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gewicht rijklaar

English translation: curb/kerb weight


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Dutch term or phrase:gewicht rijklaar
English translation:curb/kerb weight
Entered by: LAB2005
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13:42 Jan 9, 2007
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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / vehicles/trucks
Dutch term or phrase: gewicht rijklaar
Referring to the weight of a vehicle that is ready and equipped to drive. have tried various permutations of a literal translation, without much success. It's easy to understand what it means, but do we have an English term for this? TIA
LAB2005
Local time: 13:11
curb/kerb weight
Explanation:
please see reference!
http://www.autowoordenboek.nl/

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Note added at 12 mins (2007-01-09 13:54:35 GMT)
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this is another reference for curb weight= rijklaar voertuiggewicht zonder lading
http://members.lycos.nl/parahuys/autowoordenboek/
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Kobe Vander Beken
Belgium
Local time: 14:11
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5 +4curb/kerb weight
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curb/kerb weight


Explanation:
please see reference!
http://www.autowoordenboek.nl/

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Note added at 12 mins (2007-01-09 13:54:35 GMT)
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this is another reference for curb weight= rijklaar voertuiggewicht zonder lading
http://members.lycos.nl/parahuys/autowoordenboek/


    Reference: http://www.autowoordenboek.nl/
Kobe Vander Beken
Belgium
Local time: 14:11
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
PRO pts in category: 4

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