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never had any probs heer either

at 7% of 1500 kgs i think you will struggle to find a nose weight of 75 kgs.could be wrong but i work it out to 105 kgs. whatever your towbar weight is.you can not go over this weight.

http://www.practicalcaravan.com/legal/index.html

Quote: Originally posted by Nataim on 16/7/2010

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Hi, we are thinking of upgrading to a larger/heavier caravan. If I upgraded to a caravan around 1500kg fully laden would it be a problem to achieve a noseweight of around 75kg.

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Quote: Originally posted by Nataim on 16/7/2010Hi, we are thinking of upgrading to a larger/heavier caravan. If I upgraded to a caravan around 1500kg fully laden would it be a problem to achieve a noseweight of around 75kg.

Quote: This is the recommended aim point though; you're legal obligation is to achieve 4%

Quote: Originally posted by johnks on 17/7/2010

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Can't see the point of loading stuff in the car if the noseweight is too heavy. The whole idea of reducing the nose weight is to keep the weight off the cars suspension.

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I'm not absolutely sure about this johnks, so in most cases you may well be right.  There will certainly be someone who knows more about this than I.

The way I see it is that the towball fitted to each car has a maximum noseweight the towball can take, and the towbar has yet another weight spec., and the car iself has abnother weight spec.  I thought that towbars were made for individual vehicles (or groups of vehicles) and their weight spec. is based on the weight spec. of the car.  It follows that if the noseweight of your loaded van is higher than the noseweight spec for the towball and towbar, it may be necessary to carry items in the vehicle if it makes the outfit legal, although it may put more weight on the suspension.  In theory you should also check the Maximum Gross Weight of the Vehicle to make sure you are not carrying more weight in the vehicle that it is designed for.

I don't know if I have made my self very clear here, or even if the weights specified for towballs and towbars are considerably different to the noseweight specified for the vehicle.

lower end from towing law.

Load distribution
Proper load distribution, in general, must be ensured too, with all heavy items in the caravan low down and directly over the axle wherever possible. Correct tyre pressures for car and caravan are absolutely vital.

Noseweight
It is a legal requirement that the noseweight should be 4% of the weight of the trailer or at least 25kg, whichever is the higher.. For safety you should aim for, but not exceed, the lower of the 2 figures specified for caravan and car respectively.