Caravan towing mirrors

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  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,142 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2019 #32

    Putting an email address (an alias is best) in one’s profile can sometimes have advantages. 

  • richardandros
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    edited July 2019 #33

    "No offence, but i dont know why they make 8 ft wide caravans, i have difficulty with my 7.15 foot Coachman on some "A" roads and even worse on "B" roads particularly in Devon & Cornwall. I have been to some sites where the access is single track with very tight passing places, where, i am sure an 8 footer would not be able to pass. Not surprised you are loosing mirrors."

    Rufs - I've only lost one whilst towing! And that was two years ago when we had a Barcelona at 7'6" wide and without the extra extension arms fitted. Sorry if my post was a bit misleading

    We love the extra space in the van but I AM careful where we take it and research new routes carefully - particularly in Devon and Cornwall!!

  • Rufs
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    edited July 2019 #34

    thanks for the offer, but i have already purchased new ones

  • redface
    redface Forum Participant Posts: 1,701
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    edited July 2019 #35

    So to put it simply, extension mirrors when towing, none when not. 

  • Navigateur
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    edited July 2019 #36

    Unless, of course, you can achieve the legally required vision with the vehicle manufacturers mirrors.

    I recently towed one of these Erde trailers to a friends house from Halfords as his towbar had not arrived.  I could not see it at all behind my Discovery! Remembering what has been written above, in that circumstance, fitting towing mirrors would have been an infringement of the regulations.

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