Ford Transit Van Payloads | Transit Tipper Guide

Don’t ignore the importance of van, truck & tipper payloads.

Did you know all vans aren’t equal, many will buy the cheapest “deal” on-line van because their tools or load “fit” the van.

The 2024 model 280S Transit Custom, Limited, Automatic, as an example only has a 891kg payload, however a plumber will want the long wheelbases 3mtrs load length and the max payload for the size of van for their fittings.

We would advise a plumber to consider the 320L Custom limited with a 1191kg payload, therefore avoiding the consequences and risk of voiding Insurance, through being overweight.

Most construction, landscaping and waste management business’s don’t want the administration and cost burden of an operators licence of a vehicle over 3500kg gross vehicle weight, this why manufacturers will design and build there vehicles to gross at the 3500kg threshold.

Bigger 3500kg Vans typically weigh 2300kg unladen and offer a 1200kg payload.

Tippers, trucks and specialist chassis cab variants are far more complex and typically a 2 stage build with chassis cab built first, then a body second.

A tipper unladen will weigh circa 2500kg, this leaves a payload of around 1000kg, however add cages, tow bars extra high sides or any other option and this additional weight reduces your 1000kg payload.

Option to reduce weight could include single rear wheel or even front wheel drive, however these option conflict with off road performance & towing.

We’ve recently purchased our 6th van from Roywood Transits, and the service that we receive from Jason, Paul and the rest of the team is always great. We have all of our vans serviced at Roywood as they make it a seamless and hassle-free experience.Huge thanks from the RoofStyle team.

For anyone wishing to realise their van-life dream, there is no better place to start than Roy Wood Transit. From the very first visit to their premises, where Steve spent so much time with us talking through our requirements (and completely changing our minds about what we wanted in a van), to the day we collected our vehicle (with a thorough four-hour induction on how to use it), we cannot fault the professionalism and friendliness of this company. Our high-top Ford Transit Custom Leisure Van has brought a new dimension to our lives and is our new happy place. Thanks especially go to Steve and Karl – your customer service is second to none!

Just wanted to give a big thank you to Steve, Karl and Paul we picked up our MRV Camper just before Christmas and couldn’t be happier with it.
From our fist visit to auto campers we decided to buy from these guys due to the quality of the campers and the knowledge of Steve just had to decide on the camper we wanted and after a few visits we decided on the MRV pop top with the help of Steve.
Throughout the whole process there was no pressure just good sound advice.
We went for several extras all of which we are really please with and the camper looks great.
Cannot recommend Auto Campers enough .

Thanks again for all your help.

Martin & Kate

First class help and advice from Jason when reviewing a Ford Tourneo Custom WAV. I was impressed by the professionalism, knowledge and helpful communication provided by Jason at Roy Wood Transits when trying to purchase a wheelchair accessible vehicle.

We recently had an electrical fault with our camper due to the failure of a dashcam power cable fitted by a third party (NOT Roy Woods Transits). We need to be relayed back from South Devon to Reading on the second day of our holiday. We only needed to make one call to Jason at Roy Woods Transits and the repair was set in motion. We repacked the estate car and travelled back to Devon the next day knowing our campervan was in good hands. I can’t thank the team enough for all their assistance. Very much a 5 star service. Thanks Jon and Ali.

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