Brief of Commercial Vehicle Weight - All you need to know
Unladen weight is the weight of a vehicle when it’s not carrying any goods and passengers.
It includes chassis and cabin weight, 90% of diesel tank filled, and crew member weight. The unladen weight of a vehicle should be less, because if the unladen weight is lesser then the payload will be higher.
Payload is the load carried by a vehicle, which defines how much weight of goods can be transported legally.
The payload of a vehicle should be higher. The higher payload increases the one-time transportation capacity, which increases the revenue.
GVW stands for the gross vehicle weight is the total weight of the vehicle, including unladen weight and payload.
This is the weight of the tractor and trailer with the axle placed underneath it. It combines the GVW of tractor and trailer weight.