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I had a very helpful chat with the owner yesterday.
He told me that the unit weighs about 100kg (galvanised parts c. 70 kg, plus wheels etc). The unladen trailer places a weight of about 40kg on the tow hitch. When laden about 1/3 of the weight of the bike is placed on the hitch.
So a (say) 180 kg bike would result in a noseweight of about 100kg.
I had a very helpful chat with the owner yesterday.
He told me that the unit weighs about 100kg (galvanised parts c. 70 kg, plus wheels etc). The unladen trailer places a weight of about 40kg on the tow hitch. When laden about 1/3 of the weight of the bike is placed on the hitch.
So a (say) 180 kg bike would result in a noseweight of about 100kg.
Paul
I would think that varying the height of the towball could alter the actual nose weight somewhat.
It is an inefficient trailer system that allows a nose weight of 100kg from a total weight of trailer and load of 280kg - good job caravans have a better ratio than that
I think the issue is that it is a short trailer and is on castor wheels. When you reverse you don't want negative noseweight and so still need the wheels below/slightly behind the bike. This means that when you drive forward the wheels (which then swing to the rear) are a little distance behind the weight of the bike. The wheels are then also right at the back of the trailer. So the trailer is supported right at the back (by the wheels) and right at the front (by the hitch) and the weight of the bike is between these points. Unlike a conventional trailer or caravan where you are essentially balancing the load relative to the axle in order to achieve the desired noseweight.
I had a very helpful chat with the owner yesterday.
He told me that the unit weighs about 100kg (galvanised parts c. 70 kg, plus wheels etc). The unladen trailer places a weight of about 40kg on the tow hitch.
Paul
I also had a good conversation with Michael today. He answered all my questions and confirmed the same noseweight. I think the height of the towball and levelness of the deck will effect the noseweight, but if this is srt correctly, shouldnt be a problem. I'm sure Michael will be along to confirm this at some point!
To me it is a much more complete system than the Hydratrail, and being able to easily get through and talk to the owner is great. Deposit is in the post!
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Watched the video - very clever, though the driver would have failed his test for reversing around a corner like that (I'll forgive him!). It has suspension as well.
Does anyone have any reports of reliability yet? Bearings etc......... Thanks
Had the EZETOW trailer on the scales today, as something was bugging me with the nose weight figures I had told some of you on the phone last week.
The good news is I was wrong about the info I gave Paul and Mark about the nose weight laden percentage.
Right, we did this today and its correct.
The nose weight trailer empty is 40Kg.
The nose weight of the trailer with 240Kg load is only an extra 60 Kg
which means the laden weight is the nose weight plus 25% of the bike.
So a bike thats 240Kg @ 25% is 60Kg + Nose / W 40Kg = 100Kg.
Sorry for the confusion on that one.
I have also looked at wheel sizes as so many MH owners are a bit unsure
about the wheel size on the trailer, the only difference between a 8inch wheel and a ten inch wheel is .
16 inches = 8" rim + tyre at 60 mph is 1261 RPM over a mile
18 inches = 10" rim + tyre at 60 mph is 1121 RPM over a mile
I make that only 140 extra turns on the 8" wheel
The wheel bearings are needle taper rollers fitted to mini hubs, the most important thing is lubrication which should be a High Temp Lithium Grease. If this is done they should give years of service with no problems.
Anyway I am going now, hope I have cleared up some questions. Mike.
Hi,
Is the combined nose weight simply added to the total mass of the motorhome, or is it more specifically loaded directly onto the rear axle? If the latter is the case, then this loading will need to be increased proportionally depending on the length of the rear overhang and by doing so, making the net effective loading significantly greater? Or am I missing something? It would be very informative if someone with an Eze-tow could go fully laden to a weighbridge and have the axles weighed.
Cheers,
Coz.
It will form part of the gross train weight, but within this you need to make sure you dont overload the rear axle weight, or amx nose weight of your towbar.
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