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Originally Posted by Tannaton
Just to add my £2.50 in here...
- Agree completely that a positive nose weight it crucial for a stable towing set-up, as is balancing your trailer.
- 7% is ideal, in Australia the nose weight is legally required to be a minimum of 7% of the trailer weight
- Although some Volvo models are rated quite low - the cars are structurally capable of much more and in other markets the identical vehicles are rated higher - for example the Mk 1 XC90 is rated 90Kg in the UK - 180 Kg in AU.
- You also need to be very careful of towball height on multi-axle trailers - too low a ball can result in a negative nose weight and that is really bad...
I occasionally tow cars on trailers with my 2003 XC90 and probably with 100-150Kg nose weight. The Nivomats just deal with it so it doesn't affect the ride height and it's very stable. More stable than if I was running at say 50Kg.
FYI the bigger Land Rovers' have a max nose weight of 250 Kg with a fixed towbar, 150 Kg with a detachable job.
I'v never heard of anyone being prosecuted for exceeding the nose weight, so whilst I would never recommend anyone else breaks the law, I wouldn't think twice about towing with a V70 with say 100 Kg on the ball if everything else was within balance.
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Mines a 24 year old discovery 1 300 tdi. 113bhp and thirsty with it. Mind you not as bad as a mates 3.0 litre v6 rangerover vogue, 350 bhp and 12 to the gallon.
Paul.