An important consideration is ensuring that
regardless of the combinations of contents
of water tanks, the ball-loading variation is
minimized.
Tyres - size, load-rating, condition, and most
of all... inflation pressures - also have a large
bearing on a caravan’s handling and stability characteristics.
Many tyres are dangerously over-loaded or
grossly under-loaded, and/or have inflation
pressures either too high, or too low.
Unfortunately, a lot of manufacturers do
not specify the recommended - by the Tyre
& Rim Association - pressures, for both the
empty and the fully-loaded conditions.
Needless to say, the responses must
be completely honest and sufficiently
detailed... with accurate weight and tyrepressure measurements provided. Guesses
and assumptions are completely pointless.
If required, the CCA has accredited independent experienced professional automotive engineers in all mainland States to
provide further consultancy assistance.
The CCA web-site has a number of informative Technical Articles accessible from the
home-page.
Kind Regards
Colin
Obviously the manufacturer and dealer
have no control whatsoever on how the customer loads their ‘van, and how they drive
on the road, but it behoves them to make
their ‘vans as stable as possible, and to best
assist their customers.
{Honorary Manager & Professional
Automotive Engineer}
Owners with handling and stability problems are most welcome to email the completed Questionnaire to: caravancouncil@
optusnet.com.au where we will attempt to
assist them.
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