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We use the Milenco and manage to get our noseweight at or aorund 70Kg (max allowed is 75Kg for our car) everytime unless the pitch is sloping. Then I either move it to a level road or place some timber underneath the measure to level up the van.

Maybe packed the van differently? Maybe extra weight in the front locker e.g Two full gas cylinders instead of one that has just emptied and a full one?

Phil 

moving stuff around in the caravan to get it right

Thats the name of the game! Don't try what the wife did ages ago...standing in the van moving stuff around and then shouting (whilst still in the van) "Now try it"

Phil

It is not only the amount of stuff you put in the front locker you have to worry about.

When we got our van I was amazed by all the storage under the front seats - so being a woman loaded them all up with the kitchen sink closely followed - only for the OH to explain that the van would be too heavy ( he had caravan experience - me none when we got together).

So I had to empty everything and move alot of my stuff to the rear of the caravan.  We now have it packed in such a way that we roughly know each time we take the van out what the weight will be - but as force of habit - we check the nose each time we travel, esp if we changed the awnings over etc;

Alot of people that i know don't even bother to check the nose weight - my father didn't bother either when he bought his van - we put our guage on his and found him to be towing over 100kg so we advised him what to do - so he now has a guage and has moved stuff around so that he is towing safer.

Happy caravanning !!

It amazes me just how few folks I see getting ready to leave a site who don't check their noseweight, tyres (Torque) and even lights!!!

Phil