Milenco 2691 Calibrated Nose Weight Gauge Caravan Trailer

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Any gauge that settles at a different height than the coupled height will give an incorrect measurement. In addition none of the spring loaded gauges offer graduations that cannot be affected by parallax errors when trying to read them. Most spring gauges are notoriously in accurate and unrepeatable. With a twin axle caravan having a noseweight outside of the rated limits can also result in uneven wear of the caravan tyres.

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Something Dan touches on in his video, which I think is worth emphasising, is his personal noseweight preference. Yes, you need to be within the minimum and maxium rating for the caravan. https://www.baileyofbristol.co.uk/owners-beginners-guides/beginners-guide-to-caravanning/how-to-load-your-caravan/ Over the years i have towed various outfits with different cars and 4X4’s, Nose weights have altered. There will never be a substitute for big car small van for stability and control. I also learned to trim vans long before it was regularly discussed. 1980 Big volvo estate twin axle acceptable but nose sensitive to trimming nw. 90kg. same van 4×4 short wheel base twitchy and prone to drift when passing or being passed by waggons nw. 125kg. This sort of gauge has an inherent flaw. You need to measure the noseweight on level ground and in towing attitude (i.e. with the hitch the height it is when being towed). The hitch height can have a significant effect on noseweight. With single-axle trailers, the centre of gravity (CoG) moves forward as the hitch is lowered, which increases the nose weight.If the nose weight of your caravan is either too far above or before its limit, then you will experience a poorer towing performance. For example, if the nose weight of your caravan is too high, then this will cause make it more challenging to drive. I had the first that Niall recommended and cannot agree with his recommendation. Using it to measure the noseweight of my caravan three times in the same place, I got three different readings that ranged from just over 50 kg to just under 80 kg. If you don’t take the noise weight into consideration when you are loading your caravan and towing car, you could have a serious accident, that if it doesn’t cause damage to anyone else or their vehicles on the road, causes costly damages that you need to repair.

https://www.baileyofbristol.co.uk/owners-beginners-guides/beginners-guide-to-caravanning/how-to-set-your-caravans-noseweight/ The chassis maker stamps both the highest nose weight and the maximum load that the coupling is developed to carry. These figures are identified by the letters 'S' and 'GA'. The tow cars maximum nose weight will be in the owner's handbook, whilst the maximum nose weight of the towbar is on the towbar plate. You will need to work with whichever is the lowest. It would be very nice to have gauges that are calibrated to the exacting standards suggested in this and other similar forum topics, but to be guaranteed 100% accurate any weight measurement device would need to be re-calibrated at regular intervals, whether they happen to be spring loaded devices or bathroom scales. I recommend the use of bathroom scales sat on top of the caravan step with a few magazines to under scales to make the fine height adjustment.components are able to sustain should be taken into account as well as those that the towed vehicle can Expert Loading Tip – When you are trying to load your caravan and towing car, so that it doesn’t exceed the nose weight limit, is to place the leisure battery and gas bottles on first. These are generally two of the heaviest things you are likely to be touring with. So, by putting them in first and making sure you have room for them, you will make it easier to know what else you can and can’t load. For instance, if the nose weight of the caravan is too high (and above your car’s noseweight limit), you can experience a reduced steering feel. Driving outside of the required noseweight limit can lead to many highly dangerous problems, including: