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Michael's link shows 100kg for the stabilizer/hitch.  That seems fine.

Just a little caution: Careful not to confuse the three different weights for noseweight: the hitch, the towball and the towbar.

Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 16/5/2011

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Michael's link shows 100kg for the stabilizer/hitch.  That seems fine.

Just a little caution: Careful not to confuse the three different weights for noseweight: the hitch, the towball and the towbar.

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Quote: Originally posted by TonyC52 on 16/5/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 16/5/2011

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Michael's link shows 100kg for the stabilizer/hitch.  That seems fine.

Just a little caution: Careful not to confuse the three different weights for noseweight: the hitch, the towball and the towbar.

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I think there are 4 different weights, and this may answer earlier posts regarding 100 / 150 kg rating. The 3004 stabiliser has a rating and so does the al-ko a-frame, which I beleive is currently restricted to 100 kg and so is hte imiting factor.

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Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 16/5/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by TonyC52 on 16/5/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 16/5/2011

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Michael's link shows 100kg for the stabilizer/hitch.  That seems fine.

Just a little caution: Careful not to confuse the three different weights for noseweight: the hitch, the towball and the towbar.

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I think there are 4 different weights, and this may answer earlier posts regarding 100 / 150 kg rating. The 3004 stabiliser has a rating and so does the al-ko a-frame, which I beleive is currently restricted to 100 kg and so is hte imiting factor.

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You may well be right here.  I tried to find the spec. for the alko chassis etc but couldn't find anything which specifically related to noseweight.  You may had had more luck than I.

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I have a similar problem to you Ecofrizz. We have moved nearly everything from the front except the gas bottle and battery and still cannot keep the noseweight down.

The only thing we can think of doing is relocating the battery. Its never been ideal, but since we upgraded to a 110 battery the noseweight problem has got worse. Moving the battery is going to be a pig of a job, but it looks like its our only option.

My advice would be , you know you have too much weight in the forward half of the caravan , so you place heavy items over the axle and it doesn't help a lot , what you have to do imo is gradually move the heavy items rearward past the axle center line until you get the nose weight you want . 
I'm pretty sure you won't end up with them at the very back of the caravan before you get the correct nose weight .
What you should end up with is a correctly balanced caravan .

Obviously if you have the front locker stuffed with items you should make this as light as possible first , if you don't , you'd end up putting items to far to the rear which could give you the sea-saw effect ( heavy weight at both ends of the caravan ) .

You shouldn't not bother with nose weight because the caravan can be unstable when towed , the towcar , towbar towball and hitch have limits you shouldn't exceed . If you carry too much weight on the hitch you could end up with a very light car on the front , causing a loss of grip on the front wheels .

atb

Wizard 

HI

The balance point of a caravan (single axel anyway) is usually about 2-3ft infront of the axel so placing items you will be taking over the axel will in effect load the back of the caravan and therefore will lift the front and reduce the nosewieght.

I have the same issue with noseweight as my car only allows 55kg but the caravan empty has 90Kg on the nose.  once the 'van is loaded with all my gear the noseweight drops to around 65Kg.  I have started taking the battery out and putting it in the car instead and this gives me the perfect noseweight and it tows like a dream.

Cheers

Richard

Hi Ab , 70kg doesn't sound to bad to me , you could get a plastic box and put your tins in it and put it with the aquaroll etc .

atb

Wizard

Hi Ab , do you have a cooker past the axle going rearwards , if you do and you also have a full bathroom , a spare wheel carrier , and maybe a motor mover too , all behind the axle that could explain things . 

atb

Wizard