Trailers & 'BWSOW's

[Richard A Thackeray]

This is interesting, & an unusual way of getting a tipping trailer
Presumably it's filmed somewhere in Europe, going by the lighting fitted)
(French manufactured trailer?)


View: https://youtu.be/HOHSN6n99v0?si=DCr5uxwVU8cukjKh

 

[figbat]

This is interesting, & an unusual way of getting a tipping trailer
Presumably it's filmed somewhere in Europe, going by the lighting fitted)
(French manufactured trailer?)


View: https://youtu.be/HOHSN6n99v0?si=DCr5uxwVU8cukjKh

Great video, but now the trailer has no payload. Plus, I’d have painted all that steel.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Great video, but now the trailer has no payload. Plus, I’d have painted all that steel.

That's the issue!
How much weight has he added?
Like you, I'll hazard a guess that as in Europe, the unbraked weight-limits are still the same (as ours?) at 750kg

 

[DRM]

Yes, and just to throw another spanner in the works, anything over 750kg has to be registered and MOT equivalent tested, Control Technique in France bi-annually

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 13th

This was only the trailers 3rd (or 4th) utilisation this year!
Emptying the office/transferring stock

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

A very unusual way of adapting to a 50 hitch!!

I wonder what the weight is, & if the brakes still work with the '50mm' hitch?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116365328740?_skw=used+trailers&itmmeta=01JF32NJR420A5CX5B5HF6KNSS&hash=item1b17ea0164:g:eE0AAOSwtwhm-ry~&itmprp=enc:AQAJAAAA0HoV3kP08IDx+KZ9MfhVJKkvO7AfM7D9c3ErXU0kS7r3pTWzLFX9VBFqXIqxTdMxcjdBD1tQ3P18NcLXlr8OZuYMTIS5p5MlQZtTi5vHm20Q6E9xTTxicaLzzgJqarfGUrnNmUUoKk/RQgqTo774TQi/KBLCU6f4QxjDwl18qDsY+fLL24lO4RFlM/ImVjIPFmbdsg3XGmLxVDKLQxzTq0paChhHehSYlhd1PmxJxNW16KbgYaaYVZRrWveXy7xwxAgibgseDUWT3iDaDECUB+Y=|tkp:Bk9SR5as1uL4ZA

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 13th

We had a trip up to the caravan site this afternoon, to have a check-up
It's closed for the month, to avoid being classed as 'residential', but opens for 2 Mondays this month

Our awning was fine, apart from a few leaves that had blown in, & some condensation
No snow on it either, as it's steeply pitched & an 'all-season', whether the lack of snow is due to the PVC(?) material not allowing it to settle like a duck-cotton??

However, some others weren't as lucky with the snow

 

[Alex321]

Monday 13th

We had a trip up to the caravan site this afternoon, to have a check-up
It's closed for the month, to avoid being classed as 'residential', but opens for 2 Mondays this month

Our awning was fine, apart from a few leaves that had blown in, & some condensation
No snow on it either, as it's steeply pitched & an 'all-season', whether the lack of snow is due to the PVC(?) material not allowing it to settle like a duck-cotton??

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However, some others weren't as lucky with the snow

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I'd never have left an awning up if I was going to be away from eth 'van for more than a day or two.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'd never have left an awning up if I was going to be away from eth 'van for more than a day or two.

Some had large branches on them. after some previous high winds

It's not just awnings that suffered in the snow, a bird collection a few miles from our house did too; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4p4z1vdwxo

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 27th

We had another trip up to check out the caravan, after a rather snowy/frozen hard visit a couple of weeks ago

To my surprise & delight, the pump still works, after being left in the water-butt to freeze up
(I assume all the water, including what was in the pump froze/thawed at same rate?)

Another awning, close by, had suffered in the wind, maybe a large branch falling onto it

It was a bit mucky in the site too

 

[DRM]

Monday 27th

We had another trip up to check out the caravan, after a rather snowy/frozen hard visit a couple of weeks ago

To my surprise & delight, the pump still works, after being left in the water-butt to freeze up
(I assume all the water, including what was in the pump froze/thawed at same rate?)

Another awning, close by, had suffered in the wind, maybe a large branch falling onto it

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It was a bit mucky in the site too

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It really should be drained down fully when left in winter, frozen water can utterly wreck caravan plumbing

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It really should be drained down fully when left in winter, frozen water can utterly wreck caravan plumbing

I know

We got away fairly lightly last year with it, with just one issue