Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009 at 09:37
I must confess that, when I started the towing thing a few years ago, the whole scene intimidated me, and I bought a Multi-Weigh from Maytow for $149 (which happens to be very close to me in
Adelaide). This allowed me to juggle the load within the caravan (we've got a Coromal Poptop) to get the right load. I swear by the 10% rule (10% of the caravan gross weight on the drawbar), and I've used the Multi-Weigh for that purpose (weigh each wheel, plus the drawbar, to get the total).
I must confess to having done a lot of load shifting to get the perfect balance, but it pays dividends in terms of good safe towing. That is also why I won't add a second gas bottle on the drawbar.
I'd be seriously thinking that swapping the Treg for a 50mm ball would be a relatively cheap move that would go a long way by allowing a WDH, ideally with a height adjustable hitch, like Graham H suggests. Then I'd be putting as much heavy stuff towards the back of the Magnum, until I had the drawbar load down to around 200kg before weight redistribution. The secret of this is that every kg shifted from front to back takes 2 kg off the drawbar!
So all the spuds and claret can actually earn their keep this way!
Hope this helps.
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