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12/8/2012 at 12:10am
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My concept of nose weight is that if I can't lift it, its too heavy. My car's nose weight is 80kg. We loaded the trailer in a balanced manner, the tent across the axel, the poles (roughly the same weight) went across the axel as well. Then we put weight at front, equal weight at the back and so on until it was full. Result was I could lift the nose. Check your tyre pressures are correct, remember its not the tyres which carry the weight its the air pressure in them, and also check the tyre temps for the first hundred miles, they should be less than or around the same temp as your car tyres at least. If they are too hot then you probably are under-inflated... And don't forget 50mph single carriage ways, 60mph dual/motorway.
As to where to put the weight, put it in the trailer as much as you dare. If your car feels like its being mauled to death or you can't accelerate then think about moving it back into the car, but don't put much more than 60-80kg in a roof box (check your car's roof bar specifications)
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