Not a bone of contention just a comment.
I see the stay at home message has increased interest in used caravans.
I see the used caravan market very buoyant.
If you believe the social media sites there's a huge upsurge in people buying and refurbishing older caravans, not just the classics but many many others less old.
I see a lot of people asking about refurbishing damp or damage caravans. When you see their pictures of their refurbishment works i see no one refurbishing axles or replacing wheel bearings and replacing brakes and pads or hubs. No one seems to need their refurbishment to require chassis welding or repairs. Everyone is sticking with the original 40 year old ball hitch and bolts.
Everyone is painting the walls or adding coverings, removing walls and cupboards and treating damp with emulsion and gloss and outside mastic's. Yet I see next to no one adding strength only taking it away . Even 20 year old tyres are still okay to use if you repaint them with tyre seal and so forth. I see a lot of well meaning people doing some very very seriously worrying things.
Does that mean we are going to see an upsurge in caravan related failures. Structural failures, body work panels failures, the classic wheel falling off and so forth. I do a very very large amount of driving on motorways and have started to see an increase in caravan break downs and so forth. More the caravan than the tow vehicle.
Is there going to be a glut of break downs and accidents to come our way?
I see the stay at home message has increased interest in used caravans.
I see the used caravan market very buoyant.
If you believe the social media sites there's a huge upsurge in people buying and refurbishing older caravans, not just the classics but many many others less old.
I see a lot of people asking about refurbishing damp or damage caravans. When you see their pictures of their refurbishment works i see no one refurbishing axles or replacing wheel bearings and replacing brakes and pads or hubs. No one seems to need their refurbishment to require chassis welding or repairs. Everyone is sticking with the original 40 year old ball hitch and bolts.
Everyone is painting the walls or adding coverings, removing walls and cupboards and treating damp with emulsion and gloss and outside mastic's. Yet I see next to no one adding strength only taking it away . Even 20 year old tyres are still okay to use if you repaint them with tyre seal and so forth. I see a lot of well meaning people doing some very very seriously worrying things.
Does that mean we are going to see an upsurge in caravan related failures. Structural failures, body work panels failures, the classic wheel falling off and so forth. I do a very very large amount of driving on motorways and have started to see an increase in caravan break downs and so forth. More the caravan than the tow vehicle.
Is there going to be a glut of break downs and accidents to come our way?