I use my Ford SMax for towing a 1500 kg Caravan. It has just failed the Mot on worn rear trailing arm bushes. When I removed them they just fell apart. I am wondering whether this a consequence of the extra stress on the bushes caused by towing. Have other people experienced this.
Hi Folks, My wife and I are considering purchasing a Bailey Discovery D4-4 was looking for some advice as completely new to touring. My car is a 2013 Astra 1.6 Sri, The power and weight specs are Power 113 bhp | Weight 1578kg | Torque 155 Nm, 114 ft-lb The Bailey Discovery D4-4 specs are Shipping Length - 7.141m / 23′5″…
Hi Folks, My wife and I are seriously considering purchasing a 4 berth caravan for our young family and was looking for some advice as complete newbies. My car is a 2014 Peugeot 308 estate 1.5 diesel. The V5 states it has a technical premissible towable mass or trailer braked 1300kg. The Vin shows the following numbers…
I was wondering if anybody could possibly help us please. Long story short, car has the towbar on and all of the electrics, however, I need to get the car coded so apparently the lights etc work on the caravan on tow. We live in surrey, can anybody help over the next few days please? Happy to travel (a reasonable distance)…
Hi, I need to move an English caravan from a campsite at Montrevel-en-Bresse to Vallon Pont d'Arc, France - about three and a half hours. Do you know of a company that provides this service? I appreciate restrictions and timing, but when the time is right a company needs to be in place. Thank you. Brian
Hi. Just registered for this forum so not sure where to go. We still have our 2007 caravan with the two 7pin plugs but just ordered towbar for our new car which has to have the 13pin socket. I see there are 2 types of adapter so I'm hoping to get some advice from people who have tried the different adapters. Thanks!
I am having a nightmare with our ford Kuga auto 2013 . new gear box after 20000 miles rear axel helix after 46000 miles and the drive has gone again either clutch or transmission if the later ford replacement is about 6000. !!!! are there any cars out there with standard auto gearbox's and not tiptronic type. any views and…
The brake pads on my 2015 Mondeo are 6.0mm (front) and 6.5mm (rear) before it is metal on metal. Do they need replacing yet? Looking on line there seems to be a big variation of when to change them from 3mm to 7mm so I'm not really any wiser. Obviously the garages will say yes, change them now but I'd like to get my next…
Hi there ,anyone in the Club towing with a Jaguar F-Pace ? If so I would like any feedback & comments ,good or bad as to wether they make a good towcar or not. Thanks. Brian & Jo
Hi all, I'm just getting sorted with my towbar. I've been looking through and I see it says about the towbar with alko stabilisers. I have an alko 1300 stabiliser on my caravan so do I need to ask for a specific towbar? Some places ask and some don't so I'm a little confused. Many thanks
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