CARAVAN ATM UPGRADE + Car and Caravan GVM Weight Check
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2024
- We got our car and caravan weighed for the first time and increased our caravans weight capacity with an ATM upgrade!
Watch this video to find out:
- How much we were over our GVM.
- Process for having your rig (car and van) weighed + why it’s important to know your weight.
- How to get an ATM caravan upgrade + the process.
- The difference between Aggregate Trailer Mass (ATM), Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM), Gross Combined Mass (GCM), Tow Ball Mass (TBM) + Gross Trailer Mass (GTM).
Massive thank you to Rod from gvmcheck and Deon from Okajaro
(engineering and trailer plan specialist) for sharing their wealth of information with us. We can’t recommend these guys enough.
SPECIAL OFFER ~
Mention ‘No Moss Nomads’ and receive $50 off your GVM weight check with Rod.
Mention ‘No Moss Nomads’ and Deon will look after you depending on what your needs are!
Contact Rod:
Rod Bailey
0407 240 702
rod@gvmcheck.com.au
bit.ly/2B2QYP8
Contact Deon:
Deon
0408 112 604
info@okajaro.com.au
bit.ly/3e1ZGLU
A few good things to know when you go for your GVM check is to make sure you're in the car when it gets weighed, and you have a full tank of fuel. We also got weighed whilst all our water tanks and gas bottles were full.
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We are a family of four living in our caravan nomading around our beautiful home country, Australia.
We've sold our house and most of our belongings to live a life of freedom, minimising our environmental footprint and to simplify our lifestyle. We aren't bound by a time frame and are happy just floating with the breeze (hence our name inspired by the proverb 'A rolling stone gathers no moss).
We want to park our home on wheels at a destination and let fate do the rest!
That’s so interesting! Very informative vid guys. You guys must feel better knowing your weight and having extra load capacity for things. All the best with the car gvm upgrade
Best feeling being legal and knowing it too! Glad you’ve been checked out and it wasn’t an impossible fix... Got to look after your family on the road hey! 🙌🏻🥳
Thanks legends!!! 🧡
Thanks guys, I have always wondered how they do it. Just a little can put you over so quickly.
That was really good information, thank you for sharing that with us.
Congratulations on doing the checks guys, so many people don't. Not only is it a legality thing but even more importantly it is a safety issue. We also had Rod do our rig and can't recommend him highly enough.
100% agree with you Steve! It’s something that was on our to do list for a while but since we’re getting ready to leave (again) we felt better knowing we’re compliant and safe.
That’s awesome! A lot of people have seem to have gone through Rod. He’s great 😊
Very informative thanks guys!
So good! We can't wait to be able to travel out of Victoria!
Thanks for sharing this video, something all towing vehicles should know. We need to do the same although in NSW, good to know what to do, ta.
“Bloody brilliant guys! Thanks “✌🏻🇦🇺
We're about to do this next week! Thanks!!!!
Nice guys!! All the best with it 😊
so many "likes" in 1 sentence!! what a top engineering explanation!!
thank you for great detail video as good watching
Great video, helped lots
Well Done!!!
Great video! I'm now thinking that weight checks should be compulsory, which I will now do.
(Dealers should also have a duty of care when selling caravans)
Great video 👌
Yes I agree with every one here, good video very informative, cheers guys.
Cheers mate! 😊
HI Guys,
Good informative video.
WE have the same van as you. Ours is a 2018 Appeal 647. We had the double bunks but had the top bunk removed. Our Tow vehicle is a 2016 Prado with 2500kgs tow capacity. When we bought our Appeal we had it weighed and were shocked that the tare weight was only 1860. The ATM on our was 2230 however as our cars tow capacity was 2500 kgs we had our ATM increased to 2499 kgs to stay compliant. After fitting a second battery, Additional water tank and grey tank were still way way under and had heaps of room to play with when loading. Stray well and safe travels. Ken
Hey Ken, cheers mate, it’s a pretty light van and it’s awesome that the ATM can be upgraded so easily, we are looking at adding more water and battery’s as well. Safe travels to you too mate ✌🏽
No charge for upgrade AWESOME
Hey guys,
New to your channel (today) but have already watched a couple of vids :)
How did you go with GVM upgrade with Outback Armour suspension?
Hey man, so the guys at outback armour have found and engineer they have worked with in order to carry out the upgrade (10% increase in GVM). Take the Ute into their shop and get it back with a mod plate; granted that it passes the brake efficiency test. Bit pricey and we didn’t actually get a chance to do it. I upgraded the brakes in the triton as well so I’m happy knowing it can handle the weight 👍🏽
Hi Guys. Love your videos. Just wondering how much was the GVM check?
