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14/9/2013 at 8:55am
Location: Lancaster
Outfit: Landcruiser & Avondale Mayfair 510-5L
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Quote: Originally posted by allysson on 13/9/2013
Chris, it is jerking front to back, not violently but noticeably.
Cant comment on the Trader issue; as mentioned, Citizens Advice best place to start.
As for pitching forward and back, I would just check the noseweight scenario, just to be sure.
The car will have a limit; the caravan will have a tested recommendation.
The weights are not huge; a simple check can be done, requiring the following:
A set of bathroom scales
A piece of wood, fairly thick, to prevent bending the scale top
A length of wood, log enough to go from hitch to scale top, that wont bend.
Just place wood onto scale, reset scale or note reading, then place the strip under the hitch. Use the jockey wheel to raise front slightly, then lower the caravan down until all the hitch load is on the scales.
Another way is to put front steadys down, lift jockey wheel up, and place scales with wood on under jockey wheel. Then lower jockey wheel till it imparts load onto the scales and just lifts the front steadies of the ground (keep the back ones raised). Its a bit safer than the piece of wood under the hitch method, and the weight reading will still be near enough, its only slightly closer to the axle fulcrum.
Then note the amount the caravan imparts in kg and compare that to your towcar ability.
My caravan weighs in at about 75kg when its full & loaded properly; this is the recommended amount in Avondale manual from memory.
The car is rated for 130kg noseweight, so its well above.
When towing trailers of any type, they do cause an amount of pitching forward to back, but you will get used to it. Provided the car & caravan/ trailer are well matched and the combination is riding level, not pitched into the middle of each other, you are spot on balanced. 
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Regards
Chris
Caravanning for 22 years
1997 Toyota Land Cruiser 3.0TD & 2004 Avondale Mayfair 510-5L
Previous towcars:
2002 Nissan Primera - sold
2002 Ford Galaxy - Died & scrapped. Good riddance.
1998 BMW 525TDS SE - PEx
1998 VW Passat SE - Crashed into & scrapped
1997 Peugeot 406 GLX - PEx
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