nose wheel weight indicator.

[GedsJeep]

anyone got one they want to sell before i send money to eblag?

[petep900]

You got any bathroom scales?
Jockey wheel on those would do it.

[GedsJeep]

yeah, but they dont go high enough.

i got 125kg towbar.

typical.

[Jamesrl]

yeah, but they dont go high enough.

i got 125kg towbar.

typical.

Your towbar max weight maywell be 125kg but you really don't want that much on it, you'll seriuosly over load the trailer draw bar.

As long as the trailer is nose heavy it will tow perfectly, 20 - 30kg would be ample.

[GedsJeep]

That's what I thought to be honest. It's just never having used a trailer for a long time we want to try packing and moving things around so that we get the best balance especially as we're going to be carrying 200 kilos of veg oil between the car and the trailer

[greasemonkey]

You could load a known 125kg onto the ball, five bags of cement on a board, something like that, and measure how far down the suspension goes. Providing it doesn't go any lower, you know it has less than 125kg on it.

Did it with a pickup once, measured the spring compression to know when she was fully loaded. Worked a treat.

Missed to make the point what James said too.
If you load it up to 125 KG, and measure it, if your trailer is correctly balanced, you'll not be anywhere near you ball weight limit.

[Bill]

Check your car spec for trailer nose weight max. To much and the front wheels will loose grip. As James said 30kg should be enough. When I towed a (big) caravan regular with a Passat estate it was fine at 30-40kg. But don't go the other way and make it too light either.