Recent content by Elwynhorton

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    Jockey Wheel Punctured in France - 3 kings Andelys

    Hi Thanks I remembered car came with a Slime bottle and 12v pump. Cleaned the tyre and wheel and having a go. Fingers crossed.
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    Jockey Wheel Punctured in France - 3 kings Andelys

    HELP IS ANYONE NEARBY? We are currently at Three Kings in Andelys Is anyone familiar with this area. Disaster with the jockey wheel. Puncture last week in Stratford on Avon. Bought complete new Alko Jockey with hard tyre and post. Just come down from Calais this afternoon. And the...
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    First Time Taking Caravan to France!

    Thank you. The back of my insurance policy says 90 days European cover. Good suggestion re the headlight deflectors
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    First Time Taking Caravan to France!

    Quick question, One of my neighbours says that we now need a green card for the insurance. I thought this was replaced by the standard insurance certificate many years ago. Does anyone know different? Also, do we need headlight deflectors if only driving in daylight? Or are they...
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    First Time Taking Caravan to France!

    Thanks all very useful information.
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    First Time Taking Caravan to France!

    Many thanks for the information.
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    First Time Taking Caravan to France!

    Hi Thank you for the really useful information. I will apply for the CritAir document. Will research the site you mention. Regards Elwyn
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    First Time Taking Caravan to France!

    Great thanks for the info. Have a good one!
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    First Time Taking Caravan to France!

    Thanks, we do have a 25m and a 10, I did not realise you could connect them together.
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    First Time Taking Caravan to France!

    Thanks, our car came with 7” screen and Garmin built in, with European maps. We will be travelling at a more leisurely pace! No 5.00am starts thank you. Do I need to worry about EHU 2 pins and polarity!
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    First Time Taking Caravan to France!

    Hi Everyone We have now had our accessible caravan for 9 months and we have had 10 breaks under our belt, ranging from a full week to a couple of nights, about 40 nights in total. We have stopped on a couple of very basic CL and on all singing and dancing Club sights. So we are gradually...
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    Alko Axle Upgrade

    Thank you for your very sensible reply. You are right in that we have used a large part of the normal payload with the adaptions, The main weight user has been the installation of a underfloor wheelchair cassette lift, which is 100kg. We should have gone for the ramp option which would have...
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    Weight Limits

    Hello All There seems to be a lot of us on the forum who worry about our weights, You might be interested in this link. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/weighing-vehicles-for-enforcement-consolidated-code-of-practice/consolidated-code-of-practice-enforcement-weighing-of-vehicles A...
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    Alko Axle Upgrade

    Thanks for the the information. What is the rough costs for the whole job including new axle and fitting?
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    Alko Axle Upgrade

    Hello Has anyone any experience of having the caravan axle upgraded to a higher figure? Our current fitted axle plate says maximum 1350kg. Which after adding various adaptions for my wheelchair bound wife leaves us with a payload of 50kg. I can put most things in the car, but would like a...