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He he, that is funny.  Glad you had a good time and got to your destination safely.

Ali

That's a bad area to take a wrong turn in & what a nasty experience for you. Too many hills in & around there for my liking. I spend as little time as possible there with my lorry & never with the caravan.

I would suggest to anyone who has to turn around & finds themselves in an awkward situation. If you can, open a gate into a (DRY GRASS) field & drive in, turn round & come back out again, always remembering to CLOSE the gate after you. I do sometimes find myself down little lanes with the lorry & it's annoying to have to drive several miles to find somewhere to turn but it has to be done.

Rather than attempt a three point turn with the van on, you could always unhitch & with assistance if needed turn the van round then the car & recouple. If you have enough room to try & three point turn you have enough room to pass the van with the car after turning them seperately & carefully to make sure the van doesn't run away.

BB  

Yeah don't do what they did on top gear and try a three point turn with the caravan on the back!

Quote: Originally posted by Basilbrush on 02/8/2006

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That's a bad area to take a wrong turn in & what a nasty experience for you. Too many hills in & around there for my liking. I spend as little time as possible there with my lorry & never with the caravan.

I would suggest to anyone who has to turn around & finds themselves in an awkward situation. If you can, open a gate into a (DRY GRASS) field & drive in, turn round & come back out again, always remembering to CLOSE the gate after you. I do sometimes find myself down little lanes with the lorry & it's annoying to have to drive several miles to find somewhere to turn but it has to be done.

Rather than attempt a three point turn with the van on, you could always unhitch & with assistance if needed turn the van round then the car & recouple. If you have enough room to try & three point turn you have enough room to pass the van with the car after turning them seperately & carefully to make sure the van doesn't run away.

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