Nosse wight
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Your owners manual should specify the maximum weight for the hitch. A lot of caravans on Alko chassis limit it to 100 kg but some larger twin axles have a higher limit.
Your car will have a noseweight limit too. If it’s less than 100 kg or a higher limit for the caravan, then the car is the limiting noseweight.
Do you mean the actual noseweight of the caravan as it left the factory or the noseweight limit?
There’s not much point in knowing the actual noseweight because that’s something that you can control yourself by appropriate load distribution within the caravan.
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Most caravan manufacturers, state the nose weight for towing should be between 4 % and 7 % of the MTPLM of your caravan,
Normally the heavier the nose weight the more stable a tow you will get, but don't go above the weight limit of your towbar.
Normally the heavier the nose weight the more stable a tow you will get, but don't go above the weight limit of your towbar.
So very true, try and find the 100 kg limit in a caravan hand book.
I tend to stick to 85 kg ISH for my 1645 kg caravan.
I hope this thread doesn't turn into a bag of worms.
My previous two caravans had the chassis’s noseweight limit specified in the handbooks.
It shouldn’t turn into a bag of worms but newbies might not appreciate that the caravan chassis has a limit it too. Just taking a broad brush guide of 5-7% could lead to an owner unknowingly exceeding the caravan maximum.
To ensure a “ worm free” experience I’m not contributing anything further to this thread.
To add a point, we bought a Bailey Unicorn 4 Cabrera in 2019, and the towbar limit was 100kg, the car being the same. However when we checked prior to loading ANYTHING in the van the nose weight was 140kg... We had to move pretty much everything we could out of the front nearside locker (Bailey's don't have a front locker like other makes) including the jack and our normal contents into the space under the rear island bed.
Despite our complaining to Bailey, we got nowhere. Not that we mind, as now we know we check regularly where we are, and we love the design so much we have upgraded to the current model this year
Despite our complaining to Bailey, we got nowhere. Not that we mind, as now we know we check regularly where we are, and we love the design so much we have upgraded to the current model this year
On our Lunar the ALKO hitch restricted the nose weight was 100kg, but I found it a better and more comfortable tow with nose weight at about 110kg. No issue with exceeding 100kg on the tow bar. In reality when towing on UK roads the nose weight will probably fluctuate between zero and +200kg?
Your owners manual should specify the maximum weight for the hitch. A lot of caravans on Alko chassis limit it to 100 kg but some larger twin axles have a higher limit.
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