Hey, cheers 😊 gvm check is $250, Rod mentioned a discount if you mention us when booking though so feel free to give him a call 👍🏽
What about tow bar weight, with 2600 ATM ball weight could be 260kg. Is the tow bar on the vehicle able to accept that 260kg load????
How did you go with the GVM upgrade on the Triton ?
I have a MQ Triton in Victoria and tried to find an engineer down here to do a GVM upgrade and couldn't find anyone who would do it. Was told the vehicle has not been "approved" or something to that effect for GVM upgrade here in Victoria...very interested to see how you go
Tritons have one of the highest GM's in the ute class. If you need a GM upgrade of your Triton you're doing it wrong
It’s crazy how quickly weight adds up! Our guesstimating was a bit off 😂
Have you gone over your van or car’s GVM? By how much? Let us know!
Our van was 108kgs over so after watching this we called Okajaro, now we have an extra 500kg payload, thanks guys.
Your titan draws weigh approx 100kg empty. Your engine would weigh 20-30kg? Have you thought about removing the draws and replacing with cheapo Bunnings plastic ones- or swapping the two loads to bring weight closer to front axle. Those kings draws are a killer!
Hey Owen, the drawers weigh 31kg each, and are far too handy to replace with something that’ll break in a few months. It is defiantly something we considered though. The tinny is non negotiable haha, but I thought about moving the engine to the back of the van. Weight distribution is great when we don’t have the van attached, it’s only an issue cause by the ball mass. Weight distribution hitch should sort that out 👍
I got mine done when they were building the van. I asked why don't you do it for every van and they said so they can keep it in the lowest class of tow vehicles and their vans can be towed by more people, more sales. makes sense !
Hey mate, I wondered why they didn’t, i assumed it was cost on there behalf. Rod said some vans come in brand new and empty and they are over there ATM and GTM.
Yep awesome stuff guys but because you have a Queensland mod plate does t that include all states and territories or would have been better if it was a federal plate?
Hey mate, QLD modplate will cover us in all states and territories. And I’m not sure what the process is for federal plates.
Yep it's all a bit too confusing thought you had to have a federal plate because it was only plated in Queensland if you sold it to someone in New South Wales then that would not be active correct me if I'm wrong any one please
Your not really letting them go with the front axle so light
Could you let me know what camera your using
Hey Lynee we use a go pro 7 and go pro 8 😊
Were you water tanks empty or full at the time of the weight check? Mitsi fuel tank, empty or full?
We filled all our tanks for the weigh in 👍🏽
Great vid guy what’s the cost for both of these please
Cheers Brett!
GVM check normally costs $249.00 but if you mention ‘No Moss Nomads’ when you book you’ll receive a $50 discount (so it’ll be $199)
Okajaro’s pricing changes depending on your requirements. It’s best to give Deon a message for a free assessment 😊
No Moss Nomads cheers mate thanks for the info
Are you guys still travelling doing vids?
Yep!!! Working on one atm, then we’ll back to weekly vids 🤙🏽
Hey guys, miss your guys content. I hope you are okay.
Deon, thats an okka sounding Aussie name aye? Fucken saffas! :)
Have you got enough GCM to play with otherwise the vehicle GVM upgrade is not feasible.
Hey Luke, yes, we are no where near reaching our GCM. Only looking to upgrade GVM by 200kg
Hi guys what was the cost of the engineer ?
Hey Janelle! Okajaros prices I believe start from $380, but it’s best to shoot Deon a message for a quote, he’s super helpful and informative!
Law must be different where you guys are....I thought ALL trailers over 2 tonne needed to have TWO safety chains. Perhaps I'm mistaken?
Also, I was surprised the GVM weigh-in bloke measured the TBM (to ball mass) by placing the scales under the jockey wheel. The jockey wheel is NOT at the correct point for measuring the TBM....think about it; elementary physics.
Also, I would consider it to have been unsafe to have allowed you to leave there with the excess weight on the drive and too little on the steer....hope you moved some stuff around before you left.
Het guys what happened with your videos
Hey Stephen!! We’re working on a big one now then we’re getting back to making them weekly.
We’ve just been stationary for a while and Antoniu picked up some work so it was difficult getting good vids out. Butttt we’re coming back! 😉🤙🏽
dropping the height of the tow ball wont change weight front or raer. I dont think he understands .. He need to loose weight and get level rides
Hey Chris, issue was sorted with a weight distribution hitch and arranging the load better between the car and the van. Don’t stress mate I understood very well what needed to happen
Mate the Titan drawers are really heavy .
Mate, the drawers are 31kg each
What a scam, not legal but if pay some $ it is!!
So true 20 years ago no one said boo
Dont forget it didnt have the weight of your kids too
Yep they’ve been included 😊
When you doing videos can only ONE person speak and in particular one person in this video keeps " butting " in.
And did you pay for this service or provided in kind in return for promoting these businesses?