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3. Chassis
You will only achieve optimum driving stability and decisively increase
your safety on the road if the nose weight has been properly adjusted
for your combination of base vehicle and the caravan being pulled.
The nose weight indicates the power the caravan's A frame exerts on
the car's clutch.
Rules for the nose weight load:
• Set the nose weight correctly! You can, for example, use normal
bathroom scales: use a strip of wood (approx. 400mm long) to
position them vertically under the hitch head. It may also be
possible to roughly estimate the nose weight by means of the
nose weight indicator
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m
integrated in the front landing jockey
wheel, to do this the A frame of the caravan must be in a hori-
zontal position.
• Always check the nose weight before you start to drive!
• The specified nose weight (see handbook or chassisplate) and
the permissible overall mass of the tow vehicle and the cara-
van may not be exceeded!
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3.3.2 Tow hitch load
How to adjust the correct nose weigh:
1. Determine the maximum nose weigh of your tow vehicle by
checking its documentation, the chassisplate or the drawbar plate.
2. The maximum permissible nose weightfor your HOBBY
caravan is 100 kg (Exception: model 19 EG, i.e. models 720
the permissible nose weight for these models is 150 kg).
3. Adjust the nose weight on the caravan to the lower of the two
values by loading it carefully. At the same time, try to make full
use of this value.
4. The lower of the two specified values for the nose weight,
i.e. that of the tow vehicle or the caravan, may not be exceeded.
Nose weight display on the jockey wheel
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Stowage areas in the caravan
- Light objects
j
such as towels and lightweight laundry.
- Medium-weight objects
k
such as clothing, laundry and food.
- Heavy objects
l
such as the awning, dinghy or crates
of drinks.
If the caravan has been fitted with a rear-mounted bicycle carrier* the
reduction of the permissible nose weight load caused by the weight
of the bicycles must be compensated for by the rest of the load.
Stowage areas
The owner/driver of the vehicle is always responsible
for ensuring that loads transported in the external sto-
rage locker have been correctly secured. As far as pos-
sible, always use tension belt systems licensed for this
purpose.
Never use rubber expanders. Remember that excep-
tionally strong driving dynamics can occur in dan-
gerous situations or when you are forced to slam on
the brakes.
Please note:
the heavier the rear load, the worse the
driving performance and brake response.
