How To Weigh A Caravan

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How To Weigh A Caravan
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• Overloading your caravan or trailer adversely
  affects vehicles' performance and jeopardizes
  safety. Overloading also creates difficulties
  while towing a caravan. 
• Weighing your caravan with the caravan scales is
  the only way to ensure that your vehicle is well
  within the limits.
• You can take the caravan to public weighbridges
  or use a portable caravan weight scales to
  measure weight at home.
• Nevertheless, it is considered best to weigh a
  caravan at weighbridges to accurately determine
  weight during loaded and unloaded conditions.

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• Weighing a Caravan at Home With Portable Caravan
  Scale
• Portable scales are easy to use and can be
  carried anywhere. Also, these scales can be
  repaired at your nearest scale repair shops.
• To use these scales you just have to drive your
  caravan over these scales to record the reading.
  The weighing scale stores the data until you
  record the reading for each of the caravan wheels
  and then indicates the total weight of the
  vehicle.
• Additionally, scale helps you in determining
  overloading on the right side or left side of the
  vehicle. Ideally, the overall weight must be
  distributed evenly on both sides. Even loading
  ensures the vehicles better performance.

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• Weighing a Caravan at a Public Weighbridge
• Despite the obvious advantages, portable caravan
  weight scales might not produce perfectly
  accurate results. Thus it is advised to use
  weighbridge facilities near you.
• These facilities not only allow you to weigh the
  entire caravan but also allows you to measure the
  rear axle load by reversing back onto the plate.
• Also, when it comes to payloads, both the towing
  vehicle and caravan have legal weight limits. As
  a result, after you've loaded up for your
  journey, it's best to make your first stop at a
  public weighbridge.

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