Replating to 3.5 ton

CharlieZeroOne

hi all, Im after buying a 4.5 ton Iveco, and I'd like to get it re-classified to 3.5 ton.
does anyone know how to go about this? The vehicle is an Iveco daily

MidlandsM

Redd4 wrote: »

hi all, Im after buying a 4.5 ton Iveco, and I'd like to get it re-classified to 3.5 ton.
does anyone know how to go about this? The vehicle is an Iveco daily

you need to have it weighed to have a weight docket....your local creamery/grain intake/co-op or anywhere with a weighbridge......cost approx €5 to €10 or free if you know someone


Then go to an approved weight plate installer - he'll fleece you for over €100 easy... (your local DOE centre will inform you as to who does it locally)

Then, contact motor tax office and enquire what forms you need to fill out.

CharlieZeroOne

Hi MidlandsM. I rang the local doe test center, they were really above and beyond helpful actually, but, in the end they said they couldnt do it.

so then i rang Iveco Ireland, which is Harris Motors. they again passed the buck.

serveral people have told me today that the government have stopped downplating light trucks. the reason given, was that people get a truck thats roughly three tons empty, and overload it by a ton or two. i can see that that would happen.

myself im building a mobile office, so it will end up at about 3.3 - 3.4 tons, and stay that weight.

Harris advised me to ring the dept. of tourism, transport and sport. they in turn passed me onto the vehicle standards.. , section...

the guy there is checking it out for me.

bureaucracy. dont you just love it.

MidlandsM

did you ring the tax office as per my post?

CharlieZeroOne

i didnt, i couldnt move on from part b so i needed an alternative. ill give them a go tomorrow.

aaakev

AFAIK you cant do it anymore with a secon hand vehicle. New vehicles no problem getting it done in production, iv 2 on order for a customer

CharlieZeroOne

thats the answer im getting as well. i have rang a multitude of places

http://www.dttas.ie/

vehicle standards

local tax office

motor tax dublin

local doe center

local coachbuilder

Iveco Ireland (harris motors, dublin)

vrt in rosslare

sv-tech in the uk


all of them for the most part cloudy on the matter, some of them certain it cant be done

ammoire

Hi Redd4
Just seeing if you got any further with your down plating? I am in the same situation with a Motorhome on an IVECO. Have tried all the places you have also and no one seems to be able to give me an answer..the best I got was to check with the manufacturer.