Trailers & 'BWSOW's

[Richard A Thackeray]

Hell, yes!
Can you all see this?


View: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1398204480351548&set=a.1355731701265493

 

[DRM]

I’d like to see him get that into the Caravan Club site at Chatsworth, never mind get onto a pitch!

 

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I’d like to see him get that into the Caravan Club site at Chatsworth, never mind get onto a pitch!

This was on a CAMC club site I was at last week.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Converted horse-box, or adapted body, if a new build
Sadly, it'll probably be a 'straight-6', not one of their legendary V8s

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It's been done on the preservation scene for a long time, converting a body into living accommodation

Eg;
From my files
Both were at the 'Scammell Gathering'
Ackworth
(it's on the A628, between Pontefract & Barnsley)
May 2005

Bristol
Note the windows in the sheeting

ERF, with false load

 

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Converted horse-box, or adapted body, if a new build
Sadly, it'll probably be a 'straight-6', not one of their legendary V8s

It was a working horsebox, although no horses onboard. Not a V8, no - I don’t think I’ve ever seen one outside of a tractor unit.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It was a working horsebox, although no horses onboard. Not a V8, no - I don’t think I’ve ever seen one outside of a tractor unit.

It appears to have a satellite dish on the roof, for the living quarters

 

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It appears to have a satellite dish on the roof, for the living quarters

Those horse lorries have some pretty spectacular living accommodation - they can spend weeks on the road or at competitions and there is big money around.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 25th

Scania R-Series(?)
Towing the modem equivalent of a ‘living van’
‘Grove Playing Fields’
Aberford Road (A642)
Stanley
Wakefield

Apologies for quality/tree coverage
I'll try to divert on my ride to work at dinnertime, to see if it's still there

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I knew I had this on a shelf somewhere, given my earlier mentioning of Land Rover Special Vehicles & air-brakes

June 2016 issue

Oh, & I've seen that Cuthbertson, during its brief stay at the HLRC

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

And, again, on the subject of air-brakes for Land Rovers, I remembered these images

Pontefract Racecourse
file date November 2007)

Racetech provided (& may still do??) starting-gates for races
The 5th-wheels were (from memory) supplied/manufactured by Dixon-Bate
The air-brakes being originally fitted by Special Vehicles

When a vehicle was replaced, the 5th-wheel & air-braking system were transferred to the new 90

Note the air-tank under the rear-crossmember

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/552183604310598614/



The factory also used to produce a few 6x6 Defenders, mainly for their own use
They were used to tow the 'demonstration bridge' & the 'hospitality units'

Other bodies; https://www.6-wheel-drive.org/vehicles/land-rover-150-and-170-6x6.html

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I dragged the BWSOW a few miles down the A1 this afternoon, so wife & daughter could have a break
They were following on, when wife closed up the office
(father-in-law came too)
It wasn't far, just off it, at jct 36. the Warmsworth/Conisburgh exit

https://www.pitchup.com/campsites/E...h_Yorkshire/Doncaster/sunnyview-touring-park/

The A1 was almost nose-to-tail, all the way from the new junction at FerryBridge, with only a couple of miles free-moving around Barnsdale Bar/Skellow

I cut the arms down, at the storage compound, with a pipe-cutter, they look a lot better now
I still may take an inch. or so more, off them

Upon delivery/trial-fit

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Whilst there, & waiting for wife and daughter to arrive, I was reading (not a lot else to do) a copy of the Caravan & Camping Club magazine

There was small (ha!) feature on these 'vans
I've seen a couple before, at least I think it was these?
I like them!

https://www.theenglishcaravancompany.com/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Now, we need a towbar, as (also) on Monday, we put a deposit down on a (2012, & apparantley very well looked after) Coachman
(from 'WandaHome' near FerryBridge)

I've got a price for one 'bar, with dedicated wiring 13-pin, & waiting for another one as a price comparison

Placed order for it, when I got home this afternoon

Point Of Curiosity.............
Upon asking about the (legally required.... or used to be...) 'Audible, or Visual Warning Device' that will be fitted
It seems that with a dedicated kit, the 'tell-tale' on the dash only illuminates if there's a problem
Previous vehicles, I've used to tow with, have always had the buzzer (or dash-icon) sounding (flashing) in conjunction with the vehicles 'warning lights'

Ie; my old Discovery Tdi, had an icon that flashed after the indicator relay was changed, for the heavier-duty one

View attachment 592036

It's not as above, ie; how it was explained to me, when I ordered
The ‘trailer tell-tale’ on the Kodiaq is, curiously, backed up by a ‘dot-matrix’ message stating an indicator bulb has blown
Surely the lack of the ‘tell-tale’ signifies that?

Taken whilst collecting the caravan this morning
‘Sunnyview Touring Site’
Warmsworth
Between Conisburgh & jct36/A

 

[ClichéGuevara]