Recent content by smida040

8” diameter steel posts at the rear, retractable steel posts either side of A frame,

I fell foul slightly on the new for old value when my 10 month old can was stolen. I have added approx 10% on to the value of my new van to hopefully make sure I am covered, but that will go up each year. if you do get insured with Ripe, my personal experience of their claims department was...

So this it where it gets a bit technical, Shear load to break an M20 bolt equals X , although there could be an argument that it would be in tension depending upon how the receiver reacts when been pulled at. So the pull out strength of the receiver needs to be greater than the load to break the...

We are all friends on here aren’t we?😂

This post was originally about wheel locks. To clarify. My second ALKO secure is on a single axle caravan, the second receiver will be bespoke which is fastened to the ground! It will take some design, fabrication and testing etc. the main differnce will be that when on the storage yard the van...

Yes I agree big claws, some of them would be better replaced with crab 🦞😂 ALKO red hitchlock make good paper weights. Battery powered grinders and portable gas cutting equipment make it much easier for the scum, you just have to try your best

I Never mentioned drilling any holes, if you read my post it specifically states floor mounted. You would have to be a bit silly to start drilling holes etc in a brand new chassis

Simple, level of security, just had a massive theft claim. You can’t stop theft but you can move it elsewhere. I am hoping having an ALKO on each side of the van is the maximum deterrent (plus several other security measures)

I thought I would add my final outcome on this (tbh, I like when people tell you what they actually did and how they got on) So we got the brand new van, due to a twist of fate we were offered a van from the same dealer which some body else had cancelled on, the dealer had already fitted a...

The gas lites are a bit harder to get hold of in normal circumstances, as for the sales team not doing a good job, when we first got ours may 12 +years ago, our caravan dealer stopped stocking them. He told us that Calor would not let them stock Calor along side the BP gas lites

Thanks for info otherclive

Funnily enough where I got my gas from today, the bloke was telling me about safefill but he hasn’t been able to get hold of any recently. Tbh for the amount of gas we use it really doesn’t bother me too much about the cost. I just like to have everything available. Just out of interest on the...

Well that wasn’t as easy easy as it should be. Really struggling to get gas , so a bit of wheeler dealing and I know have 1.1/2 x 4.5kg butane and one 6kg propane. Should see use through to the backend of the year 🤞

Will be switching to propane, just so happened these 2 cheap cylinders were butane. Tbh the gas lites that we have always had were really good, but not the easiest to source whilst on holiday. So I think these 2 small ones may just give us the extra flexibility. Especially why there are only 3...

Thanks for all the replies, looks like I will stick with the 2 small cylinders for now. Just wanted to canvass option as the dealer is about 1.1/2 hours away and we are hoping to pick the van up and go straight onto the campsite at the dealers. So just trying to be prepared.