Van weights

saltandpepper10

Isn't it hard to believe in 2016 you have to get your brand new van weighed before getting it taxed under a 1963 law that has never been amended.this information is readily available just about a million times over in specs of every type of van ever built.have heard anecdotal evidence of fleets of vans from tesco and other bulk purchasers queuing to get weighed with every one having the exact same reading obviously,but have a guess what it costs 30 Euro.how can this be allowed,what a kip of a country this is that a rip off like this is allowed to continue year on year,is there a jealousy in the public sector of mr white van man earning a decent living or how is it explained,oh yeah I might add it doesn't make much sense to spend north of 30 gees to avail of cheap 333 annual road tax on another note but that's for another thread

aaakev

I havent had to weigh new Mercedes vans under 3.5 ton for over 5 years as the weights are on the system...

What van did you buy?

biko

saltandpepper10 wrote: »

what a kip of a country

This is when I zoned out...


Actually what van is it? It's a UK import yeah?

saltandpepper10

aaakev wrote: »

I havent had to weigh new Mercedes vans under 3.5 ton for over 5 years as the weights are on the system...

The man in the tax office told me to get a ford transit weighed and there's one or two of them about,also on an approved scales which there are very few in Meath anyway

aaakev

Is it an import?

Drummond seeds weighbridge is your best bet

saltandpepper10

biko wrote: »

This is when I zoned out...


Actually what van is it? It's a UK import yeah?

Just zone out then no?

saltandpepper10

aaakev wrote: »

Is it an import?

Drumond seeds weighbridge is your best bet

No brand new from ford garage

aaakev

Some tax offices are very strict, others have a bit of cop on. A few weeks ago i was in smithfield taxing a new demo and the girl behind the counter asked for thw insurance cert, now iv been in and out of there for the last 5 years and never once been asked for a cert when taxing anything but she insisted its always been that way and i was mistaken and clearly had thw cert with me every time! I put the paperwork in an envelope and left it at reception on my way out and the disk arrived the following week....

Consistently is not their strong point

saltandpepper10

aaakev wrote: »

Some tax offices are very strict, others have a bit of cop on. A few weeks ago i was in smithfield taxing a new demo and the girl behind the counter asked for thw insurance cert, now iv been in and out of there for the last 5 years and never once been asked for a cert when taxing anything but she insisted its always been that way and i was mistaken and clearly had thw cert with me every time! I put the paperwork in an envelope and left it at reception on my way out and the disk arrived the following week....

The whole process is unreal,you're trying to be law abiding pay your road tax and they still break your balls on laws they don't even have full knowledge of.i would so gladly tax a van privitely if it meant you were charged car toll prices.a van is seriously expensive to run but a nescesery tool for a builder,imagine using 33000 to buy a car for work

Supergurrier

Most imports come with the weight already verified.

Maxi mover box body Peogeot Boxer that we got afew weeks ago as my current work whip did anyway.

R.O.R

Last unmodified commercial I got weighed was an 09 Passat Estate.

Only stuff we've had to get weighed are vans that been converted quite a bit since build, probably like Tesco.com vans - box fitted to a chassis

aaakev

Yeah anything with an incomplete coc needs weighing for the iva test to get a complete coc

fancy pigeon

saltandpepper10 wrote: »

The man in the tax office told me to get a ford transit weighed and there's one or two of them about,also on an approved scales which there are very few in Meath anyway

Nearest to me is between Trim and Kiltale. That's an official spot