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Quote: Originally posted by Opensauce on 22/2/2016

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Generally, the more noseweight up to caravan limit the better the caravan will tow so provided you have a towcar that will allow over caravan max noseweight limit then you can put more or less what you want in front locker. So with a heavy 4x4 that allows say, 140kg on towbar then ok.

The problems may come when you try to tow a heavy caravan with a car that only allows 75kg on the towbar, thats when you may get poor stability that can only be corrected by increasing noseweight so rendering towcar unsuitable even though weight wise it can legally tow the caravan.

So sensible idea would be to increase noseweight for better tow within limits of caravan/car. This is why US caravans that are only towed by trucks & US size Suv's have axles set further back than European caravans.

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Quote: Originally posted by checkley1973 on 22/2/2016

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The nose weight point is not strictly true opensauce, the max nose weight for any van with an Alko stabiliser is 100KG, irrespective of what your car max weight is.

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Quote: Originally posted by andyd99 on 22/2/2016

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If the car and caravan are bouncing a bit, like the caravan is trying to catch up with the car, is that generally the nose weight is to heavy??

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Quote: Originally posted by checkley1973 on 21/2/2016

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Quote: Originally posted by Ray Clayton on 21/2/2016Hi

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2 x gas bottle
2 x electrical lead 25m
2 x plastic leveling block
2 x wheel chocks
wheel/steady brace
nose weight gauge
Toilet blue
Pegs etc
Water grey waste pipes
2 x blue Water pipes
2 x Aqua roll handles
Water butt float
towing mirrors

Maybe i need to have a sort out lol

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Have you checked your nose weight with that gauge ??

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Quote: Originally posted by Opensauce on 22/2/2016

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Quote: Originally posted by checkley1973 on 22/2/2016The nose weight point is not strictly true opensauce, the max nose weight for any van with an Alko stabiliser is 100KG, irrespective of what your car max weight is.

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What I said, read my post again...Up to max weight caravan/car.

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