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Re: Caravan Weights
« Reply #25 on: June 22, 2021, 10:43:41 AM »
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You reckon your cara/camper has any point of contact with the ground (including the tow hitch) greater than 1000kg  ???
What you got and what you towing it with BIG BOY?  :o

havent you seen his trailer and the spares he carries... even carries a spare axle and most carry 2 spares, he carries 4 spare tyres :D
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Re: Caravan Weights
« Reply #26 on: June 22, 2021, 10:55:57 AM »
Hi
   Rob Gray bought an Acco fire truck and built a motorhome called  Wotthehellisthat. Documenting the lot on line. Well worth reading.
My point?
He weighed it with a jack, some bathroom scales and a compounding set of levers.


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Re: Caravan Weights
« Reply #27 on: June 22, 2021, 11:52:41 AM »
You reckon your cara/camper has any point of contact with the ground (including the tow hitch) greater than 1000kg  ???
What you got and what you towing it with BIG BOY?  :o

Easily done on a single axle van.

2500kg ATM - 200kg ball weight = 2300kg / 2 = 1150kg per wheel.

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Re: Caravan Weights
« Reply #28 on: June 16, 2022, 01:14:12 PM »
Referring to my post on our van (over)weight  :'( :-[:
http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=52968.msg1054236#msg1054236

Now going through the process of seeing what we carry (obviously too much, although we didn't think so ::)) & weighing it all to start doing calculations of what can go where.

Question for you all ...

Jockey wheel?

It obviously has to be included in the tare weight as it's well & truly basic to the van!, but how do you all account for it in terms of what goes where ??? Ours is a removable one which we've always put in the front box when travelling, but it's in the order of 7kg which is pretty far forward, so not helping in terms of ball-weight either :'(

But should we count it like that, or just ignore it because it's part of the tare ???
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Re: Caravan Weights
« Reply #29 on: June 17, 2022, 05:09:56 PM »
Hey Fizzie, we have a trail-a-mate MK2 which we store in a compartment behind the axles. At 16.6kg, weigh back there, it helps reduce our ball weight ;D
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Re: Caravan Weights
« Reply #30 on: June 18, 2022, 08:27:15 AM »
Thanks! ;D

After looking at it all for a few days, I think the only real option is going to be trade the van on a slighter bigger one.
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