“You wouldn't try to inflate a van tyre with a bicycle pump”...... I’ve always used my bike pump to pump up my car, camper and Eriba tyres, it was more accurate than many a petrol station 😀

Back on topic, for some reason I always struggled to get my tiny Puck under 60kg even with minimal extras inside (car rating was 50kg). This was with the wood/scales under the hitch and proper nose weight gauge.
I just got in the habit of load distribution to bring it down in the end.

Quote: Randa france wrote in post #11

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I bought one of these https://www.campingworld.co.uk/en/Kampa-...AyAAEgJV5_D_BwE

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I swopped my two Calor bottles for a Safefill cylinder and the nose weight on my Triton went from 80Kg to 60Kg

Lots of interesting ideas - I LIKE this Forum - if I am unable to reduce the "empty" noseweight sufficiently then I shall resort to creative loading, but still no heavy items at the back.

I will keep you posted

Thanks all

Dave

When ‘challenged’ by noseweight in the past, I’ve always taken the full gas cylinder out and replaced it with a camping gas 907 and appropriate regulator. In the event of the remaining large bottle emptying, I can jury rig a replacement to get me through.. though, tempting fate, I’ve never had to do it yet..

In the 552 we often have the opposite problem and find ourselves nose light, so we have gone back to the old Calor heavy bottles.
Dave

Aha - the problem is solved.

Heavy noseweight - 95Kg - when the van is empty.

Of course the van has a Motor Mover - and therefore the spare wheel has been removed. Placing the spare in the back of the van the noseweight comes in at 78Kg which I can live with.

Thanks to all for the suggestions/comments and general chitchat. Maybe one day our paths will cross, I shall look out for other Eribas on the road.

Dave and Taka

It is important when measuring nose weight to match the height of your towbar as well as being 100% level surface. Also measure from where the tow ball fits in the coupling. Varying any of those will change your weight reading.

I only came to find out this when I replaced our jockey with one that incorporates a weight measure. If the jockey wheel points forwards or backwards, or if the Eriba is tilted more or less up at the front, the weight measure changes.

I don’t understand the maths but is all to do with heights and distances from the pivot of the wheels.

wish I had paid more attention at school in the maths lesson

I'll need to get inventive.

First of all there isn't a piece of flat ground/road anywhere near my house.

Secondly the tow ball on my Morris Traveller is lower than the nose weight gauge I have so I guess I'll need to dig a hole for it to stand in...

I use a milenco nose weight gauge on our Triton 420 GT, checked it on the roadside before leaving home, caravan fully loaded ready to go, showed nose weight of 75 KG, tows like a dream.,