I haven't been over the scales with ours empty, but our '88 Westy loaded for
camping, and with 2 adults, 2 kids, 2 spares, all fluids full, plus extra 20lb propane
bottle, 5 gallons water ranges from 5500 - 5800 lbs. The highest reading was with an
extra adult and his gear.
I will try to weigh our '82 Diesel Westy this week front & rear, but last weekend, it
came in at 4100 lbs (1860 kg)  with myself and two kids (260lbs people weight total),
and a 1/4 tank fuel, no fresh water, all cupboards empty. This was at the recycling
depot scale, so I couldn't do it by axle.

On 21 Mar 2005 at 7:19, Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM> wrote:

> Ron & Chris,
>
> The weight Bob seems oddly low compared to the other data I'm receiving.
>
> Although his input was the only pre-1985 Vanagon I received.
>
> The next closest comparison was a 1990 Westfalia (full kitchen) at
> 5000 lbs ... Loaded for camping.
>
> I sent an email to Bob asking a few clarification questions.
>
> BTW ... I will summarixe and post the results when the survey
> Is completed.
>
> larry chase
> roadhaus.com
>
> - - -
>
> Date:    Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:30:51 -0500
> From:    The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
> Subject: Re: Call for .. Actual Vehicle Weight info
>
> > > 84 camper with 1/2 tank of gas and me at the wheel 4050 pds
>
> > for all you out there who wondered if the audi wheels were sufficient
> > to carry the vanagon load, my '86 audi 5000T has a GVWR of 4200 lbs..
>
>
> Based on these numbers, a fully-laden Vanagon would certainly weigh more
> than a fully-laden Audi 5000, because it can hold a lot more cargo.  No
> surprise there. (Also, an '85 or later Vanagon would probably weigh a good
> 100 lbs more than an '84, due to the additional weight of the air
> conditioning and power steering components.)
>
> - Ron Salmon
>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>   www.busdepot.com
>   (215)  234-VWVW
>

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta TD (retired)
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L
'82 Diesel Westy