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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: omega squared on 14 October 2013, 14:01:02
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I'm picking up some paving slabs later in the week in my 3.0 estate anyone done this recently how many will it safely take?
these are small sized concrete slabs 45cm sq.
I reckon they are 15kg each (appox).
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Spread the load across the Car, ie, some in the Passenger Foot Well, fold back seats down plonk some on there then the rest in the back, probably a few more in the back if you have self levelling.
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Load them in until the tyres rub on the arches.Then take one out. ;D
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Load them in until the tyres rub on the arches.Then take one out. ;D
What you really want for moving loads of paving slabs is a BX estate. We loaded so many that the car wouldn't lift. Then, leaving it running, took some out until it did. Leaving it running was the key, as we then put them back in and drove off. Saved making two trips!
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Dunno, but my LPG'd saloon with S/L managed to take about 20 cases of drink :-X
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Didn't you say your self levelling wasn't working?
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Load them in until the tyres rub on the arches.Then take one out. ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Sorry mate can't answer your question. But I do know, from experience, that you can get 150 engineering bricks into the boot of a Mk1 Granada. Issues were the smell of burning rubber (rear tyres rubbing) and the extremely light and vague steering on the way home. Still its amazing what you can carry in a company car ::)
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Didn't you say your self levelling wasn't working?
I've got a feeling the self leveling is not working but I will soon find out when I load it up with these.
24 slabs is 360 kg which if you think about it is just like having 4 really fat passengers on board which is nothing much.
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90k is really fat????? :)
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90k is really fat????? :)
That makes me really fat then :( :( ;D
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90k is really fat????? :)
That makes me really fat then :( :( ;D
f.... cough ;D
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90k is really fat????? :)
That makes me really fat then :( :( ;D
No comment what it makes me :-[
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My mv6 estate has carried 20 standard bags of sand / cement / gravel home from B&Q without bottoming out.
I believe they are about 10kg each :)
HTH
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Ive taken over 500kg of things in mine with self levelling suspension, just go very slow over any speed bumps and take corners very gently. Also braking will be increased so generally just drive very carefully, your probably not in a rush so no need to do anything silly.
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Just to bring this up to date it had no problem with the original slabs.
Then last week when I was at Jewsons I bought a paving pack (12m sq of limestone slabs - 800 kg) which they loaded into the back of the Omega using the forklift truck.
It only just fitted in 9they said it wouldnt) and with most of the weight over the rear axle it really had it laden down (but still manageable!).
800 kg!
So I just took is nice and easy on the run home was fine but wouldnt recommend doing it again!
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800kg :D Thats handy to know as its about the weight of your average Cow :D
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800kg :D Thats handy to know as its about the weight of your average Cow :D
Cattle rustling in an Omega :o :o
That would make a good episode of Road Wars ;D ;D
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Just to bring this up to date it had no problem with the original slabs.
Then last week when I was at Jewsons I bought a paving pack (12m sq of limestone slabs - 800 kg) which they loaded into the back of the Omega using the forklift truck.
It only just fitted in 9they said it wouldnt) and with most of the weight over the rear axle it really had it laden down (but still manageable!).
800 kg!
So I just took is nice and easy on the run home was fine but wouldn't recommend doing it again!
I'm glad you told me the weight, I also brought a limestone pack home in my TD estate, pumped the back tyres up to 50, and drove 40 miles home very gingerly. What a car! :y :y :y
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When we moved into this house the garden was 1 foot higher than the path. I was loading 20 rubble sacks full of soil and stones every day every journey from late March until the end of October. It was a 2.5 CDX year 1999. The weight never bothered the car. It did not affect the suspension at all. What an amazing car to put a lot of weight in. We're all still talking about it to this day. Saved us a fortune not having to hire skips etc.
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800kg :D Thats handy to know as its about the weight of your average Cow :D
as heavy as a cow! I'll keep that in mind there's a few fields round where I live.
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800kg :D Thats handy to know as its about the weight of your average Cow :D
as heavy as a cow! I'll keep that in mind there's a few fields round where I live.
Might have to chop the legs off to get it in the boot :D
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800kg :D Thats handy to know as its about the weight of your average Cow :D
as heavy as a cow! I'll keep that in mind there's a few fields round where I live.
Might have to chop the legs off to get it in the boot :D
Not if you tell it to sit down.
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800kg :D Thats handy to know as its about the weight of your average Cow :D
as heavy as a cow! I'll keep that in mind there's a few fields round where I live.
Might have to chop the legs off to get it in the boot :D
Not if you tell it to sit down.
Hmmmmm, I'll have to chew the cud on this! ;D