Recent content by mark_5102932

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    Courting controversy

    Sorry the way I have written first posting may be a little misleading in that when I talk about 75 Kilos I am only talking about this being the maximum allowable weight on the towbar [ I have not actually weighed this, probably couldn't if i tried anyway] it is just that if the A frame has a...
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    Courting controversy

    My car has a towbar weight of 75 kilos, so I set my caravan with a nose weight of normally 60 - 65 kilos [using bathroom scales on level surface] then I hitch the caravan onto the car and use my bulldog stabiliser which with its leaf spring design acts on the car and pushes the weight of the...
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    Dealer rip off!!!!

    Hi John I live right in the middle of the area you are talking about and earlier this year I wanted a caravan so I went around the local dealers and for the money I was looking to spend I would not have let my dog sleep in them. I had almost resigned myself to the same thoughts as 2 years ago...
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    Rain in front locker.

    I found that the water in my locker was getting in through the hinges. this was repaired by siliconing around the head of the screws inside the locker which has seemed to have cured it [3 months ago]
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    Abi Jubilee Envoy, damp front end

    http://www.myfavouritecampsite.com/vB/showthread.php?t=2228 I was looking for the same type of thing and came across this ,hope you do well with your repair cheers mark
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    Bulldog Stabliser friction pads replacement

    think this is the link you need http://www.bulldog-security-products.co.uk/shopdata/files/2-269.pdf Never posted a link before so don't know if I have done it right Good luck Mark
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    Park Coppice CC Site, Coniston

    Thanks for replies I went into the caravan club website and they recommend arriving from the south so it looks like the south it is thanks again Mark
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    Park Coppice CC Site, Coniston

    Am intersted in the best way to get to this site from Scotland as I plan to go there in August with my Elddis caravan.I have no problem getting down to the M6 but what I do need to know is when I get nearer to Coniston is the road from Windermere going north around the top of the lake better to...
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    Campsite charges

    I am reasonably new to caravanning [ 3 trips ] and would like to know if the caravan site I stayed at this weekend was taking the mickey. I went to Fort William to watch the mountain bike world cup and as the event finished at around 17:00 I asked the site if it would be possible to leave the...
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    porch awning

    Thanks for your replies looks like its the sunncamp awning. Mark
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    porch awning

    As I am new to caravanning I would appreciate your input in the choice of awning for my Elddis caravan. I am looking for a reasonably large awning that can be put up reasonably quickly [15 mins tops] decent quality and the cheaper the better. I have been looking at basecamp 390 and Sunncamp 390...
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    tyre pressures

    Does anyone have or know where to get information on tyre pressures for an elddiss shamal 1991. The caravan weighs approx 800 kilos unladen and 1000 kilos laden thanks in advance Mark P.s am new to this only bought caravan yesterday and have not even got towbar on my car yet