How to thrive on a non 240v site!

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  • SteveL
    SteveL Club Member Posts: 12,374
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    edited July 2020 #752

    I agree, we haven't had a MH long, so fairly limited experience. We have put it on grass, mainly over there, but only after checking the surface and of course knowing the weather. Even then we were caught out once by heavy thunderstorms and moved before we sank.

    However, I wouldn't knowingly book it onto grass, not having seen the access or knowing it's condition.

  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited July 2020 #753

    complete opposite on the CL we were at last year. Large A Class drove onto the wet field, pointed down the hill & tried to reverse into position ... needless to say the driven wheels (FWD) just span and she would've continued to spin up to her axles if she'd not been stopped. Despite the huge field, she'd not left enough room between her & the hedge to get the farmer's tractor in, so the poor farmer had to crawl under the back to get his towing strap onto her rear axle. And she still needed guidance of how to steer when being dragged backwards. 🙄

    Clueless springs to mind!

  • Oneputt
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    edited July 2020 #754

    Brother has been on grass since November, left site once a week for shopping and gas with no problem.  I would guess that around 60% of the pitches he uses both here and over there are grass

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2020 #755

    As we found in the Dark Days of motor caravans ,it is quite sensible to check before venturing on to grass , especially when the ground conditions could be a bit "iffy"surprised

  • cyberyacht
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    edited July 2020 #756

    We arrived in drizzle and  did have a fair bit of rain whilst there. The field, although fairly level, is at the top of a hill so I deduced that gravity would do its thing. I took the precaution of putting track mats under all the wheels and we did sink a bit, particularly the front axle. Had I not done so, backing out of the trough might have induced wheelspin. How do you lot think the 7th Armoured Division got on? 

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited July 2020 #757

    Steel Tracks? 🤣🤣

  • davetommo
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    edited July 2020 #758

    “How do you lot think the 7th Armoured Division got on?”

    Maybe the tracks help

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited July 2020 #759

    Steel Tracks?🤣

  • davetommo
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    edited July 2020 #760

    Used to drive a 16 ton truck across fields regular with a truck designed for putting telephone poles up. But only did it in summer on rock hard fields

  • ocsid
    ocsid Club Member Posts: 1,395
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    edited July 2020 #761

    Carry a set or two of these  Rhino Tracks ?

  • Rocky 2 buckets
    Rocky 2 buckets Forum Participant Posts: 7,101
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    edited July 2020 #762

    I think they did good. . .In the desert. . .Which is dry. . .Without rainfall. I’m struggling with the comparison here🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

  • Dick Dastardly
    Dick Dastardly Forum Participant Posts: 17
    edited July 2020 #763

    As with any terrain, some of it will be difficult to traverse.  Tracks are used (both in boggy and desert conditions) to prevent sinking and to maintain traction.  

    Probably the greatest cinematic example [see what I did there?] would be 'Ice Cold in Alex', where John MIlls navigates his ambulance across the desert (using tracks where necessary) to reach his pint of Carlsberg in Alexandria.  

    Cyber, I was stationed at RAF North Luffenham and RAF Cottesmore in my day - Rutland Water is a beautiful part of the country.  

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