2006 Sprite Firebrand 590 - nose heavy?
CreepyCampers
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Hello! First post here 
Just over 3 years ago we purchased our 2006 Sprite Firebrand 590 and since then we have been up and down the UK from Orkney to Hampshire. It's been a good caravan to us and it's been heavily used. In the first year we found out that it wasn't well looked after by previous owners and had to do major repairs to the front end due to severe rot around the front window. The result is that the front end is waterproof but towards the rear it's looking quite bad with rot. As a result we are replacing this lovely workhorse next month with a new Swift.
The one issue that I've always had with the Sprite is that it seems very nose heavy. No matter what we do to shift items around, it always looks like it's putting a lot of strain on the rear axles. This was the case with the original tow car which was a 2005 Landrover Freelander and our current car which is a 2011 Volvo XC70. Maybe it's a poor design as the heavy items are in front of the axles?
Just over 3 years ago we purchased our 2006 Sprite Firebrand 590 and since then we have been up and down the UK from Orkney to Hampshire. It's been a good caravan to us and it's been heavily used. In the first year we found out that it wasn't well looked after by previous owners and had to do major repairs to the front end due to severe rot around the front window. The result is that the front end is waterproof but towards the rear it's looking quite bad with rot. As a result we are replacing this lovely workhorse next month with a new Swift.
The one issue that I've always had with the Sprite is that it seems very nose heavy. No matter what we do to shift items around, it always looks like it's putting a lot of strain on the rear axles. This was the case with the original tow car which was a 2005 Landrover Freelander and our current car which is a 2011 Volvo XC70. Maybe it's a poor design as the heavy items are in front of the axles?
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@CreepyCampers I don't think it's a poor design, a lot of caravans have have heavy items in front of the axles, the only heavy things that might move are the fridge and oven really? Ours has the oven behind the wheels and the fridge in front.
Our Sprite was the same regarding nose weight but with moving the permanently carried items around it was possible to get the nose weight right for our care. If you do go for any caravan it's a good idea to see what the nose weight is when you first get and therefore empty and work from there.
Additionally there has posts like this from various makes.
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Thank you for the friendly advice 😊
We have the Truma heater, fridge and oven in front of the axles. The Swift where're looking at is looking more balanced but always good to check the nose weight when picking it up.1
