Recent content by borderbilly

Think that is what I will do, carry spare in van, then when pitching just stick it under van.

Just spent about 5 hours wrestling with alko spare wheel carrier. As van is recently new to me thought I'd check it. Well the tubular legs wouldn't extend to drop it down, so ended up removing the whole carrier from underneath the van. After much cursing and tongue out side of mouth and with...

Lidl

This is what I use for the car, 4 ton bottle jack with a ice hockey puck on top, should do the caravan as well, I hope.

Does anybody use a bottle jack for changing wheel?

No, and I don't intend to, being of a senior age I enjoy caravaning and I don't lug containers around, don't you know some containers come with wheels and handles, you really must keep up with these modern inventions 😉

LMAO when I read this, 3x 2.1m of pipe and a load of fittings. As I said before what a palava, why complicate things, each to there own.

What a palava, setting up pipes and hoses, what's wrong with a aquaroll etc. Your all turning American, they have gadgets for everything, to make you lazy. Can't beat pulling aquaroll about, meeting other like minded campers at the watering point, have a chin wag, that's the outdoors.

Truffle

As long as site is OK that will do me as I have family near arbroath who I will be spending a lot of time with, site mainly for sleeping and washing.

I didnt say it was so wrong. Nowt wrong with it, each to there own, but me personally no, why pay all that money for site fees, fuel, caravan etc. when you can sit at home and watch a gogglebox. And if weather is bad i always find somewhere to go.

I got a mixed box from Lidl with O rings, cheap as chips.

Bottom line, why bother with a T.V. when you are on holiday?

Have fitted a milenco wraith wheel lock to van. I removed 1 wheel stud and replaced it with milenco wheelbolt receiver, as per instructions, put on lock and all is fine. Question is do i leave the wheelbolt receiver in place when towing or do i put original wheel stud back on? Thanks In...

In that case a bog standard 240v will be OK.