So having previously never towed anything before, I did a three hour introduction course today. So glad I did it. The instructor was fantastic and made a point of being guided by what I felt the need to practice. The main focus was on safely hitching and unhitching as well as reversing. Don't mean to blow my own trumpet, but I took to it really well and had a lot of fun in the process. We also did about an hour out on the road. I'd recommend a course like this to anyone new to towing or who hasn't done it for a long time and want brush up on their skills. I feel cautiously confident now about towing my caravan when I first pick it up.
Did my towing course this afternoon
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Thats great news, the courses are fsntastic, now is the real learning on the roads,
Don't get bullied by other drivers on roundabouts, take it steady as you enter, the racers will come in, as long as you have entered first, you have the right of way. .
Don't get bullied by other drivers on roundabouts, take it steady as you enter, the racers will come in, as long as you have entered first, you have the right of way. .
I've been towing since I was 19, thats 35 years and I still feel like that every time I hitch up. especially after the winter break.
Takes a few miles to get back in to the swing of it, but better than being over confident IMO
Yesterday at the caravan show the CAMC people doing the caravan manoeuvring sat around twiddling their thumbs. However this was at about mid day when we were leaving the show so maybe they got busier later? Always worth doing anything to improve your driving skills. Although we have a motor mover I still prefer to reverse into our storage location or onto a pitch unless it is too confined making turning the vehicle difficult i.e. continental sites.
Mel
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Fantastic news for doing the courses take it nice and steady when you first take your caravan out and enjoy yourselves
Well done, now you can relax and enjoy your first trip away,
No such thing as towing course when I started towing, and over run brakes were the stuff of expensive legend.
No such thing as towing course when I started towing, and over run brakes were the stuff of expensive legend.
When i past my test i got a job in the plant hire industry , on you go deliver this 1.5ton mini digger with the plant trailer over in the corner lol.
That was my training lol.
My course consisted of the dealer attaching the caravan to my car and waving me goodbye.
Towing course can only be a good thing!
Towing course can only be a good thing!
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