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  • Unknown
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    edited February 2020 #32
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  • EasyT
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    edited February 2020 #33

    I choose a couple of 3.9kg bottles ot to save weight but because they are lighter, smaller and easier to take in and out of front locker. I doubt that I am alone

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  • JVB66
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    edited February 2020 #35

    Depends how up to date the site is,wink I was "advised" by our GP (a caravaner) that  i should have at my age and medical condition a motor mover fitted to our caravan,in all the sites we have visited i have used it the max five times to assist with pitching ,and have not ,as some seem to need, , anything other space than the site road to get on the pitch, so the majority  must ( if capable) be plenty big enough to get ontowink

    ps the one site that the motor mover was essential to get on the pitch (as advised by the staff) was the commercial site in Norfolk ,  the only real problem on the cc network i have found is MIM and that is  only the older part of the sitefrown

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2020 #36

    Really? how many use their cars to "top up" safefills or when going to change their calor or other make of cylinder, ,the only "madness" is if is not upright

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  • JVB66
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    edited February 2020 #39

    And you have measured the latest sizes on upgraded/new sites,? average seems, If correct?large enough to take all but the latest wide and length , thats why  i do not have a problem thenwink

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited February 2020 #40

    Surely I don’t have to spell it out again! It's so obviously a safety issue as common sense dictates. Gases are considered Class 2 dangerous goods.

    A few hundred yards to exchange/top up vs 200 miles on the motorway at max legal speed - nah, no difference there!

    People carrying gas bottles in their car run risks and should check their insurance policies.

     

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2020 #41

    The difference? when the two hundred mile trip at Max 60mph there are probably two behind a plastic cover, rather than "coseted"in the  steel safety cage of a car,so how are plastic motor caravan a safer place?

  • Disco2003
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    edited February 2020 #42

     Well, I can't find it either!!

  • ocsid
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    edited February 2020 #43

    In the tent camping world carrying 907 Gaz containers within cars is all but universal.

    Probably you do need to spell out the dangers, if so totally untenable.

    But to add balance give the risk parallels with on every journey upto 70 odd litres of gasolene in a plastic tank tucked under the boot and adjacent to the exhaust system.

    Like most things, even venturing a motorhome off the drive onto a road, there are associated risk, we just need to minimise them.

    I have to admit though I generally get my Gaslights delivered to my home, I have been know to put an empty in the car to get a replacement; I just do so very mindful of what I am doing.

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  • JVB66
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    edited February 2020 #46

    Nose in?undecided i suppose as LRs do not a very good lock a MM is vital on most pitches without the need to use the Grass/pitch oppositesurprised

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2020 #47

    I think the "principal use" is where the insurance is based, a trailer is also mentionedsurprisedundecided

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2020 #48

    And it was you who gave the information,cool that i was aware of, but thought, with little hope ,that your info was more informative,  but as usual was "old news"wink must try harder comes to mindlaughing

  • ocsid
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    edited February 2020 #49

    You have the advantage of me in knowing the locks of other vehicles, but IMO the 11.45 mtre kerb to kerb turning circle of our 4.84 metre LOA D4 seems impressive.

    Are any other vehicles of similar length, that are that much more impresive in this regard to warrant your intervention on my vehicle's poor turning preformance?

    Also in reverse, steering lock is not going to dominate. Here jack knifing comes critical, and with having a van with about the longest "A" frame available, it puts me at some advantage.

    Nevertheless, despite any particular numbers, the fact remains if the unit length precludes driving onto a pitch, then at nearly two tonnes of van, a mover is IMO the "thinking man's" choice.

    The nose in is not any reflection of using a LR, I totally fail to understand your linking those points, but the van being continental, particularly it having an off side habitation door.

  • JVB66
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    And your point is about nose in ,it is your choice nothing to do with continental c/vans, undecided   and please lighten up about LR comments,wink

    ps do haynes manuals now come as standard when buying LR vehicles , TATA for nowcool

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2020 #51

    OH dear undecided but then if you read posts correctly ?cool

  • EasyT
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    edited February 2020 #52

    You certainly underestimate the with DD. I park my car such that the front door can be opened fully with a few inches to spare and the caravan is more or less on peg. I guess in general 8m wide+

     

  • EasyT
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    edited February 2020 #53

    Makes sense David. Since I caravan in UK nearly all sites carry calor.

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2020 #54

    As will the majority who use only UK sites these dayswink

  • davetommo
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    edited February 2020 #55

    Hope you have an lpg sticker on the car the same as you should have on the caravan to indicate that you are carrying lpg

  • ocsid
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    edited February 2020 #56

    You clearly misunderstand.

    Reversing in is never my prefered CMC site choice, on every occassion it has been requested of me.

    It has absolutely everything to do with being continental, why would they request it otherwise?

    Thankfully, now the CMC is more relaxed and pragmatic on pitching continental vans and MHs.

     

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2020 #57

    In the years we have been members, and with numerous site staff now in our circle,i cannot remember any sites we have been on that the "wrong side door" c/vans are requested to go nose in ,there have been times when the said owners have asked if the can go "nose in" as their beds are at the front,so nose in gives more "curtain twitching",and watching others on the usual "promenading" that seems to happencool

  • JVB66
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    edited February 2020 #58

    That should apply in all scenarios, would it notsurprised

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  • ocsid
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    edited February 2020 #60

    What was or was not happening in your circle and with numerous site staff you know, was not any part of the scene, we encountered. You had a continental van then to actually get drawn into such requests each time when checking in?

    Our bedroom or its widows are not at the front or offside, plus I can never recall being questioned on where the bedroom or its windows were located.

    The observation always was simply, the van is continental, door on off side, pitch nose in. I think always a "please" and always courteous.

    As said the rigidity has backed off, but please accept I know what things were like.

     

  • cyberyacht
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    edited February 2020 #61

    Ready availability of LPG replenishment is always a consideration "over there". I can recall numerous visits to Leclerc for an exchange 907 back in the day. That's one of the big advantages of refillables these days although I acknowledge there are other solutions.