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Sorry Ranate, I have to jump in here, if you saw a car/trailer rig that
"looked good, was efficient AND effective" then I will guarantee that
the tailer had a nose weight of about 50 to 75kg. If a trailer
noseweight is significantly lighter than 50kg or so, the trailer is very
difficult to control (swaying and badly affected by crosswinds) if it's
much heavier than that the car starts to get that "hang ass" look and
the car handling (and more importantly braking) are adversely affected.
Sorry I had to jump in, but if you are ever going to tow a trailer,
please set the nose weight correctly.
Alan
P.S. This really only applies to "proper trailers", e.g horse boxes,
caravans, car transporters etc. Not the silly little wheelbarrow things
you get from Halfords - I'm not sure if the whole trailer weighs 75kg!
Renate Haupt wrote:
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Alan Thomson
Dunfermline, Scotland
1994 KZJ70, 2" OME lift, Warn HS9500, Custom exhaust,
33" Simex Jungle Trekkers
http://www.mudcruzr.com
"looked good, was efficient AND effective" then I will guarantee that
the tailer had a nose weight of about 50 to 75kg. If a trailer
noseweight is significantly lighter than 50kg or so, the trailer is very
difficult to control (swaying and badly affected by crosswinds) if it's
much heavier than that the car starts to get that "hang ass" look and
the car handling (and more importantly braking) are adversely affected.
Sorry I had to jump in, but if you are ever going to tow a trailer,
please set the nose weight correctly.
Alan
P.S. This really only applies to "proper trailers", e.g horse boxes,
caravans, car transporters etc. Not the silly little wheelbarrow things
you get from Halfords - I'm not sure if the whole trailer weighs 75kg!
Renate Haupt wrote:
--
Alan Thomson
Dunfermline, Scotland
1994 KZJ70, 2" OME lift, Warn HS9500, Custom exhaust,
33" Simex Jungle Trekkers
http://www.mudcruzr.com