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Personbigsongbird
03/8/2016 at 2:03pm
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HI - hoping for some help/advice
I am just giving up my abbey excutive which is 30 years old. I am planning to replace with a similar size 2 berth caravan but with a bit more life span. I have towed my abbey with my renault scenic , I started visitng local vans for sakle today and have come home to find that anything form mid 90 s and newer seem to be 30% heavier. I guess all the fittings and brass handlkes and posh ovens etc make it stronger but heavier.
CAn anybody please suggest a caravan that I can resesrch that i can still pull- ie un 700kg. I have a limited buget of well under a £1000, happy to have an older model and happy to do up as long as it is dry ...where do i start if all new ones are so heavy? confused.com !!!

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PersonGrampian91
03/8/2016 at 2:44pm
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If anyone does recommend a van the chance of you finding that particular model for sale is remote. They are not sold in the same quantity as cars.

Under 700kg? Presume thats not the max gross weight? If not whats the max gross laden weight your looking at?

Mid 90's stronger? Probably not. Plenty of leaky rotten mid 90's vans out there.

If newer ones are too heavy you need to look at the older vans or smaller vans. Or upgrade the tow vehicle to get a better choice of van.


Personnavver
03/8/2016 at 8:18pm
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Looks like the current van is only 12 foot long so will be light. I think in olden days many vans were probably heavier than the maker claimed as it was not a particularly important consideration back then. Also the vans nowadays have a lot more equipment in them.

The Freedom caravans are the only ones I can think of in that sort of weight.

Surely your Scenic must be able to tow more than 700kg. What model is it and have you any weight figures for it.


PersonEejaybee
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Maybe try a folding camper?


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03/8/2016 at 10:58pm
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Elddis Wisp 300/2 or 350/2

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Adria Optima 350/B. Mine is a 1991 and touch wood dry as a bone.


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My caravan is 30ft long and I'm going to tow it to Spain through France with a jaguar xv8 does anybody have advice please

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PersonRob and Tina
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If the caravan is that long then it won't be legal to tow with an ordinary car. Are you sure that it's 30 ft long? If you give the exact model details of the car and caravan we might be able to check that they are a suitable match.

Rob



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