del2005

Ned_led16 wrote: »

Hi there
gonna bring back 240 bottles of wine from france:
would that be bad for a 2007 lwb vw transporter?

Whatever about the van being able to carry it. You'd want to make sure it's secured well.

All that lovely wine flooding out the back if you have to brake/swerve hard:(

Pkiernan wrote: »

Can you let us know how you get on.

I'd be interested to see if Customs will ask you to prove that the wine is for personal use or not.


Goods bought in another EU country

You will not be charged any extra duty or VAT on purchases where the duty and VAT has been paid (for example, goods bought in shops, supermarkets, etc.) in another EU country, provided the goods are for your personal use.

If your purchases are equivalent to or less than the quantities set out in the table below, they will usually be regarded as being for your personal use. If you exceed these quantities, you may have to demonstrate at Customs that the goods are for your personal use.

Alcohol and tobacco allowances for travellers to Ireland from EU
Goods

Maximum quantity allowed

Spirits (whiskey, vodka, gin, etc.) - 10 litres
Intermediate Products (e.g. sherry, port, etc., excluding sparkling wine) - 20 litres
Wine (only 60 litres of sparkling wine allowed) - 90 litres
Beer - 110 litres

This is about HMRC but I'd assume it's relevant to Ireland. Assuming the OP isn't on their own they may be under the limit.

Pkiernan

Good point - 2 travellers (assuming both over 18) would mean 180 litres no questions asked.

Which turns out to be 240 x 750mL bottles.

eth0

how do you demonstrate that they are for personal use if you have more? drink them all in the one go there at the checkpoint?

101sean

Used to do regular runs to France in the 90s. Five up (me sober, passengers hammered :rolleyes:) in a LR station wagon, the back crammed full of booze on the way back with the springs on the bump stops

Never got any attention then, not sure I'd get away with it now. Not worth it so much these days in the UK at least with heavy supermarket discounting.

NWPat

RoverJames wrote: »

240kgs is a lot (double ish) more than 19 stone, I can just about bench press 19 stone, I wouldn't be able to budge 240kg off the rests.

Those two slim ladies you know are fat lieing b1tches !!!

yeah, sorry about that its actually double my origional calculation(I usually bring back 120 bottles in car), 38 stone, 4 slimish ladies.