Noseweight advice

Considering the max load on the alko coupling head is 100kg I would not want to exceed it, preferably to keep below it, as we all should know in the event of an accident most insurance companies will try to wriggle out of any claim

Penguinpete.  You must not exceed the max noseweight allowed (seems to be 100kgs in your case).  You are in danger of inducing pitching as you should put the heaviest stuff in the caravan as close to the axle as possible.  Don't think that an awning (weight say 40kgs) placed as far back as possible would be able to compensate for the extra tow bar load.

Thanks guys, what a headache all i want to take is 2 ebikes with us when we go away, my other half wants to put a bike in the van  NO CHANCE. any suggestions will help my hair grow back LOL. 

We ended up buying folding bikes and carrying them in the back of the 4x4

Nose weight issues, when you tow with a 75 k limit your always going to wish you had a land rover, well last year I swopped the old Senator in for a Swift Challenger 580 at 1650 mp what ever, I find it a bit to and thro with loading and found that the old Jag "s" type manages quite well with around 13 stone [bathroom scales] or around eighty k but the only passenger I have on the back seat is a little pooch, so thinking that nose wieght limits are set with four people in the car eighty k is fine for me, still had a few twitch's passing trucks but apart from loony white van men passing at 80 mph it tows fine, mind you all I have in the front locker is a 10 k see thru gaslite cylinder and the waste thingy...

It seems to me that the OP doesn’t actually know what nose weight he is towing with.  Could be much higher than the empty weight he quotes. Secondly I have no idea what the real world difference between a nose weight of 80kg and 100kg is when it comes to stability. I suspect  all those that have posted I wouldn’t tow with less than 100kg don’t know either. 

We have a Bailey Unicorn Valencia, we have tried the car & caravan match from this site and find it confusing and frustrating for a novice.  We have put in large 2L cars in the search and they all came back as not a match e.g. Insignia. It is unfortunate that we have to Change our suitable car and feel under pressure to find a legal towing car. How do I calculate and where do we find the information.  Ps car dealers don't seem to have a clue either!!

 I have no faith in CC's matching. Try here. https://towcar.info

No car matching site is going to give you a result that is going to be 100% unconditionally reliable. Only by using actual plated figures on the respective vehicles is that going to be the case.

You say that you are looking for a legal towing car. Matching sites won't do that anyway. They may say a particular match is good or bad, but they don't normally say whether it is legal or illegal. Even a bad match can still be legal.

If you have any doubt, quote the plated figures of both car and caravan here and I am sure someone will help you sort it out.

Noseweight limits are not normally an issue which affect legality anyway.

Nose weight is but one factor which contributes to the stability of an outfit.   Information which the club could easily supply at the time of a tow car test or T.C.O.Y.  i.e.  The Tow ball height prior to hitching , the height when hitched up. The nose weight of the un ballasted van

 These have an effect as of course does loading. Other design factors both of the car and van also have an effect e.g.  Rear overhang on the car.

    It would also help when choosing a tow car to know the distance from the tow ball to the rear of the car.