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Hello,

I'm still looking for a 4 or 5 berth van but unfortunately my choice is limited to an older, lighter van as my car (2002 Toyota Previa) only has a 65 kg nose weight limit.

Unfortunately most adverts/ebay descriptions do not quote the nose weight of the van. Does anyone know or recommend any van that may meet my requirements?

many thanks,

Rich.  

Quote: Originally posted by RichTea70 on 01/4/2009

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Hello,

I'm still looking for a 4 or 5 berth van but unfortunately my choice is limited to an older, lighter van as my car (2002 Toyota Previa) only has a 65 kg nose weight limit.

Unfortunately most adverts/ebay descriptions do not quote the nose weight of the van. Does anyone know or recommend any van that may meet my requirements?

many thanks,

Rich.

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Quote: Originally posted by RichTea70 on 01/4/2009

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Any particular model Lunar ?

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Caravan manufacturers do not, as far as I know, ever quote an actual noseweight for the empty caravan.  They do usually quote the maximum noseweight for the van - often 100kg if it has an Alko hitch.

I used to have a Lunar Saturn that had a MTPLM of 1030kg (IIRC).   Unfortunately, it had an ex-works (i.e. empty) noseweight of around 85kg (limit for the hitch was 90kg).   I originally towed it with a Peugeot 405 saloon and struggled for the whole of the time I had the Peugeot to keep the caravan's noseweight within the Peugeot's limit  (I think that was around 65kg).  I won't tell you how how I did it, else I'll have an army of folks telling me that I shouldn't have (which I know already).

Lunars are indeed lightweight caravans and might be worth looking at - but I'd suggest that you need to check/measure the noseweight of any van you are interested in before you buy.

Cheers
Andrew