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Topic: Urgent Mobile `van engineer St Helens

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Tim and Cary

04/4/2009 at 3:37pm
Location: Criccieth Gwynedd
Outfit: Buccaneer Commodore

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Hi

Further to my brake problems can anyone recommend a mobile caravan engineer near to St Helens Merseyside. The only one in the phone book cannot come out before next Thursday. We were just about to leave for holidays.

Tim

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minimadmandy

04/4/2009 at 8:38pm
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Have a look on this web site - There are a couple listed.Mobile engineers

Tim and Cary

04/4/2009 at 8:45pm
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Thanks I did see that website but I was a little suspicious of a site that claims to train caravan technicians in 5 days. I have now been put in touch with a guy who works for a local dealers and he is coming to have a look Monday evening. Fortunately we can reschedule holiday for later - all being well.

Thanks anyway
Tim

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05/4/2009 at 8:38am
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Tim

A repeat of what I posted on your brakes thread:

"As a suggestion, rather than tracking down a caravan mechanic, is there an organisation that sells/maintains trailers local to you? An ALKO chassis is an ALKO chassis whether it is has a trailer or a caravan on it. So, trailer or caravan, it is the same to them."

Hope this helps

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i still am unsure tim about the thing "train up in 5 days ". it took me 6 months at a dealers before i was let on my own

Tim and Cary

05/4/2009 at 11:32am
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Thanks for the advice everyone.

I have been put, via another caravan website, with a caravan technician who works for a local company and he is coming out to sort out the problem on Monday evening.

We are fortunate in being able to reschedule our hols with a later start and later return.

Thanks again
Tim

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Big S

07/4/2009 at 10:22pm
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For future reference try Caravan Care, based in great Sankey, Warrington.

01925 710250.

John has today fitted a powrtouch mover to my van and did an excellent job at a very competitive price.

Steve

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07/4/2009 at 11:17pm
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Five days? it took me five years!!, I told my lad whose a sparky about this and he said I know... we call them 'boil in the bag' merchants!! LOL

Truth is it depends on their background, a decent car mechanic will get bored in five days as he'll pick things up very quickly, someone with no previous experience won't have a chance of learning anything worthwhile in such a short time.

As always recommendation is the key, anyone thats any good will have plenty of satisfied customers

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