Hello, we have an old compass caravan ( bought privately) the mplw is 50kg above our tow weight which is fine as parts of the caravan have been taken out (much lighter than manufactures weight) and we tow it 200kg less than the MPLW, and our train weight is 400kg less than max when we went to public weigh bridge. (Even…
We have just bought our first caravan ( Bailey Senator Arizona 2004) and only had one night away so far, just to see how everything works. We are going away for a week so we would like to use the onboard water tank as someone at the site said it holds more water and you'll have less trips to the tap. We think we've located…
We have recently bought our first caravan, and although it's fairly light at 950kg fully laden, we can manoeuvre it manually....it would help to have some assistance....I don't want to go to the expense of full motor movers.....so was wondering if anyone had any experience (good or bad) with motorised jockey wheels? My…
We arrived at Wood Farm Charmouth on Monday and yesterday morning our neighbours hitched up to leave. We had spoken briefly and as he left, I was standing outside my van, he waved and wished us a happy holiday. As I turned away I heard a bang and looked around to see his van had detached and was rolling back towards the…
Hi, we are looking to buy a lightweight 2 berth caravan. Have narrowed it down to an Elddis Xplore 422 or a Bailey 420 Plus. Does anyone have any advice or recommendations. Thanks.
We have found a line of black mould/mildew on the lining of our front caravan curtains (the curtains that have the plastic hems with poppers top and bottom that fit into the tracks), has anyone got any advice on how to clean the mould/mildew off? In the caravan manual it states that the curtains should be dry cleaned only…
Hello all, yes there are similar threads on this else where about over loading and axle failure on here however: At the last service the chap noticed areas of rubbing on the side walls of the wheel boxes on our elddis twin axle caravan. These werent reported on previous annual services. The rub marks look like penfolds…
Are there any members who have a 2021 Compass Capiro 554 model, that can tell us the size of the unit to the right hand side of the door (width and depth) and the height clearance for a television beneath the microwave? Also, have you any comments on your purchase good or bad? Thanks
Hi, I’ve just bought a challenger that has a rear view camera. On my first trip i hoped to use it to help reversing. But my car (a Range Rover evoque that has its own rear view camera) didn’t show pics from the caravan camera - it just showed a message saying the car’s rear view camera was disabled whilst towing. im unsure…
The local supplying dealer has done our annual service since we bought our Swift caravan new in 2016. However, our service booked for February had to be cancelled and due to mechanical problems with our tow car the re-arranged appointment for later this week may also have to be cancelled. The service department of our…
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