110 Station Wagon unladen weight and MOT class

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MOT test stations are being inconsistent re testing class for 110 station wagon 300tdi 1996 (5-door: front row, second row plus sideways-facing bench seats)

The vehicle has been tested as class 4 on all the previous certificates I can find including last year's.
When try to book a test at Halfords online it says the class 4 stations can't test it but will allow me to proceed where there's a class 7 station.
Other independent stations also vary.

The most helpful conversation I had yielded the flow chart in the folowing link and he said it would boil down to whether or not the unladen weight was known or unknown.

There seems to be varying interpretation of the "unknown" bit with the same source declaring that
"It is not necessary to search the internet for an unladen weight"


What class does yours test at?
Does anyone know the exact unladen weight of the 300tdi 110sw?

Thank you
 
MOT test stations are being inconsistent re testing class for 110 station wagon 300tdi 1996 (5-door: front row, second row plus sideways-facing bench seats)

The vehicle has been tested as class 4 on all the previous certificates I can find including last year's.
When try to book a test at Halfords online it says the class 4 stations can't test it but will allow me to proceed where there's a class 7 station.
Other independent stations also vary.

The most helpful conversation I had yielded the flow chart in the folowing link and he said it would boil down to whether or not the unladen weight was known or unknown.

There seems to be varying interpretation of the "unknown" bit with the same source declaring that
"It is not necessary to search the internet for an unladen weight"


What class does yours test at?
Does anyone know the exact unladen weight of the 300tdi 110sw?

Thank you
Crazy isnt it.... Mine used to go to a regular garage never had an issue but I know technically it shouldnt. But technically they should have a tacograph fitted in France.
 
land Rover was inconsistant in how they registered Defenders - Some were "cars" and others were "vans/light goods" nearly all the way along.

Defender 110 CSW should go though as class 4 as dual purpose vehical. mines gone through as class 4 all its life 1996 110 CSW and even now as a USW type. (no rear seats/van sides) Still class 4.

think the vn plate on the brake boost has the details your looking for re wieghts.

but chain places will just lump them all into class 7 to make their life eaiser/charge more- a local indie will just put it through as class 4.
 
I took my Defender to a Halfords once and they said they couldn’t test it and gave me bollox about rolling road then they switched to class.
My conclusion was that they don’t allow the 5 year old employees to drive them.
The brakes should be tested by being driven on the road.
I always use a local small garage and they always drive my vehicles to test the brakes and generally know what they are talking about.
 
Thank you all for the feedback.

I had a useful chat with a chap at the MOT tester training company and he said Class 4 without a doubt.
His take on the dual purpose phrase was that it related to vehicles with separate load and passenger compartments like pickups, vans etc. He said the 110 SW was ostensibly a car by design and I think he was alluding to the fact that the dual-purpose consideration was not relevant for the 110 SW as the argument had already been satisfied by the car status.

The dual-purpose element might however be a consideration for LR vehicles that are currently (or derived from) a pick-up, truck cab or van.

(Strangely I had one quizzed garage defining dual purpose as a four-wheel drive, off-road vehicle that could also go on highway)
 
Our vin plate (on the brake master cylinder housing) is Gross, Gross Train and axle weights.
 
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