Some caravans have the jockey clamped to the outside of the A-frame - this allows it to be used higher up, making the hitch lower, than those where it clamps to the inside of the A-frame.
We use cheap bathroom scales, they seem accurate to within a couple of kilos which is fine, typically we run at +/-90kgs and have a hitch and towbar permissable of 120kgs, so a few kgs makes little difference. (Most noseweight gauges only go up to 100kgs).
Using them is simplicity itself, I just raise the jockey wheel, letting the steadies take the weight, put the scales under the wheel and raise until the steadies are just off the ground. I've not found a few inches of hitch height makes any difference.
The steadies are perfectly capable of taking the caravan noseweight, about 45kgs each steady.
Using them is simplicity itself, I just raise the jockey wheel, letting the steadies take the weight, put the scales under the wheel and raise until the steadies are just off the ground. I've not found a few inches of hitch height makes any difference.
The steadies are perfectly capable of taking the caravan noseweight, about 45kgs each steady.
I think you will find even the Alko short steady are rated at 800 kg the premium at 1200kg.
ukshop.alko-tech.com
It's probably the floor at the front that cannot take a really heavy load.
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It's probably the floor at the front that cannot take a really heavy load.
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