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Hi

Can anyone tell me if i am ok to use a maxxraxx premier 4 bike carrier which is fixed to the tow bar and allows the caravan to still be towed. I have a audi a4 tdi 1.9 fitted with a flange type tow ball and am towing a Kip compakt 37ekv.I am unsure if this will be ok and have the chance to buy the bike carrier second hand though will only be taking 2 bikes on it.Any advice appreciated.Many thanks

I think it would be unlikely you would have sufficient noseweight allowance on teh A4 to cater for the caravan, the rack and the bikes.

Jim

hi

sorry to sound dim but how do i find all this out. i looked at my log book and it says the unladen car is 1515.0kg.its an 03 audi a4 tdi and is i think 130bhp.i cannot really find any info in the car manual and the towball has no info on it either. how do i work out the towbar download limit. ? and the caravan plate says its 950kg. Any help appreciated as i wud prefer the maxxraxx rather than an a frame carrier as i need to transport the bikes sometimes when the caravan is not attached and have 2 dogs so wanted access to the boot which the maxxraxx gives.Thank you

There should be a plate on your towbar giving the vertical weight limit. Is the 950Kg MIRO or MTPLM?

Noseweight of the van should be between 4 and 7% of the MTPLM.

Jim

hi jim

many thanks

the plate  on the caravan says max gew.as 950kg.... think that is maybe the same as max permitted weight. Its a foreign caravan and all the manual is in german so i cannot read it !

the towbar has a silver sticker but its all faded so i cannot tell but from what i have read online i think it is 75 or 80kg.

thank you very much