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    Lutz replied to the thread MTPLM - crikey.
    It depends on where it's written. Handbooks aren't documents. A weight only has any documentary value if it's linked to the chassis...
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    Lutz replied to the thread MTPLM - crikey.
    Don't take that for granted.
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    Lutz replied to the thread MTPLM - crikey.
    The MIRO is definitely not the actual weight of your particular caravan as it left the factory. It is the weight of a caravan that the...
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    Lutz replied to the thread MTPLM - crikey.
    I doubt whether the manufacturers always update the handbook immediately every time that there is a change to specification. A list of...
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    Lutz replied to the thread MTPLM - crikey.
    Even if the handbook tells you that an item of equipment is included, it doesn't automatically follow that it's in the MIRO. The MIRO is...
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    I wonder if there is any data which supports evidence of a link between tyre age and traffic accident deaths. I suspect not. However, I...
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    Putting things a bit into perspective, although I swap tyres on the caravan every 6 years because it is a relatively heavy one (1800kg)...
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    Lutz replied to the thread Encroaching a bit!.
    Maybe they were seasoned Continental campers. I have been on campsites over on the other side of the Channel where one had to come to an...
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    Lutz replied to the thread Importing food into France.
    Blimey! Someone is trying to be holier than the Pope. Anyway, no-one was actually promoting illegal activity. They just said that they...
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    Lutz replied to the thread Importing food into France.
    It would need a really overzealous customs officer to take exception to the small amounts of food for personal consumption in the...
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    Lutz replied to the thread Importing food into France.
    The rules are made with commercial importation of whole lorryloads of food in mind. Nobody is interested in the puny amounts contained...
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    Lutz replied to the thread Road Rant.
    Presumably, on that basis, it also excludes bike racks on the back of a car, too.
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    The Profs comments are valid but exceeding the noseweight limit is not, in itself, an offence. However, if noseweight is exceeded, it is...
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    I would question claims by anybody saying that a10kg change in noseweight, whether up or down, makes an appreciable difference to the...
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    Whether it's something complex like a satellite in space or a simple caravan being towed over a potholed road, a peak being many times...