Zero Damping – What Is It and Why You Should Care

If you tow a caravan, you’ve probably heard advice like “make sure your towball weight is right” or “don’t drive too fast with a lightly loaded van.” But do you know why?

Zero damping is one of the most important – and least understood – factors in caravan stability. It’s the point where your rig stops naturally correcting sway and begins to lose control. Here’s what it means, how speed and towball weight affect it, and how to avoid crossing that line.

Yesterday we had a car and caravan weigh that just didn’t look right.

We’re often dictated to where we can weigh, and sometimes the surface isn’t ideal — but we have to work with what we’re given.

So, you’ve just been 𝖶𝖤𝖨𝖦𝖧𝖤𝖣 and found out your car or caravan is overweight? You’re not alone — and the good news is, there’s often a straightforward solution.

We understand how overwhelming it can feel, but don’t stress. In many cases, it might be as simple as having an engineer approve an 𝖠𝖳𝖬 or 𝖦𝖵𝖬 𝖴𝖯𝖦𝖱𝖠𝖣𝖤 — sometimes without any physical modifications at all.

Wondering where to weigh your caravan? Weighed provides mobile caravan weighing across SE QLD with accurate, detailed results and a full compliance report.

Thanks to David for using our car and caravan weighing service in Gympie — it was great to work with you!

We recently did a car and caravan weighing in Gympie and made a small but important mistake — we weighed the car without pulling the caravan onto the levelers.

It was a simple distraction, but it highlighted something crucial: you can be on a level surface and still get inaccurate results if the car and caravan aren’t on the same plane.