(18-05-2011, 05:19 PM)samthesidecar Wrote: If the van is overweight it's overweight, insurance would be invalid should you have an accident, and if caught in the UK a hefty fine. The number of times you have travelled is irrelevant.

As you say this will give a headache to some of the boys coming over, piles of gear on the harbour side while they shuttle stuff up to the paddock!!

This check was nothing to do with the Steam Racket by the sound of it, however, in the past they have weighed vans BEFORE boarding, mine was weighed years ago before going on the old Vomit Comet, which I if I remember right had a 3.5 tonne weight limit.

Vans only got weighed at Liverpool due to the limits of the landing stage.
As I said on last nights boat was many vans, mine being the only race transporter. The van in front of me was another Iveco jammed full of PVC windows ( back doors could not be shut) I asked the question why that van was not weighed only to be told it was weighed before getting on at Heysham, well I can tell you that was pure Bull poo from the Police as I followed this van all they way through from the M6 to the boat so would have seen if it had been weighed.
For a few years now fans have been putting their bikes in the back of vans to save costs on travel to the TT, it has cost the IOMSP lost fares on riders plus bikes so they are now fighting back with the help of the Police.
I returned to the Douglas Port tonight to see if any other vans were checked by the Police when the boat docked and none were.

And just to clarify a point if a van is emptied of a bike at the port then the owner will be charged an additional frieght charge.

As said on another forum several friends used to ride down to Heysham with their bikes and load them into a mates van for the sailing over to save costs, now they won't be able to do it.