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Hi all ,

i have had my 407sw for a few months now, i tow an abbey vogue gts 516 caravan with it mltpm 1300 , on my first towing i went to york and on encoutering spped bumps with the car fully loaded was scrapping on speed bumps. I have since had the MAD springs fitted that should stop bottoming out and has given me a harder ride. I have not yet been back out with the caravan i was just wondering if fellow 407sw owners have any problems over speed bumps on the road and the ridiculously high ones on entering mainly caravan club sites.

thanks in advance

Tony

Hi Tony I also tow with a 2007 407 sw  towing a Lunar clubman with the same weight as your Abbey and have had no problems with speed bumps. The only downfall with this model is the noseweight is 65Kg so you need to load the caravan evenly,

Regards Graham

Hi everyone , thanks for that ,

i am going to purchase anose weight gage and try that whats the best tips for achieveing the 60kg nose weight any good tips? also had the mad towing springs fitted so that practically stops the bottoming out so fingers crossed.

Hopefully all should be ok when i go next weekend

Thanks Guys .

Quote: Originally posted by gray871 on 30/10/2012

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Hi Tony I also tow with a 2007 407 sw  towing a Lunar clubman with the same weight as your Abbey and have had no problems with speed bumps. The only downfall with this model is the noseweight is 65Kg so you need to load the caravan evenly,

Regards Graham

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Hi Graham,

if you get you nose weight right are you ok with speed bumbs etc if you have a car full of people??

Cheers

Tony

Hi Tony

No problem with bottoming out when fully loaded with 3 adults (none of us lightweight) grandaughter & 2 dogs, what year is the 407 as mine is 07 & states on towing hitch the noseweight is 65Kg,

Good luck this weekend, where are you bound for

Regards Graham

Quote: Originally posted by gray871 on 31/10/2012

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Hi Tony

No problem with bottoming out when fully loaded with 3 adults (none of us lightweight) grandaughter & 2 dogs, what year is the 407 as mine is 07 & states on towing hitch the noseweight is 65Kg,

Good luck this weekend, where are you bound for

Regards Graham

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Hi There Graham

Its a 54 407sw , i have had the springs at the rear replaced with the MAD towing springs so hopefully along with loading properly will be fine lol . its just a quite long body isnt it when going over long full speed bumps lol

I was ok when i towed alone but on the return jounery with 5 big not so slender adults was when the amin problem was lol

Off to Beechwood Grange in york next wend .

How do you do your nosewight??

Thanks for all your help

Tony

Hi Tony

Mainly judge the noseweight by eye, looking at the van & car to see if it looks low,I know this is'nt the best method but it has served me well over the years.

Hopefully the weathers going to be dry over the weekend fingers crossed as i'm off to Skirlington,have a good weekend yourself.

Regards Graham

"Mainly judge the noseweight by eye, looking at the van & car to see if it looks low,I know this is'nt the best method but it has served me well over the years."

i had to laugh at that one!  I use an old pair of b`room scales that the wife rejected due to a supposed high reading . . . it turns out she`s the same weight as the noseweight allowance on our Berlingo . . . . .What can a guy say?  Tooo late, I said it . . heh heh.

"Mainly judge the noseweight by eye, looking at the van & car to see if it looks low,I know this is'nt the best method but it has served me well over the years."

i had to laugh at that one!  I use an old pair of b`room scales that the wife rejected due to a supposed high reading . . . it turns out she`s the same weight as the noseweight allowance on our Berlingo . . . . .What can a guy say?  Tooo late, I said it . . heh heh.