Recent content by outdoorguy

Wow, lot of posts! Thank you for your time! I don't have much to add. The most of the things were on the axle, only 'heavy' thing in the tail was the flushing toilet - 5 liters or so. If it was ATC, I dont know. Quick read here...

Thank you for your responses. @ProfJohnL I loaded the caravan day before. It was around 95kg on the hitch, using Mileco weight. Only thing I added after that was body board ;) Everything was low on the floor. @Dustydog it could be indeed not serious as I think the systems took over quickly.

I guess it helped overcome my anxiety by getting different point of views. YT videos scarred me, and forum helped me to realise that there is lot of caravan drivers doing 70+ and probably those are 'heros' of those videos. Also, points of going downhill were good and I took them very seriously...

Little update after next 600 miles. Caravan still in one piece. Regarding country lanes, its 1:0 for them. I had to take very narrow turn. Now I have new side light! Besides, I found driving with a caravan rather relaxing. Drove from Essex to South Wales, and except that I have to fill the tank...

Country lanes coming this Friday! But the ones I know quite well so that will be helpful. I will probably make some people miserable as some of those roads are narrow and have raised, concrete edge - so I suspect I will hit high 20-ties on the speedometer :D I also bought bigger mirrors as the...

So I did my first ~85 miles trip yesterday, luckily mostly motorway and dual carriages roads, traffic was low to moderate. On the motorway, I 'befriended' a Lithuanian HGV which was going around 48 to 55 miles all the time and was comfortable. The car felt obviously different but never had a...

Looks like I will keep spare car battery charger with me.

Hi, I am looking for good paper guide atlas for caravaning in UK. Something that will have campsites, caravan friendly services and other informations in one place - and will work offline ;) What are your recommendations?

Oh, yes, the servicing will be done by an engineer - I don't have the experience to do all required chassis or gas checks. I will do myself only some non-essential repairs, and at least for now, after years of holidays under the tent, almost everything is unessential ;) But most of the things...

Thanks! The first thing to do is figure out why the battery is not charging, may require a new charger. The second thing - is to reseal the front and back, so there won't be water ingress. My first camping will be in a familiar place so I will have 3 days to solve all issues. I will try to...

Right, so now we are proud owners of Bailey Pegasus. It has little issues, but overall in good condition. Corners are bit damaged by water ingress. But, being DIY person with some experience and good tool box - including 3d printer - I am sure I will handle those small repairs without problems...

Anyway, back to the topic - cris claims it has information about outstanding finance, how does it work in practice?

Silly me - now I see it have to sound stupid/funny. Apologies - English is not my first language and it still amazes me how many words that sound the same (at least for me) are written in a totally different way :) What exactly is HP check?

Actually, I already gave it a thought - to drive on AXX roads, as I used them in the past (I do a lot of camping), and have to admit, most of the time those are very convinient. Obviously I prefered motorways as I could drive faster, but with caravan, I am at least planning to scan them via...

I believe CRiS registration is equivalent to HPI? Regarding dump, I am seeing only Alu-Tech from private owners so I believe its less problem (except the floor), but Amazon is delivering dump meter at the moment :)