WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD WANT TO LOOK LIKE THEY WERE CAMPING IN A GARBAGE TRUCK???!!
Until you look inside! Oh dear – I’ve been neglecting you. I’ve been so busy with other things but here’s a series of pics to make up. A viewer sent them to me with the title. 26.10.06 ACC Lobbies Top Industry Body What’s Your Ball Load? Despite it’s importance for towing stability, many caravanners, however experienced, have little idea how much weight is on their caravan tow-ball unless they have taken the trouble to visit a weighbridge and get the readings. It would be a great help if manufacturers supplied the Gross Trailer Mass i.e. weight on the caravan wheels and the Ball Load before delivery of the caravan. Adding these two figures together gives the Tare i.e. the total weight of the caravan before any load is put into it. This would be a guide when loading the caravan ready for a trip and would also alert the buyer if the new caravan had an initial ball load outside the generally recommended 10-15% of the total weight. In the report of a recent South Australian Coroner’s Inque
