Operation Manual

Before the journey
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31Caravan - 14-09 - EN
Mass in ready-to-drive
condition
The mass in ready-to-drive condition is the weight of the ready-to-drive standard
vehicle.
The mass in ready-to-drive condition is made up as follows:
z Unladen weight (mass of the empty vehicle) with factory-installed standard
equipment
z Basic equipment weight
Basic equipment includes all equipment and fluids required for safe and proper
vehicle use. The weight of the basic equipment includes:
z Water system filled up to 90% (water tank and pipes)
z Gas bottles filled up to 90%
z A full heating system
z A full toilet flushing system
z The power cables for the 240 V power supply
z The installation kit for an auxiliary battery if an auxiliary battery can be used
The waste water and sewage tanks are empty.
The manufacturer specifies the mass in ready-to-drive conditions in Field G of the
vehicle documents.
Payload The payload is made up as follows:
z Additional equipment
z Personal equipment
Explanations of the individual components of the payload are contained in the fol-
lowing text.
Example for calculating
the basic equipment with
two gas bottles
Water tank with 40 l 40 kg
Toilet cistern with 10 l + 10 kg
Gas bottles (2 x 11 kg
gas
+ 2 x 14 kg
bottle
) + 50 kg
240 V power cable + 4 kg
Installation kit for auxiliary battery + 20 kg
Total = 124 kg
Example for calculating
the basic equipment with
one gas bottle
Water tank with 40 l 40 kg
Toilet cistern with 10 l + 10 kg
Gas bottles (1 x 5 kg
gas
+ 1 x 6 kg
bottle
) + 11 kg
240 V power cable + 4 kg
Installation kit for auxiliary battery + 20 kg
Total = 85 kg
Z The payload of the vehicle can be increased by reducing the vehicle mass com-
plete in a ready-to-drive condition. To this purpose it is permissible, for
example, to empty the liquid tanks or to remove the gas bottles.