Hello, I have a nose weight gauge and dont know how to use it properly.
Its the type you sit under the tow hitch and then lower the van on top and a spring loaded bar goes down and gives a reading through a slit on the side.
According to manufacturer my nose weight should be 75KGs and no matter what I take out of the front box or from inside the van the gauge still sinks off the scale! What am I doing wrong??
Ditto what guy-rope said.
The cheap ones can be miles out.
In fact I carry a cheap set of bathroom scales & length of wood anyway. (Because I'm tight...!!!)
I bought one of the jockey wheel scales so that it shows me a continuous reading (not exactly cheap at £75 ) and its 10kgs+ out all the time from the reading with the towball scales guess thats because of it being towards the back more ,should have stuck with the cheapo version , have you got anything heavy at the front of the 'van such as a second battery /spare wheel? that said I used to have to carry the gas bottle in the living area of the swift just to stand a chance of hitting the correct noseweight . This new Lunar has no problems at all .
My noseweight gauge is wildly inaccurate too. It needs cleaning and lubricating every time it's used to get anywhere near the real weight. Go with the bathroom scales, it's much more reliable.
Don't be tempted to buy a cheap one, I did and the first time I used it, it scraped the sticker with the weight calibrations off, rendering it useless!!
I keep intending to mark it with the correct weight, but just use the bathroom scales.
Cheers
Paul
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Topic: Nose Weight Gauge
