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hi all hope a few of you

 people can advise me on a problem i have had of laor long g fte,i have not been caravaning for very long,i have towed the van about a dozen or so timeswith no problem,went to tenby from calisle late last summer and had no problems,but on my return about 80 miles from home the van started snaking alot (really scary)

been away this bank holiday upto scotland and encounted a lot of snaking ,no real side wind and only happened on the motoway at about 50mph +....

checked tyre pressure all fine,i have a alko stabiliser on ,towing a elddis shamal 1990 van. with a vw passat estate 1.9tdi...130bhp .alko only been on van about 18 months ...not sure if it a loading problem or something else..really worried now as im away to cornwall in 6 weeks and totally dreading it now.....please give me your advice...

all heavy items were loaded in middle of van,wife has all the family clothes in wardrobe.front locker has 1 x gas bottle 6kg,aqua roll,elec cables,waste containers and a few smaller items.....spare wheel,porta potti,small heater,bunkbed laddter in toilet area,there id bedding and pillows under front beds,and bits and bobs in cupboards but no real heavy items

Did you check the noseweight of the caravan?. and remember a stabilisers only an aid to reduce snaking, but if the van is not properly loaded it is not going to stop the van snaking.

hi war cop wots weight o van ?2nd ly was the bank holiday ur 1st trip this year and how many people in car? and fuel was it a full tank? lastly u av not mentioned anything about avin stabaliser i take it u av?  new to it my self but maybe i av sum info!!.....regrds heckle