A U1700L with ten lug axles should have a GVWR of 10,600kg with a unladen weight of around half that (give or take) giving a huge capacity for a camper. Ian's mog is a smaller U1250 one so he had GVWR issues.
Mine is a baby mog, but with all the extra kit on it ( working gears, overdrive, bigger tyres, 380lt fuel, 220lt water and all the extra kit we carry, I found that the 7.5 tom GVM was limiting how much stuff we could carry, so I increased the GVM to 8tons, now we carry even more stuff so run close to 8 tons all the time
It is very easy to add extra weight, keeping it light is difficult.
Hi again.
PM this Ian re weights.. :-
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/37349-Unimog-Camper-under-construction
I know he has had to 'uprate' his Mog as he's over the standard weight limit. It depends how detailed/heavy you are planni g to go. If you want a well set out box with home comforts, the tray will have to go...
Mine is a baby mog, but with all the extra kit on it ( working gears, overdrive, bigger tyres), 370lt fuel, 220lt water and all the extra kit we carry, ( the sound system alone weighs 30kg) I found that the 7.5 tom GVM was limiting how much stuff we could carry, so I increased the GVM to 8tons, now we carry even more stuff so run close to 8 tons all the time
It is very easy to add extra weight, keeping it light is difficult.
We took all the tools and spares out of the mog the other day, and weighed each bag and box, came in at over 280kg, time to think about things like, do I really need two complete socket set, three sets of ring spanner, brass hammer, big ball hammer, various pliers and electrical terminal tools, two multimeters, a grinder, drill, impact driver, two screw driver sets, torx sockets, hex sockets, and an additional "special sockets" circlip pliers, wire cutters, two allen key sets, crows foot spanner set, various punches and drifts, two power bars, shift spanner and load of things I have forgotten. A set of tyre chains, set of truck tyre levers, spare tube and various patches and puncture repair kits, 12kg of nuts, bolts, washers, air line fittings, grommets, screws, set screws, electrical terminals, hose clamps, fuses, switches.
Then we have a full set of brake pads, shift cylinder, long lengths of air line in all sizes, spare hoses in all size, all the radiators hoses, all the fan belts, 10lt oil, 5lt gearbox oil, 2lt portal oil, 6 spare CAV filters, three spare oil filters, spare glass bowels for the CAV filters, lift pump, thermostats, various glues and epoxy puttys, loads of spare electrical wire in various gauges. I have a 10m 6ton lifting strap, various 8ton shackles, spade, rack, 3/4" drive torque wrench for the wheel nuts, three different size hardwood blocks. Three buckets, two long airhoses, tyre pressure gauges, 20m drinking water hose, three extra solar panels and 10m heavy gauge wire, 5m of chain and a few padlocks,
Toys wise, we have an 4.6m inflatable canoes, paddles and and electric outboard, three tables, a lounger, three chairs, two foot stools, 10 tent poles, 10 very large steel tent pegs, 10 smaller ones, 10 sand pegs, and 6 screw pegs, 10 guy ropes, 30m of climbing rope, 2m pole saw, two large ground sheets, three sets of snorkels and flippers, a hula hoops, two yoga mat, and We both have mountain bikes and all the kit that goes with them. All of our food drawers were full ( we had 30lt of long life milk) and both fridge and freezer were full. We also had 80kg of clothes, jackets, shoes, blankets, boots, extra bedding in the truck at the time and all the washing powder / dish soap, furniture and floor polish, toiletries, cameras, computers, drones, and other electronic toys.
We took it to a place and had it weighed on four very accurate loadcells. We found that we were not surprisingly heavy, 8.1tons with both my wife and I in the truck. Over our GVM, so I drained the grey water tank and emptied out half the water so we would be under the limit. We don't need to keep both fuel tanks full, so nowadays we just keep 50lt in the second 180lt tank as a reserve and run off the primary 190lt tank most of the time.
We carry a lot of stuff, and I'm if we had more space we would probably carry more stuff.
I plan on switching over to Lithium batteries, which will save us around 100kg and double our battery capacity, and replace the front and rear winch wire rope with Dyneema, which will save another 50kg so that we can be under GVM with every compartment full and still keep all our toys
When you live in the truck for months on end, as opposed to go camping in it for a few weeks, your tend to accumulate stuff. I would recommend getting everything a light as possible, so when you add all the extra toys, you are not over your weight limits
