I'm starting to wonder if I should get a hard hat for caravanning. My caravan seems to be equipped with various fittings an fixtures designed to cause me pain! Top cupboards in lounge area seem to be favourite, as well as top of door frame and other items. Since my first trip away, and several visits to the storage I manage to always hit my head on something.. Will the repeated knocks eventually knock some sense into me? I guess as you get to know your van you learn all the "danger zones". What about you experienced 'vanners, are you still coming away from your caravan battered and bruised? Is this just a character building part of caravanning? Do you have a "favourite" location in your caravan for bashing your brains in? 😖
Head banging
- Thread starter Christhecaravanner84
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At 6 ft 4 in I have had my share of head bangs but my last van was higher head room throughout. Although the front overhead lockers were lower over the seats. But I managed to get in and out from that area without any trouble by auto bending.
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I am only 5‘7” But always banging into windows (outside) and cupboards. Much sympathy with the OP.
John
Likewise being over 6 feet tall my pet caravan hazard was the open side window above the water inlet ouch! But currently a very fetching plaster on my head after an argument with a low shed doorway so ouch once again!
- Nov 16, 2015
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For me its the front locker door, door stays open ok, but after getting anything out it's a whack on the head.
Parksy
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Banging our heads in the caravan is not a problem that we encounter, in fact we have the opposite problem.
Herself is about 4'7" tall, so she uses a folding plastic step to reach into overhead lockers.
I tower over her at just over 5'3" so when I'm inside the caravan I have to reach into the lockers which I can just about do at a stretch.
Herself mainly uses the onboard caravan shower because quite often she can't reach the shower head on some sites.
Herself is about 4'7" tall, so she uses a folding plastic step to reach into overhead lockers.
I tower over her at just over 5'3" so when I'm inside the caravan I have to reach into the lockers which I can just about do at a stretch.
Herself mainly uses the onboard caravan shower because quite often she can't reach the shower head on some sites.
When I’ve stayed in statics I’ve often stubbed my toe on corner post of double bed, that flippin’ hurts!
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Is that when you do the English imitation dance of the Haka?
Beware opened windows when walking around your caravan. I speak from (painful, gashed) experience!
I thought tonight / this morning I should update this post. At Malvern CAMC site, just went for a visit to the facilities having consumed a few beers. Had to walk around the front of the van and completely forgot my van has a hitch... "Ouch" to say the least as my shins collided with metal. Hopefully I didn't break noise curfew and wake any neighbours with my muffled swearing... At home I'd have made a lot more noise!
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Within a short while of buying a brand new van I came out of the awning and smacked the clothes dryer that hung from a side window. A gut wrenching dent in the side of the van. Couldn’t stick a reflector in that position so used some colour matched pin stripe tape that ran across the dent.
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