The camping and caravan thread
-
- Officially Not Quite Totally Useless
- Posts: 5306
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:58 am
- Has thanked: 2263 times
- Been thanked: 1860 times
Re: The camping and caravan thread
Well that’s it, motor mover fitted and working. I should probably write myself a checklist so I don’t forget to do all the caravan stuff in the right order.
Last edited by AMCrebel on Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
2005 Land Rover Discovery SE Manual
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
- mercrocker
- Numb3rP14t3Fun
- Posts: 17095
- Joined: Fri May 17, 2019 2:53 pm
- Has thanked: 12322 times
- Been thanked: 8710 times
Re: The camping and caravan thread
One of the best bits of advice an old 'vanner gave me (and I often see repeated on Youtube videos etc) is to not let anybody talk to you during hitch-up or set-up.
I still didn't heed it though and got in once without realising the back legs weren't down. Quite startling seeing the whole thing rear up and mountains of shit falling down in cupboards....
I still didn't heed it though and got in once without realising the back legs weren't down. Quite startling seeing the whole thing rear up and mountains of shit falling down in cupboards....
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
-
- Officially Not Quite Totally Useless
- Posts: 5306
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:58 am
- Has thanked: 2263 times
- Been thanked: 1860 times
Re: The camping and caravan thread
I bloody love this idea from Knaus - a caravan with a tailgate.
At £30k+ I won't be getting one but all the same - nice bit of design -
https://www.knaus.com/en-uk/caravans/deseo/highlights/
At £30k+ I won't be getting one but all the same - nice bit of design -
https://www.knaus.com/en-uk/caravans/deseo/highlights/
2005 Land Rover Discovery SE Manual
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
- paulplom
- The Geordie Lord, Mario!
- Posts: 26215
- Joined: Fri Aug 23, 2019 7:01 am
- Has thanked: 10334 times
- Been thanked: 5522 times
Re: The camping and caravan thread
I saw a little hyundai today with one of those tent things on the roof rack. It was a big white flat white bit of plastic that must pop up with fabric sides. I thought the maximum weight you could put on roofbars was only 50kg or so?
-
- Officially Not Quite Totally Useless
- Posts: 5306
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:58 am
- Has thanked: 2263 times
- Been thanked: 1860 times
Re: The camping and caravan thread
It varies but it's only 75kg for a Disco 3. Those limits are supposed to be for on road use though. They don't quote a stationary limit but I reckon a fat bastard like me could sleep in one of those roof tents for my Discovery without breaking or bending anything, despite being 100KG or so.
2005 Land Rover Discovery SE Manual
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
-
- Posts: 13772
- Joined: Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:24 pm
- Has thanked: 1828 times
- Been thanked: 2715 times
Re: The camping and caravan thread
I can't see it being too much of an issue TBH, van roof racks get massively overloaded and I've never seen a damaged roof from it (yet).
They probably say the weight limit as it will shift the centre of gravity significantly upwards
They probably say the weight limit as it will shift the centre of gravity significantly upwards
-
- Officially Not Quite Totally Useless
- Posts: 5306
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:58 am
- Has thanked: 2263 times
- Been thanked: 1860 times
Re: The camping and caravan thread
Exactly - 100Kg of dozing fatso (me) isn't going to be a serious issue if the car's not moving.DodgeRover wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:29 pm I can't see it being too much of an issue TBH, van roof racks get massively overloaded and I've never seen a damaged roof from it (yet).
They probably say the weight limit as it will shift the centre of gravity significantly upwards
2005 Land Rover Discovery SE Manual
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
-
- Officially Not Quite Totally Useless
- Posts: 5306
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:58 am
- Has thanked: 2263 times
- Been thanked: 1860 times
Re: The camping and caravan thread
Been looking around for led lights for a while - managed to find a labcraft replacement that fits in the original location as it’s the same dimensions as the Labcraft ones fitted. I ordered only one for now as they are expensive and I didn’t know for certain it would fit. Getting the old one off was a struggle- fuck knows how they expected anyone to change a tube - but now in place and exact swap.
2005 Land Rover Discovery SE Manual
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
2003 Mercedes E320 Estate
1968 AMC Rebel SST Convertible
1967 AMC Rebel SST Convertible (for parts)
1994 Fleetwood Colchester 1850 EB
Hoping for roffle win
-
- Banned Grinch!
- Posts: 2349
- Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 2:16 pm
- Location: Reigate, Surrey
- Has thanked: 2136 times
- Been thanked: 506 times
Re: The camping and caravan thread
You need to put some strain relief round those chocolate blocks if you are going to leave it hanging like that.AMCrebel wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 3:20 pm Been looking around for led lights for a while - managed to find a labcraft replacement that fits in the original location as it’s the same dimensions as the Labcraft ones fitted. I ordered only one for now as they are expensive and I didn’t know for certain it would fit. Getting the old one off was a struggle- fuck knows how they expected anyone to change a tube - but now in place and exact swap.
3B1C7411-485C-4F32-A92F-FE1E8027F15F.jpeg286AAC1E-A829-4A30-83AB-382B65A80057.jpeg
Ben
- Scruffy Bodger
- TeeShirtFun
- Posts: 5332
- Joined: Mon May 27, 2019 9:18 pm
- Has thanked: 8137 times
- Been thanked: 2430 times