Hobby BEACHY 2022, Руководство по эксплуатации

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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 pos -
sible to roughly estimate the nose weight by means of the nose
weight indicator
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integrated in the front landing jockey wheel,
to do this the A frame of the caravan must be in a horizontal
position.
• Always check the nose weight before you start to drive!
• The specified loads (see no. 2. or the Vin sticker) as well as the
permissible maximum weight of the car and caravan (the “rig”)
must 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.
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
3.3.3 Meaning of weights for the caravan
EU Directive 1230/2012 applies at a European level for vehicles
when calculating the masses (weights) and resultant additional loads
for caravans. The terms and basic calculation elements used in this
description are explained in the following:
1. Gross vehicle weight rating (g.v.w.r.)
The indication of the gross vehicle weight rating is taken directly
from the HOBBY factory. This mass takes into account the specific
operating conditions that are based on the model of the caravan and
its specifications, including such factors as material strength, load-
carrying capacity of the axles and tyres, etc. For safety reasons, this
mass must never be exceeded!
2. Mass in running order
The mass when ready to drive is equal to the weight of the standard
caravan including all of the standard equipment installed by the factory
plus all of the equipment and liquids that are required for the safe and
correct use of the vehicle. The basic equipment in the BEACHY series
includes the filled 13 litre fresh water canister; thus, it weighs 13 kg.