HitchGoblin™
Car & Caravan Towing Safety
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Towing guides and explainers from HitchGoblin™.
Nose Weight: The Quiet Force Behind Safe, Confident Towing
Why nose weight is the single most influential number in caravan towing stability — and how HitchGoblin™ is making it easy to get right, every time.
The limit nobody checks: your tow car’s rear axle
Your outfit has to satisfy five weight limits at once, and the rear axle is usually the tightest — and the one nobody checks. Here is why, and how to find the numbers.
Nose weight and your rear axle, in two pictures
Two diagrams showing why a kilogram on the tow ball is not a kilogram on the rear axle, and what moving a bag into the caravan actually buys you.