Proportion of Serviced v Standard Pitches
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We have only had the MH since March but so far the need to use ramps has been minimal. Normally just putting the van in front up slope is adequate. Although not traveling with full tanks we have enough to get by for a while and the gas is on because it has those crash sensors. Therefore on the one occasion it was raining we just drove onto the pitch, had lunch and sorted out EHU and fully filling the tank later. The fridge switches to gas 15 minutes after switching the engine off and we can have the heating on if required. We can even watch the TV if we want.
In general so far I would say pitching up in the MH is much easier.
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It is nose down and I've described how to overcome it.
It only needs a little bit of skill to achieve a level van without the use of ramps. Perhaps you didn’t read what I wrote.
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"So no awning then?
You travel with clothes in the caravan, hardly any? or are you a nudist?🤩😜
15 minutes, we used to do 25 minutes on our weekends away"
To answer that question from way back - no, no awning, at least just a little porch one that gets put up later if used at all. Clothes are all in the van. 5 litre bottle of water in car for first drink. So it's jjust legs down (manually!), EHU connected toilet sorted and gas turned on. We don't travel with a huge amount of paraphernalia so, yes about 15 minutes for initial set up.
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Aha Watson, note the introduction of the word "Initial" 🔎
📂 Closed!
I'm off to relax, 🎻
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I can kind of agree but that actually makes things worse.
At Sandringham in February our hs pitch required the aluminium leveller not only to be used, but at its maximum reach!
Not acceptable sorry,
Surely a warden can identify such pitches and have them fixed!
Every other aspect of a site is maintained.
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I'm not sure why you're so surprised about that. Why would one do more than necessary on arrival? Get set up as quickly as possible, quick bite of lunch, out for a walk and do all the other stuff at leisure later on.
Seems sensible to me anyway. Case Closed, sherlock!
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It may have escaped you notice but as the old area at sandringham is on quite a hill ,and a lot of the newer areas are also on a slope, we were there last week and being old but still capable of doing things without breaking into a sweat,by "moving?"the pea gravel on the high side of the pitch where our wheel needed to go we were level without add aids,,an nd if you will insist on useing levelling devises which are not user friendly then so be it
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Hi folks. Just a little reminder that the thread is about the "Proportion of Serviced v Standard Pitches'. I know we all veer of topic a little from time to time, but I think we may have strayed a little far from the original topic. Do feel free to start another thread with a more appropriate title.....
David
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Well it’s a while since we used our caravan, as opposed to our MH (perfectly level little model, no nose dive) but I doubt we would use more than our usual glass of water to judge how level things are. It’s one of those old fangled types where everything still works if you are tilted more than half an inch. Got the capacity to carry everything onboard as well, instead of shoved in car boot. 😂😁
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Apologies DSB, I must have posted same time as you.
We shall no doubt enjoy a service pitch when we require one. Mind if the cost comes anywhere close to a week in a cottage, I think I know which way we will jump! (assuming we are fit enough to jump!)😁
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For us now we have switched to a MH, the main reason for choosing a service pitch would be for the area, or to guarantee a hardstanding.
A couple of examples. At Tewkesbury we would now opt for a multi surface first, a service pitch second. If none were available we would go elsewhere, as all the standard awning are on grass and crammed like sardines. Whilst the non awning pitches have both variants, so surface type is pot luck.
At Hawes I would still opt for a service pitch every time. The service area there is a nice little site on its own. If none was available we would still go on a standard pitch, all are hardstanding and perfectly adequate.
As to ratio, at these sites I would say it is on the low side. Unless you book well ahead it is difficult to guarantee one.
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Not questioning anyone’s right or reasons for using serviced pitches with a MH, but I do find it rather strange that so many do. Is it primarily to make sure of a HS? If so, then maybe being able to book pitch type will help?
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You may have a point there but we've been on 3 club sites this year - Cirencester when only HS were open, Bridlington which is all HS and Putts Corner which is largely the same. And I reckon there were roughly equal numbers of MHs and vans on the serviced pitches. I guess there are as many different reasons for choosing them as there are pitches!
