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Old Apr 8th, 2019, 07:35   #11
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Towing capasity, auto 2000kg manual 1800kg IF you have grandfather rights, if test passed since 1997 and towing module also passed subtract kerb weight from 3500kg.

The grandfather right weights are handbook, the since 1997 are V5 if it's on there. At age 70 grandfather rights are removed unless you take a class 2 hgv medical to retain them. My thoughts if I have to take the medical I may as well get a class 2 licence and a 38 tonne train capasity as 3500 will see me unable to tow the caravan with either the volvo or landrover without the grandfather rights.

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Old Apr 8th, 2019, 08:33   #12
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Towing capasity, auto 2000kg manual 1800kg IF you have grandfather rights, if test passed since 1997 and towing module also passed subtract kerb weight from 3500kg.

The grandfather right weights are handbook, the since 1997 are V5 if it's on there. At age 70 grandfather rights are removed unless you take a class 2 hgv medical to retain them. My thoughts if I have to take the medical I may as well get a class 2 licence and a 38 tonne train capasity as 3500 will see me unable to tow the caravan with either the volvo or landrover without the grandfather rights.

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Old Apr 8th, 2019, 16:53   #13
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It's not class 2 hgv medical, just a 20 minute health check with an eyesight test to retain your C1 and all the other categories you have now. Mine was £55 from a taxi firm's doctor. A lot of similar firms on the internet.

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Interested to see a photo of the finished job with the cut out in the luggage platform. Looking forward to seeing those pictures.
Finally got a tyre on the spare rim and5 minutes to plan and look at the job

A 17 in canicula with a tyre on will go in the well IF you make a new plywood floor at the existing one has all sorts of shapes on the back, tomorrow i will get a sheet of 18mm and some carpet to make a new floor. As i am in the building job, own a router i envisage 2 hours tops for this part. Then i will look at the storage tray
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Are you sure you want to do this? Having a stiff sheet of 18mm ply right behind you or rear seat passengers could result in serious injury or worse in a rear end accident, as it may not bend or crumple. Is there anything else you can use?
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But isan't this plywood sheet being used to make a replacement load bay platform that will be secured in the same way as the existing one? Does the material from which the replacement floor is made have a direct bearing on the safety of the car? how safe does that make the existing floor? I'm interested in this because I loath the skinny spare which I was forced to buy to replace the can of gunk which was the only Volvo concession to tyre punctures!
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Much to like in these P3 V70's, on monday night, 1 week into ownership 700 miles covered and finding a lot to like. Sure its not quite the latest in info tainment and refinement but still a solid and comfortable mile muncher.

Got a full size spare im going to fit into the wheel well with a cut out in the storage tray, photos to follow
If you remove the underfloor storage tray completely and change the boot floor to one without the pop up divider then I believe a full size wheel will fit.
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Are you sure you want to do this? Having a stiff sheet of 18mm ply right behind you or rear seat passengers could result in serious injury or worse in a rear end accident, as it may not bend or crumple. Is there anything else you can use?
I agree, i am going to modify the design to something less robust. The existing floor is a very stiff material,it does have some thin foam type covering on it.
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But isan't this plywood sheet being used to make a replacement load bay platform that will be secured in the same way as the existing one? Does the material from which the replacement floor is made have a direct bearing on the safety of the car? how safe does that make the existing floor? I'm interested in this because I loath the skinny spare which I was forced to buy to replace the can of gunk which was the only Volvo concession to tyre punctures!
Because of the way we use the car, most miles on a weekend with cargo that cannot be left,at the roadside,or with the recovery, cargo we have been turned away from a B and B with on a very wet sunday at 7pm due to another manufacturer not providing a full sizer i cant let it happen again.
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But isan't this plywood sheet being used to make a replacement load bay platform that will be secured in the same way as the existing one? Does the material from which the replacement floor is made have a direct bearing on the safety of the car? how safe does that make the existing floor?
Its not really how it's secured, it's more because an 18mm piece of ply won't buckle and absorb an impact like the original platform would have been proven to do when it was crash tested. The original platform may appear stiff but under crash loads will actually be quite weak in compression, so that it won't intrude into the passenger compartment if hit end-on. This video of an xc90 rear crash test is quite good, the slow-mo shows just how much the sled intrudes into the boot area before rebound, the xc is quite high up so the sled is probably below the boot floor height in this case, but you can imagine a v70 platform being more in line with the sled and would need to absorb the impact. On another note, IMO it also convinces me that high up vehicles are generally safer in crashes, as the occupants are more likely to be above the intruding bonnet line of the other vehicle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRzMhk9WX70

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