Fully Serviced pitches
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On a site in Cornwall in August. About one tap to 4 caravans. Some enterprising camper had fitted on of these to the tap and had a continuous supply!
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The motor caravans are the average size about 22ft that need two parking bays when off site and this site is all grass(if it was not parched brown) and not a single serviced pitch
And being near the exit can note those going out, as they all have to pass our pitch although about 3mtrs in front, and we pass nearly all the pitches when returning with our support vehicle after being out shopping visiting etc, no waiting in the rain for the bus any more
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There are about 50 motor caravans on here ranging from small campers to a large YankTank ,and am just waiting for the first site reveiw that says that there are not enough motor caravan service points (as some post about showers)when they ( like we have noted on popular motor caravan sites) are having to queue to empty and fill up when leaving sites
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Not all MH's are created equal. Some of them, older models perhaps, have surprisingly small tanks barely bigger than a wastemaster. Mine is somewhere in the middle with a 75L fresh ( although claimed 90L) and a 70L waste. Most continental makes are 100L minimum.
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...but at least they are only at the tap once, not every day, and don't pay a daily £3.90 premium for the privelige.
...and if you fill (or half fill) at home there's no queuing on site and you're well set up (with no water management for a 3-5 day off grid stay....even more on a site.
you do keep banging on about your 'support vehicle' (4x4 ambulance, Red Cross truck, perhaps?) when you really mean a car.
many folk have them, they're actually quite common.
MHers also have 'support vehicles' that are far better equipped to 'support' in that they have gas, electric, and food/drink on board....and you can sleep in them...
oh, and they can drive to places, too (amazing, I know)
i know which I'd rather have
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I know that our vehicle can it seems, be far more suportive when needed , and leaving our cottage in situ, knowing that as today, will not be a problem getting into a car park with 6ft 3ins max height barrier which are becoming more prevalent to dissuade other types of vehicles,
A few motor caravans may only top up once , but the amount of owners here
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Just another nail in your post ref "half fill at home?"where we store our caravan there are about 100 maybe more motorcaravans also in store with no facility to "half fill their tanks" and that is just one storage site I am sure there are a lot more around the UK the same
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Same here, Mikey. We do find them on some CLs for no extra charge, but don't select those sites for the SP.
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But surely most M/Hs that are in storage are taken out to one's house to load up before heading off, so why couldn't that part fill at home before setting off. Should we ever have a M/H in storage that's what we would do,.
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Not in our storage the arrival vehicle seems is left in the motor caravan space after the transfer of equipment etc brought from home,we did the same when we had motor caravans, only went to our house on returning to off load, then "low lifes"did not realise that we were away ,only that we were back
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So perhaps now is the time for our club (I am joking!) to ask all members what they want?
Grass -no electric, Grass +EHU, HS +EHU, Service pitch EHU + grey waste + water supply.
As I see it there is no need to ask whether or not you are putting up an awning the club should allow for an awning on each pitch anyway. Personally I rarely put one up.
What do you think?
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Mine hasn't which is why I travel with it full. Not that mine has sufficient downforce to corner flat out though.
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of course, now you drive your car to 'storage' (what a tragic situation for vehicle that needs to be used) it's not on your drive at home, telling all your local 'low life's' you're away...
no different than anyone taking their car to an airport for a couple of weeks.
and don't the better storage areas provide water, ehu and a place to wash and Hoover the van upon return? I'd certainly want that for the prices some of these places are charging.
like AD, we have water, waste and washing facilities along with power at our 'storage facility'.
we can take our time to empty, clean and replenish the van and then off on the next journey....
it's just so convenient, even compared to our pals who store their van only a mile away....
loading a car (on their busy road), shuttling down to storage, transferring the contents from several large bags into the van, then having to completely empty the van on return (incl all electrical gadgets, you never know who's poking about there), loading large bags of stuff back into the car, emptying them all out again at home....
...and, like you, may not have washing (or ehu) facilities which can't be done at home either, so that's a right pain...
..and hundreds of pounds a year for the 'privilege'
I'll take my chances with the local 'low lifes'
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That is not the "privalege "that thousands of LV owners have hence the waiting lists that most storage sites have.
You really have no idea of how LVs are kitted out for trips when in storage, so do not try to know
We have a very good wash down facility at the storage and also can have it valeted there if needed ,but it is busy and needs booking,so not normally an easy access for filling tanks of motor caravans ,but if they want storage users can fill up and flush out on the M/c service point on the site but few do they would it seems not want to carry the extra weight to their destination ,but fill on arrival and top up by other means when on site and use a waste container under the oulet
Our car is not on "the drive"at home we keep it in our garage overnight
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I've heard some say that tanks have baffles and travelling with water is another polarising issue...some 'would never' while others 'always do'...
we're in the 'always have enough' category...
if heading off on a long tour (away) we may be spending the first few nights 'impromptu' so would have water with us...similarly, heading to a THS having a full tank might save us a bit of time in pitching..
OTOH, if heading to a club site, I would generally just fill when we got there..
re baffles, our fresh and waste tanks sit together just ahead of the rear axle and are not just two rectangular boxes side by side, which might lead to water sloshing....they are made up of several smaller compartments (which give a large overall capacity) so that the two tanks 'ying-yang' and interlock together so that no single compartment carries an overly large volume.
quite clever and allows each tank to be anywhere between full and empty without any sloshing.
so, I guess we do have baffles, but not in the way one might picture them.
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I do know exactly what a PITA our pals think it is even having their MH away from home, even if only a mile away...
the loading, shuffling, unloading process (and reverse) is still the same no matter how close the stored van.
anyway, we digress from SP usage.
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I'm sure they'd be able to persuade you otherwise
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So much angst about such a minor "problem"!
Surely the time has come (as far as this thread is concerned) to just acknowledge that some folk choose to use SP, others (us included) choose not to. Since for the very foreseeable future the club is likely to provide, maybe, three quarters of its pitches as non serviced there is no problem in providing for both sets. As said earlier where the club might well benefit is by installing SP at sites which don't already have them, rather than increasing the numbers at sites which dol
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They can as I have said, but do not as they want to be on their way it seems , with minimum fuss and weight, , it is much quicker when picking up a caravan,as the support/tow vehicle has anything on board that is not already in the caravan,
Ps it is a lot more than a chain link fence
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I have no problems with a service pitch, so long has they are put next to the dog walk children's play area and the bogs.
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