New to towing
Having recently buying our first caravan I decided I needed to learn to tow to share the driving with my husband. I looked on the Caravan Club website for a course and found that I would be joining 5 other people on a car park for hitching; reversing etc followed
by a computer presentation in a classroom but no actual road towing experience which I wanted to do to build my confidence. I then went direct to Towing Solutions in Macclesfield and received 4 hours one to one tuition. This covered the law requirments;
driving; hitching; reversing; parking etc all for a reasonable cost of £120.00. After my session I was confident enough to shared the towing of our caravan to Norfolk and back. My husband was highly impressed with my new skills and he is now thinking of
taking this course himself to brush up on his reserving technique. I would highly recommend anyone wanting to learn to tow or brush up on their skills to try a one to one session as they are tailored to the individual.
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To be totally honest, for all I'm a fairly confident person, I was petrified of towing - even though I've been hoofing a motorhome around Europe for the past 3 years.
I've been towing for a month now, and its getting easier and easier all the time.
I've basically cracked reversing into my parking bay at the storage yard - which means parking a standard touring pitch is simple.
Although going backwards in a straight line is still tricky....
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Ive never taken a towing course and after towing for 39 years I dont intend to bother, moving caravans is a lot easer now, the old caravans your wife had to hold a lever to lock the brakes off so you could reverce it, they where heavy, a little 10 foot
van was heaver than a modern twin axel.I lernt to reverce while driving 3.5 tonne van with a 16 foot trailer, with a load on no way could you unhitch it
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Ive never taken a towing course and after towing for 39 years I dont intend to bother, moving caravans is a lot easer now, the old caravans your wife had to hold a lever to lock the brakes off so you could reverce it, they where heavy, a little 10 foot
van was heaver than a modern twin axel.I lernt to reverce while driving 3.5 tonne van with a 16 foot trailer, with a load on no way could you unhitch it
Dakota ... I wondering what you are trying to say here ! I thought Shirley was saying she has never towed before and after getting a towing instruction she got a massive boost to her confiedence . I learnt to tow back in 1971 after i passed my test , I towed
a twin axle trailer with massivly overloaded cars on the back and once even a fork lift truck (It bent the trailer ) I thought nothing of towing at 90 mph + . Now I'm 61 a lot less adventerous . But I think I would benfit from learning if there is something
new in techniques to be learnt . To make me safer . up until 10 years ago I regulary towed a power boat trailer , but caravans I find a different ball game altogether .0 -
.... I towed a twin axle trailer with massivly overloaded cars on the back and once even a fork lift truck (It bent the trailer ) I thought nothing of towing at 90 mph + . .....
I'd have though common sense would have prevented the above ..... so I doubt a course would make much difference
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.... I towed a twin axle trailer with massivly overloaded cars on the back and once even a fork lift truck (It bent the trailer ) I thought nothing of towing at 90 mph + . .....
I'd have though common sense would have prevented the above ..... so I doubt a course would make much difference
Write your comments here... Who were you quoting here MM, I can't see the original post?
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.... I towed a twin axle trailer with massivly overloaded cars on the back and once even a fork lift truck (It bent the trailer ) I thought nothing of towing at 90 mph + . .....
I'd have though common sense would have prevented the above ..... so I doubt a course would make much difference
Write your comments here... Who were you quoting here MM, I can't see the original post?
Could have been removed by a moderator as it advocates breaking the law!
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I've towed a variety of trailers for nigh on 50 years and never did a course. Did practise a bit on old air fields etc.. Mrs One learned to towed under my direction and she is very competent. If you are not very confident or don't know how to start I
would advocate a course, but then practice is the key. If your a lady don't let the old man hog all the driving. When we go abroad Mrs One does over half the driving. If I push up the daisy roots any time soon I would like to think that Mrs One could continue
vanning
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.... I towed a twin axle trailer with massivly overloaded cars on the back and once even a fork lift truck (It bent the trailer ) I thought nothing of towing at 90 mph + . .....
I'd have though common sense would have prevented the above ..... so I doubt a course would make much difference
Write your comments here...Jeepers, I was in my early twenties ............ Does anyone have comon sense in their twenties ???? I didnt , I do have to say I didnt hurt anyone myself included ,I learnt to correct major wobbles on trailers and a load of other
things , I went sensible at 30 + I only got done once for speeding, on my Motorbike . As I said I feel I would benefit from a current instructor to help me with my technique . No one should ever stop learning . I would welcome being tested again at 65 in the
car . So ... What is all this" Common Sense" I dont have ?0
