GilesM
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A few pics from Achmelvich shore campsite, amazing site right on the beach.
Trailers & 'BWSOW's
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Richard A Thackeray
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Saturday 1st
Father-in-law & I went up late morning
Levelling a BWSOW laterally, with due regard to need to fit the hub mounted wheel-lock is like 4-dimensional chess!
1. Get the correct position for the lock, & it’s not level
2. Position correctly for lateral level, & the lock is nowhere near!
3. The motor-mover works on both wheels, but tries to swivel the ‘van, as it climbs the ramp
4. It seems okay, then the motor-mover is swung off the tyres, & the handbrake set, it settles............. start again at #1
Solution;
- Hitch up to the car, as a solid brake point
- Release BWSOW handbrake
- Jack up the offending side
- Rotate the wheel to correct location for the lock
- Lower corner-steadies
- Recheck with spirit-level, on 'van floor
Job Done!
Eventually...........
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Jameshow
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Saturday 1st
Father-in-law & I went up late morning
Levelling a BWSOW laterally, with due regard to need to fit the hub mounted wheel-lock is like 4-dimensional chess!
1. Get the correct position for the lock, & it’s not level
2. Position correctly for lateral level, & the lock is nowhere near!
3. The motor-mover works on both wheels, but tries to swivel the ‘van, as it climbs the ramp
4. It seems okay, then the motor-mover is swung off the tyres, & the handbrake set, it settles............. start again at #1
Solution;
- Hitch up to the car, as a solid brake point
- Release BWSOW handbrake
- Jack up the offending side
- Rotate the wheel to correct location for the lock
- Lower corner-steadies
- Recheck with spirit-level, on 'van floor
Job Done!
Eventually...........
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Our buy a static!🤣🤣🤣
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Richard A Thackeray
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Sell it!!
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Richard A Thackeray
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Saturday 8th
Just a little job, that I actually meant to do after the last time I used the trailer
The 'over-centre' latches have R-clips through them to prevent an unintended opening of the tailgate
Last time, instead of putting it in a pocket, or in car, I dropped one on the floor, into a muddy puddle, & had to feel for it, thankfully finding it
So, I decided to chain them on
I had intended using bath-plug chain, but couldn't find any locally (not even at B&Q, or Wickes, just the ball-chain type)
Hence my trip to Wickes, in the rain, this morning, for the lightest duty chain they had
I also wanted some 'double ring R-clips', to avoid the zip-ties, but can't find any
I can get them online, but only need 2, so not buying a bag of 100, just for that
EDIT @ 18:56
When I asked one of the staff in B&Q, if they had any 'R-clips', he told me no, but then mentioned that in his previous engineering job, they called them 'pregnant women clips', due to the shape
Just a little job, that I actually meant to do after the last time I used the trailer
The 'over-centre' latches have R-clips through them to prevent an unintended opening of the tailgate
Last time, instead of putting it in a pocket, or in car, I dropped one on the floor, into a muddy puddle, & had to feel for it, thankfully finding it
So, I decided to chain them on
I had intended using bath-plug chain, but couldn't find any locally (not even at B&Q, or Wickes, just the ball-chain type)
Hence my trip to Wickes, in the rain, this morning, for the lightest duty chain they had
I also wanted some 'double ring R-clips', to avoid the zip-ties, but can't find any
I can get them online, but only need 2, so not buying a bag of 100, just for that
EDIT @ 18:56
When I asked one of the staff in B&Q, if they had any 'R-clips', he told me no, but then mentioned that in his previous engineering job, they called them 'pregnant women clips', due to the shape
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Jameshow
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Screwfix and toolstation sell plugs with a chain...... may or may not be more expensive and you'll have spare plugs you'll never need 
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Richard A Thackeray
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All I've seen are the 'ball-chain' type, in both (paper) cataloguesScrewfix and toolstation sell plugs with a chain...... may or may not be more expensive and you'll have spare plugs you'll never need
They'd have to big!
Without going out to measure the 'over-centre catches', I put them at about 1 & 1/2 inch deep
EDIT @ 21:14
I had a look in my Indespension catalogue, they have 'double-coil', but when checking the price online, they only have 5mm varients, & at a silly price each; https://indespension.co.uk/trailer-...accessories/trailer-fittings-hardware/r-clips
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Fastpedaller
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I have the answer.......... If you have some plain-gauge stainless steel spokes it is possible to make your own double coil R clips.
I wanted some of these for the over-centre clips on my folding caravan.
https://protex.com/1167-7SS-retaining-pin-stainless-steel-natural
A couple of hours later I had made 6 which have enough 'spring' in them despite not being sprung steel. Ok they aren't all perfectly the same length, but they work, and nobody is likely to compare them to each other (not unless they're me)
I wanted some of these for the over-centre clips on my folding caravan.
https://protex.com/1167-7SS-retaining-pin-stainless-steel-natural
A couple of hours later I had made 6 which have enough 'spring' in them despite not being sprung steel. Ok they aren't all perfectly the same length, but they work, and nobody is likely to compare them to each other (not unless they're me)
Fastpedaller
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I stand corrected - I just checked the spare plug I have.
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Richard A Thackeray
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Friday 28th
This BWSOW is parked up, & is on my commute to work (unless l ride through the Woods)
They missed a trick with the name, surely?
This BWSOW is parked up, & is on my commute to work (unless l ride through the Woods)
They missed a trick with the name, surely?
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Richard A Thackeray
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Friday 28th
I’m more sure that even the most modern caravans have a strong enough roof?
I’m not sure about that tow-cars capabilities either?!
I’m more sure that even the most modern caravans have a strong enough roof?
I’m not sure about that tow-cars capabilities either?!
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Looks like a photo shop job to me, those old Adria's were excellent value for money, my mum & dad had one like that, without the pool though!
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Sunday 30th
Nipped over to ‘Wandahome’ after work (by FerryBridge Services, where the ‘old’ A1 & M62 intersect)
This was inside
All that space, & it has a fixed bed (side -side) taking up room
It can’t be seen in this photograph, but there’s a ‘vanity light’ on the a-frame fairing that illuminates the front panel!!!
Is it an attempt to emulate the ‘tall-fin lights’ on passenger aircraft that illuminate the airlines logo?
Hmm…. 4x4 caravans!!!
Nipped over to ‘Wandahome’ after work (by FerryBridge Services, where the ‘old’ A1 & M62 intersect)
This was inside
All that space, & it has a fixed bed (side -side) taking up room
It can’t be seen in this photograph, but there’s a ‘vanity light’ on the a-frame fairing that illuminates the front panel!!!
Is it an attempt to emulate the ‘tall-fin lights’ on passenger aircraft that illuminate the airlines logo?
Hmm…. 4x4 caravans!!!