Revision question · Vehicle loading

A vehicle has a maximum authorised mass of 40 tonnes. All non-payload mass, including vehicle, fuel, people and equipment, totals 15 tonnes. What mass allowance remains for payload?

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15 tonnes

25 tonnes

35 tonnes

45 tonnes

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25 tonnesThis was the right answer

40 minus 15 leaves 25 tonnes. This worked example already accounts for all non-payload mass. Each axle, the floor and the restraint system must still be within its own limit; the subtraction alone does not approve the loading plan.

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Recheck axle loads as deliveries change the loadReviewed guidance summary · The worked examples explicitly account for all non-payload mass; delivery changes must still respect every axle limit.

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