Caravans and motorhomes with offside door
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Well, it's not the OP but I believe the soft close option is electronic and an expensive option on the base vehicle. Then there's likely to be the weight of an electric motor to consider.
WildAx was mentioned as having two sliding doors, not for being soft closers. Very good vans they are, too, and now with a gasless option but that's another story.
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Exactly what some of us have described in this thread as what we do, CY. The door will close and be draughtproof if shut quietly but needs a harder shove/slam to engage the latch for locking. As someone else said, it ain't racket science.
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Deuce🤣
I had a cost of £2k in my head, Micky, but wasn't sure if I imagined it. Clearly not.
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one system jointly developed by Pöessl/Globecar and Fiat is std on Globecar PVCs.
also, from another supplier, £469 after market...
https://www.uk.modifero.com/home/20-fiat-ducato-automatic-electric-sliding-door-kit-system.html
also German company doing fully fitted at €1100
compared to Wild Ax (gasless) Voltpack at £5k, a snip.
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As I said, that's another story.
I'll not be spending anything on soft closers but thanks for the info.
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Well I confess we have a PVC, we also have a caravan. Our tow car has 2 sliding doors, 2 cab doors and a very heavy tailgate so I guess whichever unit we take we will annoy someone.
When using the PVC we do try to not open the sliding door fully and try not to close it fully unless we need to.
I will also confess to finding them annoying, especially older camper vans they really do grind and get on your nerves.
We had the misfortune of one parking next to us at Dunbar last year. The lady preferred to be 'indoors' while the gent preferred 'outdoors' after one day and night we moved, as it was every few minutes one or other would open and slam the door.
This year at Poolewe, there was a PVC across from us that had a soft close door, they are definitely the way to go you could not hear a thing.
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What is all the fuss about noisey sliding doors? It only clunks for a couple of seconds and is no noisier than a barking dog.
Colin
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So now we have door closing rage to add to dog rage, pitching rage, wrong side door rage and peg rage - the never ending rage!
what next? Rage at silver Eribas and Hymers making them feel ‘uncomfortable’?
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We really are digressing from the "offside" rule now.
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we havent mentioned that maelstrom of a situation....the Continental PVC with the sliding whizz-bang door on the wrong side...
apart from site pitching there may be other aspects of ownership where door location might be a hindrance or a benefit...
our cabin door is on the off side but, if OH needs to alight when pulled in at the UK nearside, we have a second door in the cab at the kerb, so we dont step out into UK traffic...and if away, we can use the cabin door which will then be on the 'correct' side...
when our van is parked at home on the drive, i drive it in as i have a second exit and can drive out again....with the van in this orientation the cabin door (and large garage door) are both towards the house which means loading/unloading is far easier than it would be if those doors were on the UK side.
so for us, having the door on the 'wrong side' has more advantages than if it were on the 'correct side'...👍
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Works well for us also. Most CC pitches slope slightly towards the road. Therefore if we drive straight in the natural slope of the MH towards the front, means we are level without ramps.It also puts the door on the correct side, according to the OP. We are often alongside a UK designed van which has reversed in, presumably to put the door on the correct side, that are levelled using ramps.
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"The winner was a TA van with different upholstery and curtains from standard"
...we have different sorts of 'blue sky' over here David...in more than one way
two MH featured in MMM/what MH this month show the sort of thing you're eluding to....
a N+B with lounge furniture that 'moves' to be both a 'facing seat' set up (a la caravan) or a fwd facing travel seat for two passengers with built in seatbelts..(just one of many innovative design features)
also a Chausson which is a proper coachbuilt but truly made within a 6m PVC footprint....
a 6 seater lounge, a full sized double bed, large across the rear washroom, isofix fittings, two extra fold out travel seats etc...
a veritible 'tardis' in a pint pot....
and not a curtain in sight...
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Doors on both sides?
that way You can upset both neighbours!
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Caravans with a door each side were common place around 50 years ago in vans such as Cheltenham, Royal, Safari. Often the offside door gave direct access to the Porta Potti 'room' - they didn't have washrooms as we know them back then.
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Most of us try not to annoy other folk, Harry. It's not a competition to see who can upset the greatest number of site users. Consideration is the name of the game👍
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Odd that people seem to have taken HarryTheHymer seriously. It was plainly a joke. Indeed he was critical of those who rage about things earlier in the thread.
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Doors on both sides must mean the loss of a significant amount of usable space. I wouldn't want it.
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It was plainly a remark of rather antagonistic leanings, GG. An exclamation mark is used to demonstrate forcefulness and strength of feeling, even shouting, but not humour.
Doors on both sides are largely a thing of the past so I’d not let it bother you.
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2 sliding doors are mainly isolated to trade use ie DPD or UPS etc. They well facilitate the movement of unusually sized loads👍🏻
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Totally agree, we were on a site where next door drove to the marker we reversed on which is the normal way if we would have put up the awning we would be face to face not good. we go away for peace and quiet and not TO MAKE FRIENDS. Had we put up the awning i would have made it quite clear with my guide ropes what i thought of their positioning of their caravan. Some members have no regard for others privacy.
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Dreamer, reversing in isn’t necessarily the 'normal' way. The other guy didn’t break any rules and I’d not condemn him for pitching in an approved manner.
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