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Getting back into caravanning again after a few years of no van :)

Get everything set for a weekend trip on Friday.

I just checked my nose (tongue) weight with some bathroom scales and I'm happy with it. But I have been reading that the ground needs to be level.

Its on my driveway, a concrete drive, which when looking at it appears level, I can't say I can notice any incline at all. Is this sufficient to get an accurate enough reading of nose weight?

Basically - how level does level ground need to be?

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If you want to eliminate the angle of ground that visually looks flat, measure the weight then turn the whole lot around and measure the weight again. The mean average fo these two readings should give you a fairly accurate idea of the true, level nose weight.

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That's close enough! Especially if you're not pushing the limits.

Tongue weight influences the stability of the rig (too much and the front wheels may tend to lift, too little – especially with a heavy load – and the "tail starts to wag the dog") and the load on the towing vehicle's suspension. You've got some latitude there, probably more than the difference that a hard to see slope in your driveway would amount to.

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