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Old 26th February 2020, 16:18   #1
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Stopped at some services on the A1 today with Tourer and caravan.
Do you think the space is suitable for a car and caravan
If a caravan had pulled up on my near side, while that car that had been on my offside but had left when photo was taken was still there, I'd never have gotten out.

Not enough swing road. I had stopped with the front of the car just in the space but found the back of the caravan blocking the road behined

I feel an email to management coming on

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Old 26th February 2020, 16:29   #2
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Sign says caravans only - maybe they expect you to decouple and park elsewhere to assist the caravan jacking thieves.
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Old 26th February 2020, 16:32   #3
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Sign says caravans only - maybe they expect you to decouple and park elsewhere to assist the caravan jacking thieves.
never saw that bit, perhaps that was why there was a single car space to my off side, that was for the car!



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Old 26th February 2020, 16:56   #4
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I used to always use the commercials section (ex HGV man!).
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Old 26th February 2020, 17:14   #5
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Looks to be a serious amount of nose weight there
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Old 26th February 2020, 17:25   #6
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Looks to be a serious amount of nose weight there
The tourer seems to sit a bit low on the back and the permissible nose weight is 100kg, the van is not that.

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Old 26th February 2020, 17:26   #7
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I used to always use the commercials section (ex HGV man!).
some services they are one but here they were separate.
wont use these services again.

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Old 26th February 2020, 17:44   #8
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The tourer seems to sit a bit low on the back and the permissible nose weight is 100kg, the van is not that.

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Pair of spring assistors may help there? Used to have a pair on mine for towing, When I took them off, ( caravan went) I gave them away at one of the nano meets.
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Old 26th February 2020, 18:42   #9
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Pair of spring assistors may help there? Used to have a pair on mine for towing, When I took them off, ( caravan went) I gave them away at one of the nano meets.
Or some self levelling shocks!
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