Just out of curiosity how much weight (comfortably) can one take?

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Regards Kermit (TadPole)

The maximum weight on a roof rack is 25kg

The maximum towing weight is 400kg , the maximum weight on the trailer hitch is 45kg

If the load is spread out in the back of a Van maximum 300kg , if the load is a single heavy article 200kg ( anymore and the floor would flex )


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2 x 44 gal drums will fit in the back laid on their side

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.

Is that per roof rack or a pair.

If each ok, but if both
I thought it could carry more than that.

This roof is holding more than 25kg without roof racks (dont know how though)

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Hi guys thanks thanks for the replies, It would be about 200 kg's spread out in the back. I am looking in to getting something for a daily and cos of my trade i need to be able to carry my tools. So i thought that amini panel van would be awesome . now i just gotta see how much one will cost me . thanks for the help guys.

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Regards Kermit (TadPole)

Hi guys thanks thanks for the replies, It would be about 200 kg's spread out in the back. I am looking in to getting something for a daily and cos of my trade i need to be able to carry my tools. So i thought that amini panel van would be awesome . now i just gotta see how much one will cost me . thanks for the help guys.

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Regards Kermit (TadPole)

Just to keep it on track we are referring to Leyland Van roofs using a single longer roof rack , thinner metal which flexes , the side rails just don,t like it , I,m using the factory load rating and I,ll stay with that , have people put more , yes they have , to put it into perspective , put 50kg on a Roof Rack ( double the load rating ) and go for a long trip say 2000km,s , a higher centre of gravity with increased body roll and all the force on the side rails , not a great idea at all , now lets just say the car your using is 35 years old and has some surface rust in the rain channels , you don,t have to be Einstein to work out that the metal fatigue would be fairly rapid


If you compare an early blindside 850 van with a late blindside Leyland Van , one is a tank with great load capacity , the other is a light commercial vehicle

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the van tow max is 300k(6cwt) the sedan is 400k(8cwt)

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65 panel van Sprog
73 panel van Iggy

we`rnt they rated at a 1/4 ton ?

getting old & forgetting these specs

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Oh ok if thats the factory specs ok, best go buy them. i had no idea

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I don't recommend using a mini as a work vehicle, I drive mine to work every day (only about 50k's) and also race it, so it gets a hard life... I have a rigorous maintenance schedule, and am always fixing something. If I could (read: my wife would let me have another car) I'd have a runabout instead of using the mini. How much would it cost your business to have the work vehicle out of action? do you have an alternative for when it's broken?



I took 2 of my kids on a trip to Adelaide and back right after I built my roof rack. It was 1000k's each way with all the camping gear, luggage etc. etc. on the roof - should have been 50kgs

had a great trip!

John and Carys Pollard drove a Traveller around the world with a heavy duty roof rack on it with a 150kg load. They didn't have any issues with the car taking the weight, only metal cracks appearing on the rack. Not saying it's a good idea, just that it's been done.

But I agree with SK, unless you are a masochist like Watto, you are better off having a reliable and semi-disposable daily work hack rather than a Minivan when your business is relying on it. Or at least a backup vehicle available for when it breaks down or needs maintenance.

I drive an old Beetle daily which is actually pretty reliable. Fortunately I have the very reliable MR2 on CH plates to fall back on when I need it.

Cheers,

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Along with what others have said, in a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being fantastic) I would class a mini as a daily driver as a 4. They are immense fun to drive in short bursts (say up to four or five hours) but after than you tend to miss the technological development that have happened in the last forty years.

They can be hot in summer cold in winter. They are slower in traffic than the average traffic, they are noisier, particularly the vans and they dont brake as well as modern cars (even the el cheapo 95 model diahatsu etc).

A 1275 motor and disc brakes is a big improvement but then there is still the reliability issues. They need constant work as a daily driver and attention to detail. Even back then they wern't good as a tradies van.

Mike

Up until about six years ago I used a Mini and/or a Moke as a daily. Its OK if you're prepared to do a lot of maintenance yourself. I spent many cold winter evenings working like mad to get things patched up to go to work the next day. In the end I found that I really needed a backup vehicle so that I always had one that was OK. For a long time I had both a Mini and a Moke, which was fine.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

I use my mini as my daily, It goes well. I do extremely little to it apart from feed it petrol

Note my work is only about 4-5 kms from my house though

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