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That makes a lot of sense, and easy to remember, once you know.

I suspect I am quite out of touch with the current Mercedes line up. I was thinking the GL's were in general a continuation of the ML series. There are quite possibly significant differences between the US and UK variants too. I just noticed the tow hitch weight for the GLS in Europe is a...

Thanks. I'll check them all out and see where I get to with stabilisation.

I had a look online and wonder if I am correct in thinking the damper is a material mounted inside the receiver part so that it effectively causes a braking motion against the tow ball? An example that I saw was a Winterhoff item that looks similar to brake pad material. I assume there will be a...

That's great, thanks. As they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words". Would I be right in thinking you use rigid pipe because over that length it stays cleaner and is easier to handle? Is it terminating at a drain of some kind or just going to the ground? In your experience, are most...

I really appreciate all the comments here and hopefully I haven't somehow hijacked the original posters thread. I've now started going over some of the information on the DoT site and it looks like there is plenty of reading to be done. I'm particularly focused on the "international convention"...

I've added that to my list of tasks. Thanks. This is all good knowledge. How about if someone comes over from the EU, say for example, towing a 25' caravan. Might they get stopped before they can even leave the continent, might they get stopped/checked upon arrival at a UK port, or are...

Thanks for trying. That's good advice, thanks. However, I'm currently planning a custom build "caravan" and still piecing together all the bits of the puzzle.

Thanks for the details and links, all very useful. I think I've just about got the whole picture now.

So based on the pre 1996 rule for the driver, would I be right in thinking that a 2,586kg tow vehicle could legally tow a 3,402kg trailer? I saw some information which I believe was just an advisory to have the trailer not exceed 80% of the tow vehicle weight, ie not exceed 2,069kg in the...

That sounds like an awesome plan. I have absolutely no idea about camping in Morocco, but going off grid is a massive topic with a ton of information and ideas out there. You might like to check out van conversion forums because they are relatively common. One challenge you might have is...

I've seen a number of posts referring to CS/CL and I guess it's obvious once you know it. I'm still in the dark on that one though. An internet search lead me to "Caesium chloride" which I'm certain is a red herring :)

I think I get the idea of how that works, although I tried an image search and still remain a little puzzled. Does the pipe connected to the caravan terminate with something like a rubber connector that pushes onto a PVC pipe installed in the ground? So you kind of plug it onto the PVC pipe and...

Are Elsan tipping points usually mounted level with the ground or raised up a bit and do they usually have a tap close by for rinsing things off?

Thanks to all for the welcoming comments. To answer Mel's question, yes, we are in the US at the moment. Today specifically finds us just outside Grove, Oklahoma and we plan to meander up toward Kansas City, KS next week. Semi-retired full timers loving every minute of it. Our current thoughts...