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Subject Topic: tyre and nose weight dilema Post Reply Post New Topic
Personmattbeck
30/8/2012 at 10:46am
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 hello

 I have two questions if anyone can help please i have swift conqueror 530  and  i have looked in the hand book and cant find the tyre pressure guide also anyone know what the nose weight is for this caravan. i have been on the swift site and can not find any info what so ever  any help would be great full .

tyre size is a alloy wheel --- 195/70 R15C 104 R



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The noseweight should be around 7% of the MTPLM as a guide which is the laden weight but you also need to know what is advised regarding the downward pressure on the tow bar of the towing vehicle.

Regarding the tyres, there should be a maximum psi on the tyre wall so this should help merely as a guide if you can't find out exactly what the tyre pressures should be.


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Personmattbeck
30/8/2012 at 11:19am
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 thanks for the reply  i have a land rover discovery 2 and towball limit is 150 also the alko hitch is 100kg if i am wright just concerned about the nose weight  

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On my swift 550, with the same tyre, the pressure is 62psi, as you say the nose weight limit for the hitch/caravan chassis is 100kg, so as long as you don't exceed that it'll be ok. I keep the noseweight of mine to just under 100kg


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 many thanks mark its much appreciated tried every internet site no joy for the information .

 thanks gaz



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Personarc systems
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Cannot offer a correct tyre pressure without knowing the gross weight (MTPLM) of the van?


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65psi wether empty or fully loaded, according to the manual that can be downloaded from here...

http://www.swiftgroup.co.uk/caravans/handbooks


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Nose weight can be a pain because manufacturers wont publish ex works N/W figures despite pressure from the Caravan Club. Eventually Bailey told me mine was 88Kg ex works.What have they got to hide? Well it was 100Kg at the dealers as were others of the same model.

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My manual says 65psi too, but the plate on the van, applied by Swift, says 62psi, it's less bouncy with 62psi


Personroyh
31/8/2012 at 8:28pm
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The hitch load is 100kg, and the tyre pressure should be on the plate near the entry door, the correct pressure shown on my plate is 60 psi for my 2008  Swift Conquorer 530, hope this helps.

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Personarc systems
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Seems these are heavy vans? a pair of these tyres using 65psi is for 1800kg load on a single axle van!

62psi is 1720kg and 60psi 1687kg, all of which is above the recommended lower maximum pressure/load for caravan use of 57psi and 1622kg



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