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Personjules+rich
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Does anyone know of any lighter weight twin axle caravans (if they exist)? Many thanks for any suggestions.

Jules

 


Personcaravancaz
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Lunar Quasar 615 - All Lunar models are light weight.


Personmikecandsarhab
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how light weight you looking for?

sprites are light weight

mike


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Quote: Originally posted by caravancaz on 09/5/2010
Lunar Quasar 615 - All Lunar models are light weight.

exactly what I was going to say :)


Personmadtrucker
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we have a sprite Quratto which is 1296kg MIRO and max fully laden is 1555kg hope this helps Andy 


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You will not find anything lighter than the Lunar twin axle range

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Terry Birch
Our tourer days are over and we have moved on to a Hobby Motorhome


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That's great - thanks very much for the replies.

jules

 


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Yes, Lunar, some of them look very nice.

Anne


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Sorry to resurrect an old thread but probably better than making a new similar one.
My vectra can pull 1.5t but the dealer i spoke to said he would only sell a twin axle to someone with a 4x4.
What's the facts please?

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Dave, Erin and Emily May


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Quote: Originally posted by ddlovetts on 25/8/2011Sorry to resurrect an old thread but probably better than making a new similar one.
My vectra can pull 1.5t but the dealer i spoke to said he would only sell a twin axle to someone with a 4x4.
What's the facts please?


The kerbweight of your car is equally important as your cars towing capacity , Any caravan you buy should not have a MPTLM (max loaded weight) more than your cars kerbweight and ideally should be no more than 85% of that figure .
I doubt if any newer twin axles will be light enough to to tow safely with any vectra and to tow at or above 100% is not advisable

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Same happened to us the dealer wanted to see our car before we bought the swift  conqueror 645 but it does weigh 1800kls+

 


PersonOpensauce
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Well full marks to the dealers then....


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it depends on the size of the twin axle , some are shorter than a single axle , my friend has a Bailey T/A which is lighter than our Lunar T/A

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Quote: Originally posted by ddlovetts on 25/8/2011Sorry to resurrect an old thread but probably better than making a new similar one.My vectra can pull 1.5t but the dealer i spoke to said he would only sell a twin axle to someone with a 4x4.What's the facts please?
My Bailey TA has a MPTLM of 1550Kgs

My Car has a kerbweight of 1710Kgs and max towing weight of 1600Kgs

That's a 90% match (assuming the van is loaded to the max) - which is fine by me

The car in question is a Saab 9-3 convertible and tows the van just fine. I can't notice any appreciable difference if i tow with the Sportage instead.

Oh, and my last caravan was a Lunar Quasar 615 and that is even lighter than the Bailey (MPTLM of 1400kgs i think)

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That's what i was after, thanks. We have an Abbey Vogue single axle which is heavier than some twins.
Mind you, we are in negotiation with Mercedes to swap our coupe for a diesel saloon so hopefully that will have more grunt.

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Dave, Erin and Emily May



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