Maypole Nose Weight Gauge

[borderbilly]

The above gauge is now £8.19 reduced from £18.99 , 57% reduction on the Big River website, if anybody is looking for one.

 

[Buckman]

The above gauge is now £8.19 reduced from £18.99 , 57% reduction on the Big River website, if anybody is looking for one.

We have the Milenco calibrated gauge that we will be selling and it can weigh nose weight up to 400kg. I wonder how accurate the £8 Maypole one is?

 

[Dustydog]

We have the Milenco calibrated gauge that we will be selling and it can weigh nose weight up to 400kg. I wonder how accurate the £8 Maypole one is?

Can the Milenco and Maypole be used on both SA and TA?
My Reich is designed for TA . They do a different model for SA.

 

[Buckman]

Can the Milenco and Maypole be used on both SA and TA?
My Reich is designed for TA . They do a different model for SA.

Ours could probably could be used for both? The normal Milenco only read up to 120kg, but on the Buccaneer the nose weight could be up to 150kg. We found 140kg to be ideal for us.

 

[Dustydog]

Ours could probably could be used for both? The normal Milenco only read up to 120kg, but on the Buccaneer the nose weight could be up to 150kg. We found 140kg to be ideal for us.

I can’t recall the exact reasons but way back the difference was discussed. There is a difference and this is reflected by Reich producing different gauges for the SA and TA.
I don’t know about the Maypole or Milenco

 

[birdman101]

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[ProfJohnL]

I can’t recall the exact reasons but way back the difference was discussed. There is a difference and this is reflected by Reich producing different gauges for the SA and TA.
I don’t know about the Maypole or Milenco

Because the Reich system uses a device that clips to the cars tow ball, it raises the trailers tow hitch above the true towing height, which affects the nose load the trailer will produce. Consequently to get the device to display a more accurate reading, the device has to incorporate some either computational correction factor or a mechanical compensation system.

However becasue the of the difference in the mechanical geometry of a Single Axle 9SA) and a Twin Axle (TA) trailer the dynamic effect of changing the hitch height when measuring is very different, and you should use the correct device for SA and TA trailers.

At best both these systems are still making some assumptions about the geometric arrangements of the trailer, and cannot be considered to be 100% compliant compared to the official methods of determining applied nose loads. But they are a lot better than nothing.