7
2. Safety
Stowage areas in the caravan
- Light objects
j
such as towels and lightweight laundry.
- Medium-weight objects
k
such as clothing, laundry and food.
- Heavy objects
l
such as the outer tent, boat motor or crates
of drinks.
If the caravan has been tted with a bicycle carrier on the draw-
bar, the increase in the drawbar load caused by the weight of the
bicycles must be counterbalanced by the rest of the load.
Drawbar load
You will only achieve optimum driving stability and decisively increase
your safety on the road if the drawbar load has been properly adjusted
for your combination of base vehicle and the caravan being pulled. The
drawbar load indicates the power the caravan's drawbar exerts on the
car's clutch.
Rules for the drawbar load
• Set the drawbar load correctly! You can, for example, use
normal bathroom scales: use a strip of wood (approx. 400 mm
long) to position them vertically under the coupling jaw. It may
also be possible to roughly estimate the drawbar load by means
of the drawbar load scales* m integrated in the front landing
wheel, whereby the drawbar of the caravan must be in a hori-
zontal position.
• Always check the drawbar load before you start to drive!
• The specied drawbar load (see handbook or type plate) and
the permissible overall mass of the base vehicle and the
caravan may not be exceeded!
How to adjust the correct drawbar load:
1. Determine the maximum drawbar load of your base vehicle by
checking its documentation, the type plate or the drawbar plate.
2. Your Fendt caravan has a maximum permissible draw-
bar load of 100 kg.
3. Adjust the drawbar load on the caravan to the lower of the two
values by loading it carefully. At the same time, try to make full
use of this value.
4. The lower of the two specied values for the drawbar load, i.e.
that of the base vehicle or the caravan, may not be exceeded.
* model/series-specic
4
The lower a vehicle's centre of gravity is, the better
its performance in curves and on the road.
32 1
