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maggie51

15/3/2015 at 10:31pm
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hi I have posted already today regards the van we just signed up for coachman amara 4 berth we are towing with a kiasportage .Towsafe saying noseweight is unsuitable combination although its within the 85% kerbweight rule our noseweight in the kia is only 75 % towbar weight is shoeing 140.Does anyone else have a coachman amara and what do you tow it with hubby says moving things to middle and in car boot will ower the weight .Im just a worrier .Any one else with a coachman

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tango55

15/3/2015 at 11:47pm
Location: Lichfield
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I have got a Coachman Amara except that it's a 2 berth but the principal will be indentical.
What do you mean when you say the Kia is only 75% towbar weight is showing 140?

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tango55

15/3/2015 at 11:55pm
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I have read your other thread and you said that you are unsure how to use a noseweight gauge. The link below should give a guide how to use one.

Here

maggie51

16/3/2015 at 1:27am
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We got a towsafe report saying it was unsuitable for our kia the towball is all8wed 75 but the coachman is 140 noseweight but the bailey we are tradung had a noseweight on the towsafe of 130 and it didnt say that was unsuitable it just said caution. Can you get the noseweight down feom 140

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16/3/2015 at 8:00am
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140 nose weight is very high, not many vehicles can take that much load.

You know from your last thread your nose weight is 75kg and you have been shown how to use a nose weight gauge so I'm not sure what the issue is, you can't resoove it on a forum you need to load your van up and weigh it. If you can't get it to 75kg don't tow it. When loading don't move heavy items to the rear to try and reduce the weight, this will provide an unstable tow. Heavy items on the floor over the axle is best.

Greendemon315

16/3/2015 at 10:06am
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Even so, reducing the noseweight is a bad idea. It won't be designed for 140kg though. I think Alko hitches are limited to 100kg. We have a Coachman Laser that runs at 95.

If it's shown as unsuitable, that tells you all you need to know. The 85 per cent is a different issue. There are several factors to consider when assessing a tow match, and noseweight is a very importantt one, affecting stability as it does.

For me, it wouldn't work.

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maggie51

16/3/2015 at 12:12pm
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hi just ben on to Glossop jim and they say the report is wrong the towbar weight is 105 not 140 this is the reply on the chat I got
Steve

Your report is wrong. there is not a single axle caravan that is built that is 140kg nose

is this the case because even on the report it has 2 different weights the top one and one further down on the coachman van

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billy

16/3/2015 at 1:07pm
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It was pointed out to you in a thread yesterday morning that the noseweight of your caravan needs to be between around 75kg & 100kg so Glossop man is only telling you what you already knew from reading this forum.

Also pointed out yesterday was that as your car only allows 75kg you need to set the noseweight of your caravan at 75kg.

I think you need to stop looking at computer generated car/caravan matching sites & take advice only from ukcs.

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maggie51

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Thanks Billy I think you are right I am worrying unnessisarily.I phoned coachman as I was that worried my hubby went mad.Coachman said the nosewight is 50kgs unladen before you put anything in the front and its only usually fully laden if you pack everything in the front .He said the same as you. also its saying estimated and that's a ridiculous estimate anyway The guy I actually spoke to tows a coachman amara with a kia sportage no problems .You pay money to go on the towsafe website and they frighted the bloody life out of you.Hubby dosent have the problem its just me worrying if the grandkids come and it starts snaking ect .Thank god your all here to help and to put my mind at rest

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