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I am about to advertise my Dad's caravan for sale, and one of the boxes to fill in is the length and width.  As the van slopes at the front, where and how do I measure it please?

I've checked other vans of the same make/model, and they seem to be listed as 14' or 15' - but an outside measurement of mine comes out at 16' 2" which doesn't sound right at all! 

All help gratefully accepted!

Thanks for the reply - I measured it without the tow hitch, but even then I am not sure where to measure from and to, when the van's body slopes at the front.  I measured it as 16' 2" end to end at the longest part, but I have seen other similar vans advertised (Avondale Quantock 2 berth) at 14' and 15' ???

They can't all be correct... ?..?

Ah - thanks Chinster1957, this I didn't know.  I have tried googling variations on 'how to measure a caravan' and come up with not very much helpful!  Except for an Aussie website which says that different manufacturers use different criteria....

The interior measurement the way you describe is somewhere between 14' 3" to 15'.  Hmmm....

width   measure at outside rear of caravan

length  measure outside back to front to the longest body point ignoring the A frame

internal length as previously stated front to rear at bedbox height

Okay, thanks all.  I had no idea it was so complicated until I started to advertise this!  I am about to go outside armed with my tape measure once more.....