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Apr 29th, 2012, 15:28 | #21 |
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We did look at the XC90 once, around 2009ish but one thing, and I know it's a minor thing, every Volvo from the 240 onwards has had that useful storage beneath the boot floor. The XC90 fills it with seats I don't want. I have seen a thread on the XC90 section about removing them but then I assume the flat boot floor would go.
Anyway, got fed up watching the rain so been out and fired up the compressor to raise the tyre pressures. Trying 35F and 37R. Caravan tyre pressures were down a touch too so sorted that and only lost one valve cap under the car....(now recovered)... Will re-check nose weight tomorrow. Sell caravan? NEVER!! :-) We're having a narrow boat built next year too but will still use caravan. Happy times for over 30 years.
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So now it's stopped raining I have adjusted the nose weight from 70kg to 88kg with full gas bottles. This has included adding half a breeze block into the gas locker!!! So we'll see how it is next time out now, though I have been naughty and altered two things at once, much against my engineering training!!
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Apr 30th, 2012, 23:05 | #25 |
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Does the new v70 clunk when you shut the door?
Or twang like the mondeo?!!!!! james
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Traditional volvo feeling there , although it feels half the weight due to special HSS and Boron steel
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I run with the tyres at "ECO" pressure all the time as I always have a very full boot (there was reason for buying a large estate) So I'm use to the feel of the car with a lot of weight at the back. I don't have any of the special chassis "gizmos" just a bog standard D3 ES (FWD). I do try to get close to the max for the towbar but find running at 80Kg is optimum (max for the van is 88Kg). Too little weight in the van can be as bad as to much (just not likely to get you a ticket). |
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what is the ex works nose weight. on mine it is 88 kg which is a bailey, if it was me start at the basics first weight van empty and noseweight, then add to front locker or just behind wheels.i had to play about with mine for awhile .also i have noticed that on certain road surfaces and whats in front of me HGV wise mine twitches and does not feel right so i slow down this has happened on the last couple of times i have gone out to the same location but not on the way there but on the way back.
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May 2nd, 2012, 12:27 | #29 |
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Remember that it's not the car that keeps the caravan stable. You can have a lorry and it will not keep the caravan stable, unless the caravan does that by itself. The only difference is that with a lorry, the only thing you notice is that you see the sides of the trailer in your rear view mirrors occasionally, when it's skidding from one side to the other.
I know, I've tried it. Then some caravans simply never track, for some reason, even if you do have a proper pressure on the tow bar. Look at an Adria from the 1980's, for example. They were always swaying from one side to the other, regardless of how you loaded them. Now they have got their act together and aren't inferior to tow, compared to anything else. Reasonable nose weight and not too much concentrated mass far back in the caravan to start with. If that doesn't help, then there's something wrong. What about the caravan's suspension? Does it have separate shock absorbers or integrated suspension/shock absorption in the axis? |
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When we hot the van home from Vanmaster with two full Gaslow refillable cylinders and minimal contents it was around 50kg. As the 'van's layout was same as previous 'van, we loaded up with stuff in same places and I think, this brought it to about 60kg, not enough, so did some re-distribution to get 70kg. After Monday's fiddling it's up to near enough to towbar's limit of 90kg so I'll see how it is next time out at end of month.
The 7% of MTPLM would be 126kg which isn't possible and anyway I'm nowhere near full mass.
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