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28th January 2020, 19:57 | #1 |
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Towing season soon..
So in preparation, I went out to open the gas locker to check my gas bottle was as I remembered it - full. It was, but the gas strut which helps raise the locker lid on my Bailey, had failed and was blathered in leaked fluid.
I couldn't see an obvious strength marked on the failed strut, but I could measured the open length and see the end connection type, 400mm and a right angle to the strut thread, so I took a chance and ordered pair on ebay, for £12.99 of the correct type and size, where no strength was indicated. Fitted yesterday and the strength seems about right for the job. Just waiting for weather to pick up now and the caravan can have a good scrub up, to get all the moss of it. I have never known so much moss appear on it, as it has this past year parked in my drive..
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28th January 2020, 21:06 | #2 |
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Mine also is more or less green all over - maybe down to a mild back end and Winter up to now?
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29th January 2020, 08:12 | #3 |
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Yes, it has been very mild. My drive and paths are the same, covered in moss too. I'm just waiting for the better weather, to get the pressure washer out..
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Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money. |
31st January 2020, 20:38 | #4 |
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As caravans have a tendency to leak I had a caravan port built.
My front garden is just about all moss by the look of it. I will be replacing the caravans tyres soon as 5 years old. Don't know why they suggest caravans tyres are changed at 5 years but no others. £75 each. I also put my caravan on axle stands over winter to let the suspension rest. Cant wait to get away and relax, caravanning, I don't think for me there is a better holiday. macafee2 |
1st February 2020, 09:06 | #5 |
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Yes there’s nothing like it to soothe the mind when the rain just starts to drizzle as you hitch up to go away then turns to a gentle downpour on arrival at the site, not to mention the delightful pitter patter on the roof as yo are trying to get to sleep during the night.
Mine is completely covered in a soft green layer but that’s my Protec cover which allows me to literally go straight out onto a site if I so desired but obviously I have to check it over and re stock it with Gin and Wine Roll on the good weather. |
1st February 2020, 21:11 | #6 | |
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Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money. Last edited by HarryM1BYT; 2nd February 2020 at 09:09.. |
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2nd February 2020, 17:53 | #7 |
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Easter week usually sees a couple or more caravans flipped on the A17 and A47 (gateway to the Broads), usually caused by blown tyres. The roads usually end up with textiles and matchwood scattered all over. I've seen caravan chassis' on their sides with towing vehicles rear ends in the air. Do those checks folks. Don't stint on tyres.
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There is no law which demands they be replaced at that age and in many cases is probably over cautious, but much depends on how they are looked after, how UV they have been subjected to. One thing to be wary of, is being sold tyres which have been held in stock for years. The 5 year age limit suggestion includes time they may have sat on a dealers shelf.
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What I found to my cost last season was the gas hose between cylinder and regulator had perished and was leaking (caravan 7 years old). It was Good Friday and just arrived on site and was setting up, and I was lucky to find a caravan dealer had one only 15 miles away! Well worth a check before setting off. |
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