At present we have a roof box and trailer but are going to down size and stop taking as much stuff with us, it is ok for week or two but for a weekend it is just far to much. Sadly our Vango aspen has come to the end of its time and we will be looking for a new smaller tent that we can pitch quickly and can fit in roof box. Trailer now for sale !
Well i've done it, had my tow bar fitted on Wednesday and we assembled our brand new trailer this morning.................question now is, what else can I buy now i've got the extra room
this (hopefully, fingers crossed) will be the first time in years we havent needed to take our trailer !!
we've got a bigger car, VW Sharan , and only me , hubby and youngest son (15) are going.so going to take 4 seats out and have LOADS of space in the sharan, downsized the HUGE bbq to a cadac carri chef deluxe, possibly downsizing the towels to microfibre ones too, if i like the feel of them, and generally trying to make things fit, plus we've also got a roofbox too :)
We are new to camping, and are now geared up and raring to go, but whilst searching the site reviews on here, I've noticed a number of sites state "No vans or commercial vehicles allowed".
I have a Vauxhall Astravan. Basically, the equivalent of an estate car with no back seats, (and no rear side windows, of course). Clean, tidy, and no sign-writing/logo's etc.
I know the ultimate answer will be to "ring and check first", but was just wondering if any of you use a similar vehicle, or if you have any related stories?
well, i think we topped all that, as a family of six we simply could not move in our mpv, so we got a small trailer, not happy with that, we sold the car and trailer and got a 9 year old vw transporter,(9 years old and still cost a fortune!) had rear seats and side windows fitted, at last all our problems were solved, we all had a seat , lots of legroom and loads of storage space....but when we return home from cornwall this year we have decided to sell the van, go back to an mpv and get a cabanon trailer tent.. what a journey this camping game is!
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Quote: Originally posted by poppet156 on 07/7/2012
Well i've done it, had my tow bar fitted on Wednesday and we assembled our brand new trailer this morning.................question now is, what else can I buy now i've got the extra room
Uh-oh! This is exactly where we went wrong...! After buying our camping gear we decided we needed a roofbox, then after still struggling we decided we needed a trailer too... to which we then decided we could buy some more gear, to the point now where we're back to square one!
i am considering getting a trailer. we downsized from a pennine pathfinder to a bear lake 6 on my decision "we can manage for a week". since then I have purchased new roof bars and got a good second hand roofbox cheap of ebay. now we want to take bikes and buy a boat. so the next step is a trailer with roof bars and of course it will have to have a hard top. Should have kept the bl**dy pathfinder. probably want a dog next!
Thats our next purchase! Hubs has to research one!
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Quote: Originally posted by Mucker1884 on 08/7/2012
Anyone got some advice for me?
We are new to camping, and are now geared up and raring to go, but whilst searching the site reviews on here, I've noticed a number of sites state "No vans or commercial vehicles allowed".
I have a Vauxhall Astravan. Basically, the equivalent of an estate car with no back seats, (and no rear side windows, of course). Clean, tidy, and no sign-writing/logo's etc.
I know the ultimate answer will be to "ring and check first", but was just wondering if any of you use a similar vehicle, or if you have any related stories?
Much appreciated.
Mucker.
hi there mucker - we had this problem in Oban in scotland a couple of years ago. we wanted to take our bikes to our camp base so we hired a van from enterprise and it was brand new and very nice - but when we got to the campsite - they said you cant bring that in here as its a commercial vehicle and that the only options we had were to either park the van at the bottom of a 1/2mile long steep uphill driveway and unload and carry everything to our pitch or to leave!!! - nice!
so we left and went elsewhere! - they said that if the van had a side window in the back section then it could come onsite as it would then be deemed to be a camper! - i honestly couldnt be bothered with this attitude and left and we havent had a problem since on any other site with our vans.
so if you get a side window fitted then you seem to be ok! maybe others more experienced in this field can better advise the actual rules etc
Had a trailer for a few years now..... now added a roofbox, when away i think 'right what have we not used? What can we do without?... truth is we use it all'
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Quote: Originally posted by atko on 01/6/2012don't just get a camping trailer, a general purpose trailer will do so much more i.e. building, garden waste etc
We got our trailer initially to do a house renovation, it's an Ifor Williams P6e (hubby thinks I'm incredibly sad for knowing what model it is), we paid a lot of money for it back in 2006 and hubby did want to sell it after doing the house but I didn't want it to go, its just too useful ... house decluttering, moving furniture, collecting tiles and now its latest use was to haul all my camping stuff to France and back which it did beautifully.
Saying that, its not perfect. Having loaded everything, I found I had no room for my new comfy chairs that I'd bought specifically to go on holiday so we were relegated back to our camping chairs just to get them in.
We have now decided to buy the metal mesh sides and rig some sort of weather proofing around them (still to be decided what yet) to increase the capacity.
In case anyone is interested about the investment part, I've been told the trailer is probably worth more now that what I paid for it, but then it is pampered and stored indoors and gets a jetwash after every trip.
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Topic: That`s it, i`m getting a trailer!
Hubs has to research one! 
