Seems to be alot of talk of speeding HGV,s causing turbulence snakes etc.I would like to know what is considered speeding as my understanding is that they have a limiter that cuts in at 56MPH,ok may manage 60MPH on a long downhill with a following wind.In my experience it seems that a lot of caravans are driven at about 40-45 MPH even on good motorways.OK so its only 10MPH less so they could stay behind you.Add some time to the journey so what.Just remember that next time the food you want,that desperately needed part for car,caravan so that you can go on holiday isn't on the shelf.Love them or loathe them you would find it difficult to live without them.So why not give them a little respect for doing a job that most people would'nt dream of.How did you new caravan get to the dealer? Teleported was it?
It does sometimes amaze me when I have seen some outfits on the roads,the expressions on some drivers faces,you can see the fear in their eyes and you just think "keep it straight,just enough time for me to get past you".At the same time you have one eye on them all the time because if they hit the rumble strip they are going to almost come into your side.You have to make sure they don't.
As regards speed I have followed a car with one of those LED speedos,Citroen I think,and his speedo was way out,I passed him on the limit of 56(tachograph is as accurate as police speedo)and his was showing 72MPH,so presumably he assumed I was speeding,but in reality he had no idea of what speed he was actually doing.May have opened a hornets nest but at the end of the day we are all only trying to do the best we can with what we have got.So use the 4x4 to pull the big van,use the small family saloon to pull the family caravan,unsure about reversing etc.There are plenty of courses and probably plenty empty spaces to practise if you ask about.
One tip I got for reversing years ago has stood me in good stead from Erde trailer to 13.6m artic trailers.Imagine that the steering wheel is taking place of the handlebars on a wheelbarrow and the trailer/caravan is attached to the top of the wheelbarrow and you have to use wheelbarrow to put trailer where you want, now use towing vehicle to do same.May take a little imagination but it gets me through a 9ft gate off normal two lane country road,at max. length.i.e with 13.6m trailer.
Only other comment is that you have to compensate for the fact that a car has extra distance from axle to towing pivot,whereas artic normally pivots just in front of rear axle,and has more rotational ability.