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Land Rover weight measurements
and spring numbers for all models
Land Rover weights can be
of interest to anyone fine tuning a suspension or just wanting to
know how much weight they can carry and how to distribute that load.
When Rover matched springs to vehicles they assumed a standard
adult weight in each seat, full fuel tank and the cargo to be placed
at the rear behind the forward facing seats. In station wagons,
the cargo in the rear between the feet of side facing adult passengers.
Looking at the factory specs for loaded and unloaded vehicles, between
about 75 to 85% of weight added to a series Land Rover is supposed
to be carried by the rear springs.
One immediate implication is when loading a roof rack. The heaviest
items should be at the rear of the vehicle. You should always strive
to carry weight as low as possible in a series Land Rover but the
numbers say that the absolute worst loading feaux pas is to place
a lovely row of full Jerry cans across the front of your roof rack.
I have interpolated (tortured) the data below to come up with spring
load ranges for each spring the factory currently offers for series
Land Rovers. The interpolations are on a separate web
page. Depending upon vehicle modifications, the weights you
carry and where you carry the weight you may need to mix springs
from models for the best ride quality and maximum spring articulation.
The table below contains data taken from two sources, the spring
numbers came from the Land Rover Series III parts book and represents
springs available at this writing.
The weight data comes from a Land Rover handbook titled "Land-Rover
Technical Details, For Staff guidance only - not for general issue
to the public, October 1971"
Unless marked unladen, each weight is a factory recommended maximum
weight. Weights are in pounds with kilograms in parenthesis.
Unladen is wet weight as delivered with 5 British gallons of fuel.
Official payloads for cross country are:
- 88 regular - 3 persons + 1,000 pounds
- 88 station wagon - 6 persons + 50 pounds
- 109 regular - 3 persons + 1,800 pounds
- 109 station wagon - 10 persons + 200 pounds
- 1-ton - 3 persons + 2240 pounds
Assume that all the non-person weight is meant to go behind the
forward facing seating area.
Rover defines a person as weighing 167 pounds
Land Rover Factory Data from 1971
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Front axle
weight |
Rear axle
weight |
Total vehicle
weight |
| 88 regular, petrol |
Lbs (Kg) |
|
|
unladen axle weight |
1640 (744) |
1313 (595) |
2953 (1339) |
Normal road work |
1828 (830) |
2625 (1190) |
4453 (1339) |
Cross country |
1828 (830) |
2425 (1100) |
4253 (1930) |
Passenger spring # |
242863 |
517589 |
|
Driver side spring # |
241283 |
517588 |
|
Cross country load, pounds [% total load] |
188 [17%] |
1112 [83%] |
1300 |
| |
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|
|
| 88 regular, diesel |
Lbs (Kg) |
|
|
unladen axle weight |
1730 (785) |
1367 (620) |
3097 (1405) |
Normal road work |
2140 (970) |
2625 (1190) |
4765 (2160 |
Cross country |
2140 (970) |
2425 (1100) |
4565 (2070) |
Passenger spring # |
264563 |
517589 |
|
Driver side spring # |
265627 |
517588 |
|
Cross country load, pounds [% total load] |
410 [28%] |
1058 [72%] |
1468 |
| |
|
|
|
| 88 Station wagon |
Lbs (Kg) |
|
|
unladen axle weight |
1724 (782) |
1557 (706) |
3281 (1488) |
Normal road work |
1828 (830) |
2625 (1190) |
4453 (2020) |
Cross country |
1828 (830) |
2425 (1100) |
4253 (1930) |
Passenger spring # |
242863 |
517589 |
|
Driver side spring # |
241283 |
517588 |
|
Cross country load, pounds [% total load] |
104 [12%] |
868 [88%] |
972 |
| |
|
|
|
| 109 regular, 2.25L petrol |
Lbs (Kg) |
|
|
unladen axle weight |
1839 (834) |
1462 (663) |
3301 (1497) |
Normal road work |
2140 (970) |
3765 (1710) |
5905 (2680) |
Cross country |
2140 (970) |
3665 (1620) |
5705 (2590) |
Passenger spring # |
264563 |
279679 |
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Driver side spring # |
265627 |
279678 |
|
Cross country load, pounds [% total load] |
301 [14%] |
2203 [86%] |
2404 |
| |
|
|
|
| 109 regular, 2.25 diesel |
Lbs (Kg) |
|
|
unladen axle weight |
1946 (882) |
1525 (692) |
3471 (1574) |
Normal road work |
2320 (1050) |
3765 (1710) |
6085 (2760) |
Cross country |
2320 (1050) |
3565 (1620) |
5885 (2670) |
Passenger spring # |
265627 |
279679 |
|
Driver side spring # |
276034 |
279678 |
|
Cross country load, pounds [% total load] |
374 [15%] |
2040 [85%] |
2414 |
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|
|
| 109 Station wagon 2.25L |
Lbs (Kg) |
|
|
unladen axle weight |
1739 (789) |
2013 (913) |
3752 (1702) |
| 109 Station wagon 2.6L |
|
|
|
unladen axle weight |
1699 (771) |
2211 (1003) |
3910 (1774) |
Normal road work |
2140 (970) |
3765 (1710) |
5905 (2680) |
Cross country |
2140 (970) |
3565 (1620) |
5705 (2590) |
Passenger spring # |
264563 |
279679 |
|
Driver side spring # |
265627 |
279678 |
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Cross country load - 2.25, pounds [% total load] |
401 [25%] |
1552 [ 75%] |
1953 |
Cross country load - 2.6 |
441 [25%] |
1354 [75%] |
1795 |
| |
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| 109 1-ton |
Lbs (Kg) |
|
|
unladen axle weight |
2088 (947) |
1798 (816) |
3886 (1763) |
Road & cross country |
2550 (1157) |
4200 (1905) |
6750 (3062) |
Passenger spring # |
265627 |
535173 |
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Driver side spring # |
276034 |
535173 |
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Cross country load, pounds [% total load] |
462 [20%] |
2402 [80%] |
2864 |
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