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Lutz
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MTPLM - crikey
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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...
Aug 9, 2025
Lutz
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MTPLM - crikey
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Don't take that for granted.
Aug 9, 2025
Lutz
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MTPLM - crikey
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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...
Aug 9, 2025
Lutz
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MTPLM - crikey
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I doubt whether the manufacturers always update the handbook immediately every time that there is a change to specification. A list of...
Aug 9, 2025
Lutz
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MTPLM - crikey
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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...
Aug 8, 2025
Lutz
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Towng with different-sized spare on van
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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...
Aug 4, 2025
Lutz
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Towng with different-sized spare on van
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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)...
Aug 3, 2025
Lutz
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Encroaching a bit!
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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...
Jul 28, 2025
Lutz
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Importing food into France
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Blimey! Someone is trying to be holier than the Pope. Anyway, no-one was actually promoting illegal activity. They just said that they...
Jul 28, 2025
Lutz
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Importing food into France
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It would need a really overzealous customs officer to take exception to the small amounts of food for personal consumption in the...
Jul 27, 2025
Lutz
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Importing food into France
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The rules are made with commercial importation of whole lorryloads of food in mind. Nobody is interested in the puny amounts contained...
Jul 26, 2025
Lutz
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Road Rant
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Presumably, on that basis, it also excludes bike racks on the back of a car, too.
Jul 24, 2025
Lutz
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Nose gauge & weight distribution problems
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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...
Jul 23, 2025
Lutz
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Nose gauge & weight distribution problems
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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...
Jul 23, 2025
Lutz
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Nose gauge & weight distribution problems
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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...
Jul 22, 2025
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