Recent content by Mike_20755

Thanks to you all for your helpful and supportive comments. As you can imagine we are extremely unhappy with this and hope that Bailey and the dealer come up with something more positive than they have done so far. As has been pointed out we feel we are being 'dumped on' and expect better from...

A warning to anyone thinking of ordering a new caravan from an exhibition. I ordered a new Olympus 462 at the NEC show last October on the promise that it would be delivered in February/March 2011. We agreed a trade in, show special motor mover price and VAT at the 2010 rate. I have today...

Thanks everyone, your comments are very helpful. We're not in a big rush but have a long drive to get to Skye. I would have used the bridge if the A851 north of the ferry was still a single track with passing places - but it seems to have been improved since we last looked at it. So we'll take...

Hi, has anyone travelled to Skye recently? We're thinking of using the Mallaig ferry and would appreciate any info on the towing on roads to and from it, etc. It would appear to be a shorter route from the south than the bridge. The last time I was in that part of the world the roads were quite...

Thanks all for your thoughts - it's nice to know I'm not alone. Perhaps ALKO can come up with some 'official' advice on this issue? The upshot for me is that I will be getting a Bulldog leveller so that I can always uncouple so as not drive it onto levelling ramps when it simply refuses to...

I use SatNav frequently for finding clients in my job, and it saves me hours every month but I also understand its limitations, especially those that can affect caravanners as it can easily direct you along roads with grass growing through the tarmac! This is most likely to happen close to your...

Has anyone had problems getting the ALKO 3400 coupling off the towball? It's at its worst when I have levelled the 'van side to side by driving up a levelling ramp. I had to drive off the ramp last time, uncouple then rehitch the van and drive up the ramp a second time. Oddly, the coupling came...