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Update on Unstable Bailey Unicorn Cabrera
After 2 months our caravan dealer, who had the caravan for two months, gave us a phone call to say that they had discovered the problem.
We called in to speak to them and were told that they had checked out for loose bolts throughout and checked out the wheels and pressures.
It took them quite awhile before they found a weigh bridge that would carry out a weight check on the caravan. The only one near was a scrap yard.
This showed that the van was over weight. At first it took some time to sink in as I always tried not to overload the caravans. We only had in the van the same items as we had carried in our previous vans, but with it being bigger and heavier we did not realise the difference in the pay load.
We removed most of the items ie.awning, water containers. Any food and clothes etc.
They then did a test tow for us and informed us that they were happy with it and we could pick it up. At home we check weighed each item and was surprised how the weight added up.
The pay load that the van can carry is only 157kg and we had a mover fitted that is 35kg which only leaves 122kg.
With this in mind we prepared the caravan for a trip away carrying the minimum in the van.
I bought a Reich Portable caravan weight control and used it to check the nose weight and the weight of each wheel. The total weight was 30 kg less than max.with a nose weight of 95kg with 2 full light weight gas bottles fitted. The heavier nose weight was suggested by several on forums, as I normally set at 75kg. We travelled down to Salisbury, Dartmouth, Devizes and back home in Cheshire around 660 miles on all types of roads from motorways to a single track road with no trouble..
I hope this can be a warning to other caravans and motor homes that Weight and distribution does matter.
Thanks to every one that gave comments on the forums and the CAMPING AND CARAVAN CLUB.
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Topic: unstable Bailey cabrera
