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  • 26-03-2019 11:10pm
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    bugsntinas
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭


    does anyone know how much difference there is between the tests for a campervan and a van.i am looking at the possibility of changing my camper back to a van(personal reasons)


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    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Same test AFAIK,
    FYI Private insurance on commercial vehicles is difficult to get.


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    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,579 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Sales on campers would be strong at the moment.
    You should get a decent price and be able to trade up a few years with surplus cash from campervan sale.


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    niloc1951
    Registered Users Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭niloc1951


    bugsntinas wrote: »
    does anyone know how much difference there is between the tests for a campervan and a van.i am looking at the possibility of changing my camper back to a van(personal reasons)

    The only difference is the price.
    Campervan = €93.15
    Commercial Van ≤3.500kg GVW = €111.16
    Commercial Van >3.500kg GVW = €168.26


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    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,979 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Yeah sell it and by a van. Far easier.


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    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    Further question on campervan test folks hope it's ok to jump in here,



    Does a camper have to have it's guts installed for the test, or can I send it in stripped bare?


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    niloc1951
    Registered Users Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭niloc1951


    Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »
    Further question on campervan test folks hope it's ok to jump in here,



    Does a camper have to have it's guts installed for the test, or can I send it in stripped bare?

    What do you mean by 'guts'


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    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    niloc1951 wrote: »
    What do you mean by 'guts'

    Bed, hob, sink, fridge, storage etc,


    As in just sending it in as an empty van - It's a registered conversion


    Edit - for clarity, the van is undergoing extensive restoration work, I would like to test it before refitting everything incase the CVRT show up something I have missed that would require pulling everything back out again


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    autumnalcore
    Registered Users Posts: 835 ✭✭✭autumnalcore


    Just explain that to cvrt fellas they are human afterall


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    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Should make no real difference apart from weights.
    What they mainly test is the running and stopping gear and lights.
    basically anything under the vehicle and any external lights.
    It will be well below the weights anyway!


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    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Should make no real difference apart from weights.
    What they mainly test is the running and stopping gear and lights.
    basically anything under the vehicle and any external lights.
    It will be well below the weights anyway!

    Grand job, cheers!

    It will definitely weigh feck all, rust is lighter than steel after all :pac:


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    bugsntinas
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭bugsntinas


    Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »
    Grand job, cheers!

    It will definitely weigh feck all, rust is lighter than steel after all :pac:

    hate to pee on you're fire but if it isn't a camper as in have the minimum requires then the insurance isn't valid.mine is registered as a camper but has also been gutted and i can't get insurance. can't get camper insurance as need engineers report and can't get that as it technically isn't a camper and can't get van insurance as it's not a van.this has led to me having massive issues just trying to get it to the test centre and when i did they wouldn't test it as the weights weren't on the plate.


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    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    bugsntinas wrote: »
    hate to pee on you're fire but if it isn't a camper as in have the minimum requires then the insurance isn't valid.mine is registered as a camper but has also been gutted and i can't get insurance. can't get camper insurance as need engineers report and can't get that as it technically isn't a camper and can't get van insurance as it's not a van.this has led to me having massive issues just trying to get it to the test centre and when i did they wouldn't test it as the weights weren't on the plate.

    It'll not be insured at the time anyway, i'll be bringing it to the test on a trailer.


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    bugsntinas
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭bugsntinas


    Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »
    It'll not be insured at the time anyway, i'll be bringing it to the test on a trailer.

    that makes life easier.mines too big for a trailer as she's 23ft long.


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    zambo
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭zambo


    I would be very surprised if they gave you a cert for a stripped van as in conversation with cvrt testers they have mentioned how many converted trucks which were really day vans or race vans have been failed and they appear to have to confirm it is a camper.


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    bugsntinas
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭bugsntinas


    zambo wrote: »
    I would be very surprised if they gave you a cert for a stripped van as in conversation with cvrt testers they have mentioned how many converted trucks which were really day vans or race vans have been failed and they appear to have to confirm it is a camper.

    when i took mine down the tester didn't mention about that only the lack of weights which is now causing me problems


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