Recent content by DaveHart

Hi Steve and welcome. I'm in a similar boat (although probably less clued up than you as I know equally little about cars - your coil spring comment WAY over my head). I'm in a (lengthy) process of researching caravans and what I want to buy and found the NEC show in October excellent as all...

Did everything work ok? After some comments on the “newbie” forum I’m almost thinking they inevitably nothing works when you buy a new caravan!

What you've said is effectively a simpler and more concise version of what I was reading the manual as saying! Thank you!

Hi all - another question, this time on weight and payload. On looking at the Swift borchure for the Sprite Super Quattro DB it notes the following: Miro: 1486kg MTPLM: 1711kg Total user payload: 225kg Personal effects payload: 180kg The narrative alongside the table talks about a 10kg...

Good luck! Look forward to hearing how it goes and if anything flags up that you hadn't thought of. I've spent my weekend planning a trip to France and a trip to the British Grand Prix next year with a caravan I don't even own yet and it's flagging some other questions in my head - it's...

This is excellent info. Thank you all!

Sorry one other thing I wanted to ask about - leisure batteries. Am I right in saying essentially these are needed for being able to use the caravan when you're not on a serviced pitch or is there another reason you need one? I presume they would charge if you were on a serviced pitch but...

"if it ain't broke - it will be tomorrow" - are these my new words to live by?!?! Good point re the increased spec - I am being convinced to take the second hand option a bit more seriously rather than pretty much dismissing it. Raywood mentions "the two additional wires needed for caravans" -...

More than happy for an onslaught of information - at this stage all information is good information and every posting has been much appreciated. For my sins, I've always been a person that has preferred buying new things - arguably not the most financially sensible thing but I get overwhelmed...

Thank you all for your incredibly prompt responses. This is all very helpful and gives me some other things to be thinking about. Didn't realise a towing course was a thing - definitely sounds like a plan as I have no towing experience at all. I will look into that now. Thanks for the link...

Hi all Just registered with Practical Caravan, and looking for helpful people to answer my numerous beginner questions. In recent months I've become a bit obsessed with getting involved in caravanning and am trying to do quite a bit of research before I jump in and buy all the wrong things...