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Barry Halliday

13/4/2010 at 8:22am
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hi i'm new to caravaning and need a bit of advice,i have a Abbey Aventura 318 when reversing will the caravan brakes come on or do i need to do anything to keep them off ?

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Modern vans have an automatic device which frees the brake shoes when reversing. Make sure the parking brake on the van is off!

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Barry Halliday

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many thanks

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Hi Barry,

New to reversing.. then you may find my comments on this link useful

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=8&TopicID=213008&PagePosition=3

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Thanks for the tips Phil....I've printed them off for some home studying for both myself and my OH.

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