Recent content by DaveBev

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    West Yorkshire Caravans

    Hiya John, sorry to say that they have closed, however if you ring Peter Roberts Caravans in Honley ( 5 minutes away) they will be able to ring you and they make an excellent job and there very friendly, not like the other large caravan dealer close by. Bev
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    How big is yours!

    oh forgot to put that ours has only gone up by
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    How big is yours!

    When my in laws had to insure their caravan last year thay were in the same postion as you are in now, Plotter. there caravan became three years old part way through their policy, however they insured in for the standard C's. However when they came to claim, when their caravan was stolen, it...
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    hublock- the gypsies are back!!

    jackie, we live near holmfirth, so not very far from you. someone who had there van stolen had a wheelclamp , hitchlock and security posts, when i told them they would get if off in minutes they just laughed, now there is a gap on there drive, luckily they were insured but there was someone who...
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    hublock- the gypsies are back!!

    them nice travellers are back in the area again and they came to pay us another visit (how kind of them i thought) they must have thought that since they got a good deal out from the last time they came that they would try again ( the police think it is the same team) anyway this time there...
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    towbar for saab

    its the 95 model, there is something there for a towbar,already in place and in the book is says something about a detachable towbar, and there being a place in the boot ( i think) where you can plug the electric in bev
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    Wheel Clamp?

    the locking nuts that are used are from germany, and when you get the locking nuts you have to register your product as each set as there own indiviual pattern, so unless the thief has a few thousand of these patterns knocking about then he will have a job on. i did take the locking nuts to my...
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    Wheel Clamp?

    allyson we bought the hublock after doing extensive research. we too have meet people who tell you that wheelclamps work and the hublock is no differnt( yes tell that to my mother in law who came home from shopping to find both of our carvan missing) the hublock was the best thing and first...
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    towbar for saab

    the cars new to us but a few years old so it wont void any warranty. we have decided to take it to our local garage and let them do it, if they cant then they will take it to someone who can, then if there are any problems then they will fix it. i know it will cost a lot more but in the long...
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    Has anyone stayed at Polmanter down at St Ives?

    we have stayed at polmanter a few times, and its always been in the main school holidays, however we found that on this site you were never on top of other people. its been a few years since we last went as we couldnt get on last year as they were fully booked so we had to go else where ( did...
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    Wheel Clamp?

    well we thought a wheelclamp would ( stupidly, but hindsight is a wonderful thing i suppose) since we thought that it was secure we wasnt worried, however after seeing the effects that burning a wheelclamp off and then trying with a hublock there was no contest. we bought our hublock the day...
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    Wheel Clamp?

    Chelsea, they may be big and bulky ( ours was a real pain as it was so big and clumsy) but they can still burn it off in seconds if they want to ( they dont advertise the fact that it is so easy to burn off when they are selling them) Bev
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    any good towing with an automatic?

    Well we picked the car up and Dave loves it, says he will have it cracked in a few days, just to get a towbar put on it - there goes this week end away for my birthday then :( and well be off, as for pulling its max tow weight is 1800kg and the caravan max weight is 1366kg, so will be a lot...
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    get a life (priorites)

    The phrase more money than sense comes to mind, bev
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    towbar for saab

    hello all, were picking up our saab today and we have been told conflicting things about the towbar. do we need to get the detachable towbar from saab or can i get a towbar ( witter i think he said) instead. i heard that someone had a towbar fitted and then when it came to the electric side...