We have just bought a trailer tent, really looking forward to using it this week at Pickering steam fair Love camping, but thought that trialer tents are more comfortable with more room etc.
Anyway, few things if anyone would be kind enough to help....
We have an awning, there will be just grass on the floor if we dont have a ground sheet...anyone had problems with just grass floors? We will be having a table and chairs and the cooker etc in this area. we are thinking of getting a ground sheet, but have been told it cant be visqueen as its not breathable and will kill the grass, dont want a big patch left behind after we leave! lol. Does anyone know what ground sheets we will need? And where from? Seen one in go outdoors(http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/post_message_form.asp?mode=new&ReturnPage=Topic&ForumID=10&PagePosition=1 - not sure how to create link, wont let me), but not sure if its any good?
Also, will by Seat ibiza 1.4 be able to cope with towing the trailer? Been told its about 400kg....
Lots of people camp without a groundsheet, using mats at doorways. We've got a weavetex breathable which is brilliant. I got mine from ebay but shops like Towsure sell them too.
I Cant answer your question about towing. Do you have a handbook? It'll tell you in there what weight you can tow,
Hi homebird, thanks for that. Dont really mind having the whole awning sheeted, although it would nice, like an outside front room! But really just need somewhere to put shoes and bags and stuff to keep dry on.
Ive looked in the handbook, rather my OH has, but it doesnt tell you very much, doesnt simply say, this car can tow x kgs.... why they so complicated! Rung the NTTA and the man there said it should be fine....
We have a sunncamp 350se we got it on e-bay 3 years ago and it came with the breathable ground sheets. We have tried camping with no ground sheet, camping with the breathable ground sheet and camping with a ordinary ground sheet and a breathable one on top.
If it is wet in the campsite were you pitch your tt if you have no ground sheet you will have a real mucky mess in your awning area, if wet and you use a breathable ground sheet on your pitch you will have a mucky mess and a very dirty breathable ground sheet in your awning area. so if wet I would say use a ordinary ground sheet in your awning area and if you like it nice under foot then put the breathable one on top if that.
If it is dry when camping then it is up to you, But with all the walking on the one area I find the ground is still soft and will get mucky quite fast even for only a weekend,(but we are in Wet Ireland, Yous have better weather over there.) So we use a ordinary ground sheet all the time.Hope this is as clear as mud!!
As for the towing with the car you will be fine tt are one of the easyest things to tow, you will not even notice it on behind you.
Dont be too sure about the weather!!! Its been awful over here!
Thanks for your advice, i think i would rather just use a ground sheet all the time, its more homely having a floor than just grass....But, what is breathable and what isnt? And are you allowed to use "normal" ground sheets on the camp site? Will this not kill the grass? Im sorry to ask daft questions!!!
Thank you soooooo much, thats great! Appreciate that. We had decided that it must be ok anyway as we had spoken to NTTA and the tow bar centre we are having it fitted by, but having that in writing makes me feel a whole lot better! Thanks again.
Some campsites only allow breathable groundsheets, others don't specify. You'll have to check with your particular campsite.
We have used both types as in the post above, depending on the weather and the state of the pitch. In Spain we use the breathable with a thin plastic dust sheet underneath as the pitches were mainly sandy dust or dustly sand depending on which way you looked at it . We've also gone without, when we stayed on a campsite with lovely grass and it was a pleasure...although now we've bought the new folding camper we've only got breathable, so lets hope we don't get a really soggy pitch next week
Bought a breathable groundsheet (Questex) from Attwools for about £50
http://www.attwoolls.co.uk
Very good quality and comfortable to walk on......when dry underfoot. Otherwise hopeless on wet ground!
Ended up putting an ordinary one underneath. It was great until the rain started again and then the water got between the two groundsheets around the entrance and had nowhere to drain to.
I think the solution is to take both types and see how the land lies.
Good luck.
Hi natc, about getting an ordinary ground sheet, most camping shops have them sometimes Aldi do them as well, my one is 3.5x3.5 meters.
Just one thing about campsites not alowing ground sheets with your trailer tent on site. Most ordinary tents(not trailer tents) now a days have sowen in ground sheets in their sleeping pods, and camp sites owners do not say anything at all!!.
So I think it is time to all stand up to campsite owners and not let them tell us what and not what to use, after all it is us who have to camp in the wet not them.
Sorry for that rant I'm just back from lovely warm and dry france,back to wet and cold Ireland.
we have one breathable groundsheet for our t/tent bought off ebay [go to ebay type breathable groundsheet and click search ]we bought ours from caravanalia it was classed as a second with a fault on weave patten but could not detect fault you can order different sizes and colours. also have a tarpaulin to use as a footprint if weather is inclement and put this down first with breathable one on top i know campsite owners prefer you to use breathable ones but at end of the day if it is wet you have to look after yourselves first. as what weight you are allowed to tow go onto google and type what tow car , once on the site put your car make and model etc and it will come up with what you are allowed to tow,hope this was helpful.
There was a stall selling breathable groundsheets near the entrance to the fair today. Why not wait until you get there, put the awning up and see exactly what size you need. It was close to the green and cream swingboats in the area with loads of car boot type sales. They were cheaper than I've seen in the local camping shops. Got a 17'x8' size for £25 with a roll of that non-slip shelf stuff thrown in for free after I haggled. They had a variety of sizes.
We used to carry a cheap polythene decorating sheet and if it was muddy where th groundsheet had to go we would pu this down first to keep the groundsheet clean and bin it afterwards,
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Topic: Trailer tent advice
Love camping, but thought that trialer tents are more comfortable with more room etc. 
depending on which way you looked at it . We've also gone without, when we stayed on a campsite with lovely grass and it was a pleasure...although now we've bought the new folding camper we've only got breathable, so lets hope we don't get a really soggy pitch next week 
Thanks guys!
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