Heavy footed

[RickStevens]

Don't worry Richard, you asked a genuine question regardless of whether it had been asked before.

The response of "Why does this topic keep rearing its head"? should be ignored.

We all know that the Search Engine on here is crap, well obviously not all, so there was no hope of you searching for an answer to your query. Also one or two jump in with both feet with their head up their jacksy not even giving consideration that you may be new to caravanning.

Don't be put off with asking any other questions because they will be answered by someone, we aren't all rude.

cheers for the support LB, Im quite familiar with internet forums, so Im aware that there are some people who like to offer advice and help other members, and some that prefer not to.

Many thanks for all of the replies

Rick

 

[Guest]

Ray, You could be right. However, looking at mine it is far too thick to be just ply and where holes have been cut is the usual ragged edge that you get with MDF type boards. However, it is treated with some skin on both top and bottom and to date has shown no signs of adverse effect from water. I am not going to scrape it off to either prove myself correct or wrong.

My comment was based mostly on an article in one of the magazines a few years back where they showed the construction and the starting point was... a floor of MDF.

 

[Guest]

To comment on LB's comment.

I do not think anyone sets out to be rude, however I do understand that sometimes impatience gets the better of you and Hey presto, the 'submit' has been energised.

However, on the other side of the coin there are many sources of information out there for any newbie and it does not take too much effort to seek them out. The main Clubs all offer a lot of basic information and there are several very good books and manuals available, even at the library if you do not wish to buy them. Sitting reading them can go a long way to get you started correctly.

I feel Forums should be a last resort if the information is not available anywhere else, or a means to get confirmation of a chosen course of action. While it may not be true, it is often possible to feel someone is just using the Forum as an 'easy option' and letting others do the work. Also, any information from a Forum user may, or may not be correct, so should always be treated with caution. We all feel we are 'experts', even if we are not, usually after the first trip.

It would be great if the Forum did have an online archive of basic information, but they could be justified in stating the CC for starters, already does this.

 

[DerekBrad]

have to agree there GB one poor chap just asked about levelling his van, and the usual know-it-alls were onto bending moments,points of contraflecture etc,etc, the van was not new and must have been out and about unaided by mathematicians for many a trip, probably suffering some abuse without total destruction, but know, levelling staffs were needed and i think i even read of a must for every caravanner, a theodolite! just to make sure you know. be very careful on site. and this one!!!!!!!!

You've got to laugh though! In fact I now log on to technical answers purely for a laugh! As you say, very Jocular.

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

I wasn't referring to you about being rude SL unless you were rude and in that case I was also referring to you :O) heh! heh!

To refer to your point of "it is often possible to feel someone is just using the Forum as an 'easy option' and letting others do the work" surely if others have done the work that equals experience?

I'm sure that some new members will be mortified to ask a question of advice for the fear of replies of arrogance after reading this thread.

Lots of questions are asked again and again. In fact under UK parks & touring at the moment there are two threads running asking about Family Friendly Sites. It's just the way things are and I can't see the point in getting stressed out over it and bursting a blood vessel. The simple solution is don't post a reply if one has no valuable input into the query.

 

[GraShe]

Hi Richard

I have been caravanning for 36 years or so and have always lowered the jockey wheel. But it is entirely up to you whose advice you follow, but try sometime to level the van using the corner steadies. it is very easy to TWIST the van floor so the door does not close properly showing daylight at bottom. This is because the floor has twisted due to the corner steadies not lowered using equal pressure. As most people say it is best to use the jockey wheel and the steadies to assist in levelling the van. Any difference in level across the van should only be corrected using a ramp under the wheel on the lower side and not by using the steadies to lift

If the ground is soft it is also advisable to fit a flat piece of wood under the jockey wheel to prevent it sinking

 

[Dustydog]

Hi SL

You said:-

"However, on the other side of the coin there are many sources of information out there for any newbie and it does not take too much effort to seek them out. "

This weekend poor Keith was faced with a problem whereby his inboard pump wouldn't work. The posters on here rapidly helped him to find a solution.

Surely that is what this Forum is all about?

I too have complained bitterly about the ineffectual search engine but until old Lord Hezza spends we are stuck.

Cheers

Dustydog

 

[Guest]

LB,

If you were not 'rude' then you would not be you, and we would all regret that. But as a sideways follow on from that, you are usually suggesting that we live in a 'nanny state' and that people should have responsibility. I agree with you and feel that far too often people look for someone else to take the repsonsibility, or more often, the blame'. Also our world nowadays is not nearly as nice a place as many of would wish and having a thick skin is probably the only way to move forward. We have all been castigated in our lives, usually as kids when if you were the 'Butt of joke' then life could be awful. Hopefully, it passed and you in turn joined in getting your own back on someone else. Then you grew up.

I think this Forum is far more tolerant than many I have seen, and maybe if subscribers gave a little more detail of what the problem is, and what they have done, may elicite better responses. On some Forums I have often seen the response 'Read the d..m book' given to queries regarding 'my mojo don't work', which is not usually a reply you get here.

As for Dustydog's comment on weekends. Of course if a solution can be found at short notice then fine, as long as it is the right solution. Maybe I am looking back at my own working life where more often than not I was in some back of beyond spot, computers had not been invented, no telephones, and if it broke, you figured out a solution, or alternative yourself. I am not a 'Jack of all Trades' or even 'Master of a few', but I always would look at the problem carefully to see if there was anything I could do myself.

And before anyone starts jumping down my throat, these are general comments on a comment, not aimed at anyone in particular.

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

LB,

If you were not 'rude' then you would not be you, and we would all regret that. But as a sideways follow on from that, you are usually suggesting that we live in a 'nanny state' and that people should have responsibility. I agree with you and feel that far too often people look for someone else to take the repsonsibility, or more often, the blame'. Also our world nowadays is not nearly as nice a place as many of would wish and having a thick skin is probably the only way to move forward. We have all been castigated in our lives, usually as kids when if you were the 'Butt of joke' then life could be awful. Hopefully, it passed and you in turn joined in getting your own back on someone else. Then you grew up.

I think this Forum is far more tolerant than many I have seen, and maybe if subscribers gave a little more detail of what the problem is, and what they have done, may elicite better responses. On some Forums I have often seen the response 'Read the d..m book' given to queries regarding 'my mojo don't work', which is not usually a reply you get here.

As for Dustydog's comment on weekends. Of course if a solution can be found at short notice then fine, as long as it is the right solution. Maybe I am looking back at my own working life where more often than not I was in some back of beyond spot, computers had not been invented, no telephones, and if it broke, you figured out a solution, or alternative yourself. I am not a 'Jack of all Trades' or even 'Master of a few', but I always would look at the problem carefully to see if there was anything I could do myself.

And before anyone starts jumping down my throat, these are general comments on a comment, not aimed at anyone in particular.

Moi rude SL?

Never although I do tend to dish it out after receiving it :O)