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04/7/2023 at 3:17pm
Location: London
Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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Considering how moving only a few Kg from a forward underseat locker into the rear bathroom wardrobe upset the previously impeccable handling of my van, I shudder to think what hanging around 50Kg of bikes and rack off the very rear would do! Plenty of tales of people having to remove heavy items from fixed rear bed storage lockers to restore good handling too!
I would have thought that a twin axle van had far greater scope for adding that extra weight to the very rear than a single axle does!
The very rear end of chassis (Alko) of most caravans is a rather pathetic affair structurally, with little scope for additional load, so as previously said not suitable for additions like towbars. Many caravans also do not have the load bearing strength in their rear panels to cope with bike racks affixed to the rear body. On my Lunar they say bike racks are unsuitable! I believe some Swift models do have the structural integrity to accommodate a rack though.
Then of course there is the static see-saw effect, that additional rear weight is going to lighten the nose weight by a similar amount, so that would need compensating for! Could you with any practicality redistribute the loading of your van to put around 50Kg back into the nose end! I've got a inherently nose heavy van, but think I'd struggle to compensate for a whopping 50kg lightening of nose weight!
Not something too many people seem to worry about from my experiences with the way friends endlessly pile stuff into their vans, but does the van payload have scope for an additional say 50Kg and remain legal, my van certainly wouldn't!
Racking my brains and can't say that I recall seeing a bike rack fitted to the back of a caravan, by any method! MH's and Campers aplenty, but not caravans, which probably means it's not common practice, it would likely stick in my mind as I'd worry about the aforementioned pendulum effect and probably give the outfit a very wide berth indeed as would anticipate it was likely unstable!
Following general towing advice, think eBikes are the kind of load that should probably be best added to the tow vehicle, or at worst securely stowed in the van over the axle!
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