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There is an Adria motor caravan in front of us on a grass pitch with an awning as we are,, and while having breakfast it was noted that the waste tank was being emptied, I counted 11 trips with a bucket to the waste disposal point and then return with watering can of fresh water to top up other tank, and it is less work than a caravan?
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Precisely. It’s got wheels. So why are so many used like a caravan, tethered to a pitch in a variety of ways? 🤔That’s an unusual use for £60,000 plus of vehicle. But I bow to choice and reasoning. 😁
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Don’t knock the exercise bit, we always consider the fetching and carrying of water as a positive bit of touring. We tend to eat more treats when away, so it helps! 😁
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We have never booked a serviced pitch, although we have used one on more than one occasion as that was the norm on the site.
I don't think we would bother in the future unless our health was to change. The faffing about with various pipes and bits and pieces would drive the OH mad. We are not big consumers of water as tend to use the facilities on site. Drinking water is collected in a 2 ltr container as required. Cl's of course are a different matter as are none facilities sites.
When we had the MH we carried a long flat hose so that if we were on a pitch for longer than 5 days we could fill fresh water without having to carry buckets/watering cans or move the MH. The waste on these occasions was a bucket emptied daily, we didn't let it fill the tank then empty it.
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We carry a long hose. Did with the van that had an board tank as well. We ask about grey water, ours is never more than shower or hand wash, as we use a wash up bowl dumped separately, not into waste tank. Most CLs are happy for it to go on a tree or into hedgerow, especially in Summer. Lots have MH wastes as well. So, a bucket a day covers us, if no drive over waste.
We still have an aqua roll for van, (only because someone gave it us, we previously used two water carrier containers), but never owned a waste master. We use two black waste containers, it’s a 30 second a day bit of exercise that we can both still do.
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Most CLs are happy for it to go on a tree or into hedgerow, especially in Summer.
interesting, i noticed in France last month that a lot of Mh's & caravans had a pipe running from grey waste outlet into hedgerow, i thought this practice was frowned upon in the UK ?
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Only by the clubs.
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Most CL's I've come across are "tip it in the hedge". Always a bit tricky with the pipe run though when the hedge is uphill.
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funny that, was at Anse du Brick last week on a svcd pitch and the grey water waste was uphill, in fact most of the svcd pitches had the service bay near the road, not only was it uphill, but others thought the bay was a general bay and one guy got quite stroppy because i attached my hose to the tap
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Both clubs used to say use hedgerows ,why did it change ?
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whats the price of anyones MH got to do with anything?
many Dutch travellers use the waste bucket method, perhaps they changed modes from a caravan and just continued with the same process...
french and German MHers tend to be MHSP users, perhaps they don't go for the same exercise routine....?
weve just had 8 days on a commercial site....it had a tap on the pitch, we used it once to fill on the first day (without a tap, I would have used the MHSP tap...once)......still had half a tank when we left this morning.....
so, from a water usage perspective, why would anyone with a decent tank need to pay someone else £3.90 every day, even when not touching the tap?
on the way out, I drove over the waste area, pulled the lever and that was that....again, no need to have a drain on the pitch...
so, (at a club site£ perhaps the overriding reason is to secure a HS?
however, £27.30 a week seems a lot for a HS when it's perfectly possible now to get one without a premium....
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"so, from a water usage perspective, why would anyone with a decent tank need to pay someone else £3.90 every day, even when not touching the tap?"
Good question, and one you've asked before, BB. No idea what the answer is but plenty choose to and choice, as you so often point out, is surely a good thing! I don't entirely subscribe to the "get a HS pitch" idea for reasons I've already stated.
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o, from a water usage perspective, why would anyone with a decent tank need to pay someone else £3.90 every day, even when not touching the tap?
as said you do keep asking this question and I'm puzzled why, with respect are you against MH using SP or merely really puzzled your self?
But the facts are that I have seen 50% MH on service pitches on a number of occasions, MHers on here have posted that they like and use them them and a warden as posted on here that they are popular with MHers, so maybe next time you are on a site with SP ask them?
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especially when the sites I use are all HS anyway so it cannot be that
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