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No you just reduce the payload you can carry by the wight of the mover. Tyre pressures are there for best performance on the road with the load they carry. You cannot carry any more than the MTPLM thus you count the mover as just another piece of luggage. Have fun with your big boys toy!!

Phil

Hi Murano,

You just have to remember that for every reply you get to what you may think is a silly question there will be dozens who don't know the answer and read the thread to find out. So, 6 replies and some 94 views on this one. So much to learn and so little time.......

Phil 

..........and also....if the site is at a right horrible angle and you need to raise the side that has the mover on by quite some distance the mover gets jammed on the leveller and the van will not rise. Happened to us on a pitch at the Sandringham CC site so we moved to another pitch!!! I think it was Pitch 26 

Phil

Actually, if you stop and think about it, this question is more valid than it first seems. Most car manufacturers specify a different tyre pressure for a loaded vehicle than an unloaded vehicle. Therefore it would make sense that adding 35kg of weight to a caravan would necessitate increasing the tyre pressures.

In reality, the primary reason that car tyres have extra air in them when they are loaded is to stop uneven tyre wear. Caravan tyres don't generally do nearly enough miles for tyre wear to be an issue; they are normally replaced because of age or damage rather than tread wear.

Therefore it would make sense that adding 35kg of weight to a caravan would necessitate increasing the tyre pressures.

because the tyre pressure is regulated to match the MTPLM ( ours 1272 kgs= 39psi ) the 35 kgs should be taken from the loading figure say 120 kgs = 35 kgs.thats how i see it.bit daft when you think my towbar weight is 92 kgs max and then i go and put two bikes on the back of the car plus rack should i take the weight off for the two bikes???