i think some people are getting slightly mixed up over this including myself .
basically someone previously posted that theyd taken a 110 landrover for MOT [class 4] and were refused a test and told that because the revenue weight said 3499kg that they had to have a CLASS 7 [large commercial van/pick up] MOT test .
upon contacting the DVLA they were told to just fill in the form with the correct weight and send it off for update .
most of the problem was due to the computer and its details shown and that the computer basically refused the test on that vehicle , there was not an easy way or probably even a suitable way to sort the problem out and actually test the vehicle in that station on that day , whereby an MOT test was perfectly ok to do on that vehicle in that test centre .
i have just checked my VIN on my 90 defender .
2 tops lines show 2400kg and 5900kg .
now what happens when you subtract 2400 from 5900kg , you get 3500kg which is the maximum gross towable weight i presume .
ie 2400vehicle + 3500towing = 5900kg total allowed .
my revenue weight on both my 90 v5c log books and previous log books shows 3499kg revenue weight , this is clearly incorrect .
my VIN plate clearly shows 2400kg as vehicle [max weight ?] hence i presume that my v5c for the 90s should have 2400kg as the revenue weight .
110 landrovers probably should have 3050kg as theyre revenue weight and not 3499kg .
the main problem as i can in all this is that the DVLA have by DEFAULT put 3499kg on the majority of landrover 90 and 110 v5 documents as theyre revenue weights , which is not right at all and is causing problems for many people taking vehicles for MOT under class 4 tests .
the DVLA have somehow got the idea that landrovers are all the same , also the 3499kg figure they have used is not related to the vehicle but to the towing limit of what can be towed by a landrover , hence its not the vehicles revenue weight so needs correcting .
towing weight limit for all landrovers = 750kg unbraked and 3500kg braked trailers .
if you look on the landrover gb website its lists gross weights off all theyre vehicles , std and heavy duty , 90s are 2400kg std and 2500kg heavy duty .
.std 110 hard top 3050kg heavy duty 3500kg
there is also a 110 station wagon weight of 2950kg and a uk freestyle = 3500kg .
this isnt towing weight but gross vehicle weight .
the heaviest landrover 110 comes in at 3500kg if its heavy duty but the vast majority of 110s will be 3050kg .
really needs the DVLA to get things correct, but not much chance of that , so it needs everyone who might have this 3499kg "defaulted" weight on theyre logbooks to change them to the correct values whatever they may be , ie what the previous person posting said is shown on the vehicles VIN plate , the top number on the plate .
i may have to change mine yet again because i put 2500kg and it should have been 2400kg for my 90 .
i just want to make sure that by the time my MOT comes round my log book is in order , otherwise i will get turned away at the test centre like a lot of other have possibly done as well .
cheers all good luck .