Two of us on the road for a week with almost full tank of gas &
almost full water tank tipped the trip truck scales on an Oregon
truck weigh station at 4800# (2500 front & 2300 back).
This is an '84 full Westy, manual transmission with a Subaru 2.2.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  9/7/2010 07:51 AM, Florian Speier wrote:
>I am shipping my 87 westy currently across the country with a uship
>provider - he is halfway now and saying the van is too heavy, 5000#.
>He agreed to carry van plus 500#, and claims the van should only be
>3500#. I think a stock  westy weighs more than that - anyone knows?
>
>Thanks
>FLorian