why do you have to have the the caravan s max wheight and the cars unladen wheight the only time i will tow my van is on holliday whith the car loaded or to the dealers for a service when the van willbe emptey can the 85% be worked out on this
caravan wheights
- Thread starter benny1
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Calculating the weight ratio by using the maximum laden weight of the caravan and dividing that by the kerbweight of the car is standard practice. It represents the worst possible condition weightwise when towing. Of course, if you never load anything into the caravan but put everything in the car, the ratio will drop significantly, but the resultant value would be meaningless because it cannot be compared with anything else. A lot of people who tend to make full use of the car's max. permissible GVW and never tow with the car only at its kerbweight therefore choose to go higher than 85% so long as the manufacturer's spec allows.
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