Recent content by GaryB

I ensure that me & wife have contracts with different networks to increase the chance of one of us getting a signal when needed. We visited a pub in York three years ago and they banned phones! If you were caught looking at a phone you were (rather abruptly) told to leave! Drinks had to be...

She's going for a haircut tomorrow afternoon, I'd like to do it myself but my wife thinks Noodle will lose her ears!!!!

.......and loves watching TV!

And this is Noodle, 8 months old Cockapoo, loves going away!

It's just a learning curve. The jockey wheel is locked unless you lower it by an inch or so hence it won't allow the caravan to steer when maneuvering (as you've found out!). It gets easier each time, honestly. Stick with it, you will end up enjoying it!

If you don't use the clamp the jockey wheel offers no support whatsoever. For travelling wind it up as far as it goes ensuring the two "blades" that hold the wheel locate in the two notches in the lower part of the telescopic tube then loosen the clamp and retract it up as high as possible into...

My previous petrol tow car was a 2022 Volvo V90 B4 (petrol, towing limit 2000kgs) and we towed a 2018 Sprite Quattro twin axle, MTPLM upgraded from 1624kgs to 1800kgs and it was fine, I couldn't tell any difference to the 2018 V90 diesel that it replaced. It had 197bhp and 300Nm torque and...

Brush (Switchgear). Left there in 1995 but have stayed in the same (electricity supply equipment) industry ever since.

If it is in one area only be careful as it could be a repair that is discolouring differently to the original gel-coat and any abrasive polish could end up making it look worse.

One of the longest serving Scarabs was in Dartford tunnel where it was used as a breakdown truck due to it's tight turning circle.

They're living in the past and clearly forget that prior to the 1990's when diesel was pushed as "the fuel of the future" most folks drove petrol cars anyway. I've had several diesel AND petrol tow cars and all have been spot-on up to the manufacturers towing limits (way over any caravan...

Back in the 70's there were trials done with a container system that had a chassis and two axles, one for road and one for rail which could be raised/lowered to suit the required mode of transport, from memory it was called the "Road Railer". Edit: Found it: View...

The problem is that back then stores, factories, businesses etc held more stock, nowadays it's seen as dead money and a lot of folks adopt Just-in-time principles where much smaller stock values are held and hence transported. I can remember doing my apprenticeship in the late 1980's with a big...

Thanks, found it!

It's easy for the "necessary extras" needed for someone new to caravanning buying a new one to spend close to £1K buying everything needed so negotiating a few bits & pieces into the sale is always a good idea.