Can anyone give me a rough idea how much I’ll get away with on a Euro cargo. I’ve been told 4 tonnes by the work but that’s all fine for them, my license etc. It’s all because they won’t pay for the fuel on a proper 18 tonner.
Put it on a weighbridge with a full tank of fuel when the vehicle is empty (you may need to pay for this and claim it back on your expenses) you then have your “Tare” weight and simply subtract that from your 7.5 tonnes and you’ll have your answer.
Always assuming it is plated as 7”5 tonnes that is.
You can “get away with” most things, as long as you don’t get caught 
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In class 2 trucks theres a weight plate certificate usually on drivers door that tells you weights etc.
Not sure if they have one on 7.5 t trucks worth having a look round the truck for one piece laminated paper about foot square in size
Good point.
Plug the vehicle reg into the .gov site and it should give the “revenue weight” of the vehicle. That may be lower than the design weight. Enter the registration number of the vehicle - Check if a vehicle is taxed and has an MOT - GOV.UK
The unladen weight depends a lot on the body fitted. A short flatbed should be a lot less than a long fridge.
Checking on a weighbridge is a lot safer than guessing.
Google maps home area, “public weighbridge” and away you go.
You just might squeeze 4 tonnes on a bare chassis. The Payload allowance on our 14 pallet curtainsiders is just over 2.5 tonnes.
Our DAF 7.5 sleeper cabs 20’ curtainsiders carry between 2.8 and 3.0
and the one fitted with a tailift carrys 2.2 more info about you vehicle
flat, van or curtain body lenth day cab or sleeper
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If they are saying that they have enough work for an 18 tonner ? but it’s cheaper for them to use a 7.5 tonner instead, then the alarm bells would be ringing before even bothering with the weigh bridge.
It’s a tailift, didn’t know until I picked it up today. Will get 2.7 on her due to being fitted with a traffic management flat body. So a fair difference to their 4 tonne idea!
Exactly this. However we have 3 of them now so seemingly their plan is to send multiple trucks per job. 26 tonner now being delivered next week, so I can’t complain too much.
It sounds like they are trying to reinvent the wheel or truck.