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Quote: Originally posted by alex on 05/6/2016

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I use an axle stand on bathroom scales (handy to keep in van in case of wheel change). I also have an old plastic chopping board to make an even base for the scales. Then just use the jockey wheel to lower onto stand.

I tried the just lift it method and could not reliable tell 70Kg. Also didn't want to do myself an injury.

If you do measure the weight on the jockey wheel you may need to do some maths to work out the real nose weight (which will be less). Depending on the distances it may be between 80% and 90% of the jockey wheel weight.

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Quote: Originally posted by old chap on 06/6/2016

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Quote: Originally posted by Johnnie Boy on 04/6/2016

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I use bathroom scales and lift the front up slide the scales underneath the jockey wheel, bought a nose weight gauge and it was reading a mile out when I double checked it against the bathroom scales.

Also saves faffing on with a piece of wood.

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using the scales under the jocky wheel will give a wrong weight reading as the jockey is nearer the wheels .It would even make a difference depending on whether the jocky wheel is in the fore or aft position

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Quote: Originally posted by Kelper on 07/6/2016

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Quote: Originally posted by alex on 05/6/2016

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I use an axle stand on bathroom scales (handy to keep in van in case of wheel change). I also have an old plastic chopping board to make an even base for the scales. Then just use the jockey wheel to lower onto stand.

I tried the just lift it method and could not reliable tell 70Kg. Also didn't want to do myself an injury.

If you do measure the weight on the jockey wheel you may need to do some maths to work out the real nose weight (which will be less). Depending on the distances it may be between 80% and 90% of the jockey wheel weight.

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Good point ...and, I don't see how comparing lifting 16kg of water bottles is going to help 'gauge' (say) a 75kg noseweight ...

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Quote: Originally posted by Acornis on 10/6/2016

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Can I ask a simple question? when you check your NW every time you set out is there any difference and why is there?
I load my van exactly the same every time, well to be exact, my van is loaded with the exception of extra socks and underwear, OH the same. Last time we checked the vitals we had to take some of the tea bags out as we had so many in the van. So just a pint of milk in the fridge and some other stuff which is always there??
We check the level of the Pimms and other important fluids and thats it. Now, we use our van pretty much every month, and I know most of you can't find the time for this kind of vanning, after all a couple couldn't even find the time to read my original reply all the way through (the bit where I said to try the scales method) but if you regularly van why do you take so much different stuff and why do you put stuff in different places to last time you went out?

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Quote: Originally posted by Johnnie Boy on 04/6/2016

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I use bathroom scales and lift the front up slide the scales underneath the jockey wheel, bought a nose weight gauge and it was reading a mile out when I double checked it against the bathroom scales.

Also saves faffing on with a piece of wood.

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