Nose weight question for newbie

As Cyber says, Baileys are notorious for the nose weight being on the heavy side. If your 6kg Cylinders are of the steel type, that won’t help. I went to a Safefill refillable and that was a massive improvement. So much lighter. When I purchased a second, I put them behind the axle under the bed and that was a breeze. No problem with nose weight now. 

Hi guys, i have been caravaning for three years and now i seem to have the same problem. I have a chance to have a compass Casita 560 twin axle at a very good deal as i already have a compass rally but with optional extras damp two years on the trot and lost all trust in the van. 

My question is i am running at 84% with the awning in the car (ssangyoung karando 2.2) which is a good weight however towsure and one other say good match with a 90kg nose weight, but the car is only 80kg so loading the van on the rear slightly would do it but would it affect my stability.

I have a Clubman CK and even that comes in loaded at about 87Kgs with as much rear end weight bias as I can manage, well within our cars noseweight but a lot of the caravans seem to be nose heavy now so your weight is probably right. The caravan was level when you took the weight?  Its can be quite difficult to reduce the noseweight without getting into the overloading scenario.

Not particularily relevant to you question but many of the continental Hobby`s etc seem to have their axles more inclined to the mid point rather than ours which tend aft of the mid point. Some continentals seem to manage to fit gas weighing around 23Kgs or have heavy dutch bikes on the tow bar even if you place weight at the rear that takes some balancing to keep to around 80/90Kgs.

I have a piece of wood and cheap scales. I like it because I can check the scales calibration against my weight from our better quality scales

 Better to stick on another thread than hijack this one Pete 

I have to load my Lunar up with all the heavy items way back behind the axle to get the nose weight right. Then the total weight of the van is too heavy. I wonder if anyone at Lunar ever goes caravanning. It does help to empty the hot water tank and leave the fluid in the toilet.

I have to load my Lunar up with all the heavy items way back behind the axle to get the nose weight right. Then the total weight of the van is too heavy. I wonder if anyone at Lunar ever goes caravanning. It does help to empty the hot water tank and leave the fluid in the toilet.

yes what he said

All manufacturers have some nose heavy models it seems. I have a Lunar ES and no problems. 

Hello, if you have hot water in your van then there will be a 'immersion heater' type tank that where it fills up with cold water from your aquaroll or what you have, and then it heats the water in it by gas or electricity. As you use the hot water more will be drawn in from the aqauroll. 

Have a look under your front left hand seats and you will see a big black tank like structure, usually next to the water inlet and battery box. Now these tanks usually hold about 10 litres and hence 10 Kg and for some strange reason this water heater (and combined space heater) is always at the front left hand side right next to your front outside locker and right where they will play a large part on nose weight. As Steve says you can drain the contents by a lever usually yellow or blue,simply pull it up to drain the water, and some people then leave it open but don't forget to close before trying to fill up your tank next time And yes I've tried to do that as well. That should take off a few Kg of noseweight

Hope this helps.