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Hello all,

Following on from my original recent post i would please like to ask another question which im quite stumped on.

I am soon going to purchase my first caravan being an ex tenter.

I have found my maximum weights for the car caravan combinations.

Now for the question.....

I drive a Honda crv (mark 2) Which has a Honda detachable towbar.

On the plate next to the towbar this states a maximum noseweight of 60kg which apparently is quite low.

Would this noseweight restrict the kind of 4 berth caravan i can get much?

Would i be better off buying a better or fixed towbar to take more noseweight as im sure i have read somewhere the car is upto it?

Many thanks in advance for any replies

Neil

:-)

Quote: Originally posted by biffanio on 31/8/2010

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Hello all,

Following on from my original recent post i would please like to ask another question which im quite stumped on.

I am soon going to purchase my first caravan being an ex tenter.

I have found my maximum weights for the car caravan combinations.

Now for the question.....

I drive a Honda crv (mark 2) Which has a Honda detachable towbar.

On the plate next to the towbar this states a maximum noseweight of 60kg which apparently is quite low.

Would this noseweight restrict the kind of 4 berth caravan i can get much?

Would i be better off buying a better or fixed towbar to take more noseweight as im sure i have read somewhere the car is upto it?

Many thanks in advance for any replies

Neil

:-)

 

 

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I have an 06 CRV with a detachable towbar and a max noseweight of 100 Kgs. On mine you can't have a fixed towbar because the number plate is positioned at low level.

Regards, Brian

My understanding is that whilst noseweight is obviously affected by how you load the van, the rough guide to the proper noseweight is about 7% of the weight of the van. So if you had a heavy van and tried to reduce the noseweight by loading to the rear then it would be more prone to instability.

Therefore, as I understand it, the noseweight limit does affect the choice of van.

Quote: Originally posted by Grad Sailor on 01/9/2010

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My understanding is that whilst noseweight is obviously affected by how you load the van, the rough guide to the proper noseweight is about 7% of the weight of the van. So if you had a heavy van and tried to reduce the noseweight by loading to the rear then it would be more prone to instability.

Therefore, as I understand it, the noseweight limit does affect the choice of van.

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Agree

 

Agreed.  It may be worth a word with the dealers to find out why the noseweight is so low, since others seem to have 100Kg available.  That would be my first step.

Jim

Yes now im a little disheartened.......

Having checked my cars handbook i have found the following infomation....

The maximum permissible vertical load on the couplling device is 60kg.

So yes the kerb weight is fine but i cannot understand why such a heavy 4x4 2.0 litre vehicle is so low on the vertical load weight?

Please help!

Neil

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How about if you keep gas bottles etc etc out of the front locker and in the caravan over the axle when travelling???!!!

Just a thought but surely reduces nose weight.

Our vectra has a 75kg nose weight which i easily achieve and have two 7 kg bottles along with spare wheel, toilet chemicals etc in the front locker.

Thanks for your kind replies.

It is the cars handbook that states the 60kg limit as well as a red plate next to the towbar.

Has anyone any rough ideas how much you could safely lower the nose weight of a caravan by moving things around inside and packing light?

We have seen a lovely caravan we like but the miro is 1240kg by Bailey.

Would this now be totally out of our reach as we cant afford to also change car at the moment?

Many Thanks

Neil

biffanio, what year is your cr-v?

This is the bar I've got