For many years I toured the states in a fifth wheel, and also toured europe in a fifth wheel, these days I have a caravan, being over 70 that is about my limit. I remember a caravan I bought in the UK that was american from the fairground people, it was a 26foot american with the wheels set towards the back and one hell of a nose weight, I stuck it on the back of my landcruiser and without a care in the world and with complete disregard to hitch weights and the like set off. Later when in the states I saw what is called an equaliser hitch where you can hook your caravan up to the tow ball of a front drive car and take off the rear wheels and still drive off down the road.
I shipped one back connected it all up and for the rest of the time with that outfit used that type of hitch, never did take off the rear wheels as it was a 4x4.
Also for interest only I read the motorhome forum, and I get the impression that they do not care for tuggers, but their opinion does not really tally with my experience, I have owned in the past about everything going I have even tripled towed across america, I cannot reply to the comments on the forum as I have not joined but it does make interesting reading. My very first motorhome was a 38ft american petrol with on a good day 6 to the gallon. plus a motorbike and a car four wheels down being towed all across europe, and yes I have been stopped by the police sometimes fined sometime not.
To go back to a thread I posted some time ago about my tow ball being too high on a new car. I have spoken to one of the top men at Westfalia and they are seeing what they can come up with. Chevrolet has said that they have designed the tow ball to be set at the highest level as opposed to midway or at the lower end on cars with a capacity to carry 7 people. They admit it rules out a lot of caravans but that is the way they decided to design it. They also agree that a caravan should be towed level or slightly nose down, which in my case it was not. Also as a gesture of goodwill will refund all costs that I have incurred. That was fine by me as I can now concentrate on getting an adjustable hitch.
For years I associated caravaners with flat caps and a pipe, bit like Top Gears Jeremy, but having converted I have retracted all I have ever said about it, either that or things have drastically changed, because I have had some very good advice from this forum.
I shipped one back connected it all up and for the rest of the time with that outfit used that type of hitch, never did take off the rear wheels as it was a 4x4.
Also for interest only I read the motorhome forum, and I get the impression that they do not care for tuggers, but their opinion does not really tally with my experience, I have owned in the past about everything going I have even tripled towed across america, I cannot reply to the comments on the forum as I have not joined but it does make interesting reading. My very first motorhome was a 38ft american petrol with on a good day 6 to the gallon. plus a motorbike and a car four wheels down being towed all across europe, and yes I have been stopped by the police sometimes fined sometime not.
To go back to a thread I posted some time ago about my tow ball being too high on a new car. I have spoken to one of the top men at Westfalia and they are seeing what they can come up with. Chevrolet has said that they have designed the tow ball to be set at the highest level as opposed to midway or at the lower end on cars with a capacity to carry 7 people. They admit it rules out a lot of caravans but that is the way they decided to design it. They also agree that a caravan should be towed level or slightly nose down, which in my case it was not. Also as a gesture of goodwill will refund all costs that I have incurred. That was fine by me as I can now concentrate on getting an adjustable hitch.
For years I associated caravaners with flat caps and a pipe, bit like Top Gears Jeremy, but having converted I have retracted all I have ever said about it, either that or things have drastically changed, because I have had some very good advice from this forum.
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