Mercedes-Benz Metris Operator's Manual page 247

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Towing capacity, braked GTW
Tongue weight of the trailer
drawbar TWR
Car Cargo tie-do go tie-down points and carr wn points and carrier syst
Loading capacity of t Loading capacity of the car he cargo tie-do go tie-down points and
tie-down ey tie-do wn eyes es
Observe the notes on securing loads
( page 166).
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Nominal tensile load is the maximum permissible
pulling force on the cargo tie-down point.
T T ie-do ie-down ey wn eyes es
Nominal t Nominal tensile load of tie-do ensile load of tie-down ey
T T ie-do ie-down ey wn eyes es
Tourer
Cargo Van 1124.0 lbf (500 daN)
Guide and loading rails Guide and loading r ails
R R at ated t ed tensile f ensile for orce of t ce of the car he cargo tie-do
guide or loading r guide or loading rail ail
Cargo tie-do Car go tie-down point wn point
Guide rails
Loading rails on cargo 1124.0 lbf (500 daN)
compartment oor
Loading rail on side
wall
The values speci ed apply only to loads resting on
the cargo compartment oor if you observe the fol-
lowing:
The load is secured to two cargo tie-down
R
points on the rail
The distance to the nearest load-securing point
R
on the same rail is approximately 3
Inf Infor ormation about r mation about roof lugg oof luggag age r e racks
Observe the notes on the carrier systems
( page 171).
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2 Maximum permissible gross mass of the trailer, for trailers with independent brake system
5000 lb
(2268 kg)
500 lb
(227 kg)
ier systems ems
wn points and
Maximum r Maximum roof load/pair
wn eyes es
N Nominal t ominal tensile load ensile load
786.5 lbf (350 daN)
This information applies if the load is distributed
evenly across the entire roof area.
If the roof luggage rack is shorter, reduce the load
go tie-down point of a wn point of a proportionately. The maximum permitted load per
pair of roof rack supports is 110 lbs (50 kg). The
maximum permitted load of basic carrier bars for
Nominal t N ominal tensile load ensile load
rail is 220 lbs (100 kg).
786.5 lbf (350 daN)
The driving, braking and steering characteristics of
the vehicle will change with the type of load, the
weight and the center of gravity of the load. Com-
ply with the loading guidelines and further informa-
tion about load distribution (
225.0 lbf (100 daN)
(1 m)
acks
* N N O O TE TE Damage due to exceeding the maxi-
mum permissible roof load
If the weight of the roof luggage, including the
roof luggage rack, exceeds the maximum per-
missible roof load, this can cause damage to
the vehicle.
Do not exceed the maximum permissible
#
roof load.
Arrange the supporting feet of the roof
#
luggage rack at an even distance from
each other.
Install the basic carrier bars for rail in
#
front of and behind the mid-section sup-
port.
oof load/pairs of r s of roof r
Maximum roof load Maximum r oof load Minimum number of Minimum number of
331 lbs (150 kg)
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Technical data 245
245
oof rac ack suppor k supports ts
pairs of suppor pair s of supports ts
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page 165).