RE: Caravan Club Splashes Out
Discussion
Why would anybody of a sane disposition want to take their garden-shed-on-wheels on holiday is beyond me?
You can test the appeal by emptying out the potting shed filling it with cheap 'fold out' formica furniture, a very cheap uncomfortable bed, a big bucket to dump in, and next to it a cooker. Then spontaniously take a weekend break in it. Thats about as good as caravanning gets, its hardly 5* luxury is it?
I pity the poor sod that buys your 206gti next, it is hardly a tow car be honest!
Shame on you, go check out caravans&cardigans.com
Bennno
So how come so many caravans end up in the back of the cars in accidents? I've seen this a lot on Mways. Also seeing as the brakes are drum and I suspect rarely serviced, their braking power is nothing compared to their weight. It would be like trying to stop your car on only its rear brakes.
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So how come so many caravans end up in the back of the cars in accidents? I've seen this a lot on Mways. Also seeing as the brakes are drum and I suspect rarely serviced, their braking power is nothing compared to their weight. It would be like trying to stop your car on only its rear brakes.
(sigh)
Although caravans do not have MOTs and servicing is not mandatory (neither is it on cars), mine has a full service of all "running" components every year. This includes brakes, lights, couplings, gas fixtures, tyres, suspension components etc.
I don't think I've *ever* seen a caravan that's run into the back of a car...pretty hard when they're bolted together
The brakes on a van are pretty good actually. When you apply the car brakes and the overrun comes into affect, you can really feel the van "pulling its weight", so to speak. Yes, overrun brakes will fade on long hills, but you just have to be a little bit cautious and known when to pull into a layby and let them cool. It's rarely a problem.
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Yes, overrun brakes will fade on long hills, but you just have to be a little bit cautious and known when to pull into a layby and let them cool. It's rarely a problem.
Now that really is scary! How many average caravan numpties will know when their shed's brakes are cooked
Foot, shot, yourself methinks.
(sigh)
Although caravans do not have MOTs and servicing is not mandatory (neither is it on cars), mine has a full service of all "running" components every year. This includes brakes, lights, couplings, gas fixtures, tyres, suspension components etc.
I don't think I've *ever* seen a caravan that's run into the back of a car...pretty hard when they're bolted together
The brakes on a van are pretty good actually. When you apply the car brakes and the overrun comes into affect, you can really feel the van "pulling its weight", so to speak. Yes, overrun brakes will fade on long hills, but you just have to be a little bit cautious and known when to pull into a layby and let them cool. It's rarely a problem.
(tut)
Yours may get serviced evey year but what about those that dont , people who are not a member of the shedpullers club .
are they going to check everythings ok before they go off to block up the roads ..... no, They hook the shed up and drag it of the drive untill the drums unstick from where its been sat for 51 weeks of the year.
then proceed to block up roads making mine and everyone elses life a misery during the summer . Im in a job where i drive a lot and beleve me not ONE pulled over to let the traffic past last year or the year before that ,Like a tortoise it wobbled down the road looking for lettuce ! So to be honest they need an annual mot like a car and get half of the death traps off the road .
but the best thing you could do is put it in your garden take off the wheels and store your mower in it !
>> Edited by ZZR600 on Saturday 16th March 10:11
Hi guys, I can't help but add to this as I get so annoyed by caravans, trailer towers etc who slow down the traffic. The problem is that they are so big that it is often impossible to see around them to know when it's safe to overtake. This is not a problem with numpties in cars who don't obscure the view. Oh and by the way, how many of you have seen caravan pullers without the mirror extensions, these 
idiots don't have the slightest clue how long a tailback they are causing.
However I am not attacking the caravan pullers who are here, the fact you are here suggests you may have more in common with the rest of us than the old buggers in the maestros. But the idea of a caravan not slowing traffic is illogical, you could tow a caravan with a mclaren but it would still roll if you tried going round a fairly steep bend at 60 mph (that's physics), which means you will slow down people who are out to drive, rather than just get from A to B. So Mr. 206 your car may be nippy on its own but you WOULD slow me down until I could find a safe place to overtake.
All of the above can equally be applied to trailers, trucks and also to horses riding on the roads (menace). There got it out of my system, I challenge anyone to change my mind on this.
John.
idiots don't have the slightest clue how long a tailback they are causing. However I am not attacking the caravan pullers who are here, the fact you are here suggests you may have more in common with the rest of us than the old buggers in the maestros. But the idea of a caravan not slowing traffic is illogical, you could tow a caravan with a mclaren but it would still roll if you tried going round a fairly steep bend at 60 mph (that's physics), which means you will slow down people who are out to drive, rather than just get from A to B. So Mr. 206 your car may be nippy on its own but you WOULD slow me down until I could find a safe place to overtake.
All of the above can equally be applied to trailers, trucks and also to horses riding on the roads (menace). There got it out of my system, I challenge anyone to change my mind on this.
John.
So dearn you've never seen the front of caravan and back of car smahed then. Well you mustn't get out much. I've seen it a lot, nb I beleive even though they are bolted together they are joined by a joint that allows the cravan to rotate (so you can turn corners) with a joint like that its easy for a cravan to jackknife into the back of the car. Also you may service your "van" but as already been said I bet not many are.
You're quite right that cars do not need a service BUT their brakes are tested at least once per year. (Unlike caravans)
You still haven't explained why they only have a pair of drum brakes to stop the same weight as a car. (If a car was made with brakes like that, it would either be banned or get such bad reviews that it wouldn't sell well) The point about brake fade etc. is very scary perhaps thats why then run into the back of a car.
You're quite right that cars do not need a service BUT their brakes are tested at least once per year. (Unlike caravans)
You still haven't explained why they only have a pair of drum brakes to stop the same weight as a car. (If a car was made with brakes like that, it would either be banned or get such bad reviews that it wouldn't sell well) The point about brake fade etc. is very scary perhaps thats why then run into the back of a car.
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Yes, overrun brakes will fade on long hills, but you just have to be a little bit cautious and known when to pull into a layby and let them cool. It's rarely a problem.
Now that really is scary! How many average caravan numpties will know when their shed's brakes are cooked
Foot, shot, yourself methinks.
The answer to this could be to direct the contents of the lavatory onto the brake drums by using a tilt valve and some tube so ir kicks in when going down hill. Or altenatively just get out and piss on them.
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