We are off top France for three weeks on Monday in our Baily Approach 625. The MoHo is nearly packed so we took it to the local weighbridge and spent a fiver getting the axial weights.
The figures were front 1650kg and the rear was 1610kg. Now I need to add a bit to each of these as the fuel tank is only half full, We'll fillup in Calais not this side of the channel, and there is a fridge full of food and a few last minute cloths and other items to load. Let's say 50kg at the front and 40 at the rear, giving fully loaded figures of 1750 and 1650. We will still be 100kg clear of our 3500kg total limit.
So that looks all fine and dandy to me, except when it comes to the tyre pressures. Bailey specify the pressures should be front 4bar (58psi) and the rear 5.5bar (80psi). So the heaviest loaded axail has the lower tyre pressure and the lightest axial has the far higher pressure. This doesn't make sense to me, would it be alright to reduce the rear pressures to 58psi to same as the front?
We have always found the ride to be very harsh and would like it to be more spongy.
Any thoughts?
The figures were front 1650kg and the rear was 1610kg. Now I need to add a bit to each of these as the fuel tank is only half full, We'll fillup in Calais not this side of the channel, and there is a fridge full of food and a few last minute cloths and other items to load. Let's say 50kg at the front and 40 at the rear, giving fully loaded figures of 1750 and 1650. We will still be 100kg clear of our 3500kg total limit.
So that looks all fine and dandy to me, except when it comes to the tyre pressures. Bailey specify the pressures should be front 4bar (58psi) and the rear 5.5bar (80psi). So the heaviest loaded axail has the lower tyre pressure and the lightest axial has the far higher pressure. This doesn't make sense to me, would it be alright to reduce the rear pressures to 58psi to same as the front?
We have always found the ride to be very harsh and would like it to be more spongy.
Any thoughts?