Trailers & 'BWSOW's

[Richard A Thackeray]

I've received an email. regarding the insurance renewal for the BWSOW yesterday
£126.50, I'll have to remember & tell them that it's changed storage sites
(+ £!5 broker fee)

I totally forgot to inform them when we moved it!

I'll have to also ask for a premium recalculation, as the new site is CASSOA 'Gold' rated

 

[figbat]

I've received an email. regarding the insurance renewal for the BWSOW yesterday
£126.50, I'll have to remember & tell them that it's changed storage sites

I totally forgot to inform them when we moved it!

I'll have to also ask for a premium recalculation, as the new site is CASSOA 'Gold' rated

Also worth reviewing the market value of your van. Mine had gone up ~£2k in a year.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Also worth reviewing the market value of your van. Mine had gone up ~£2k in a year.

It will be interesting to see if the new pricing holds or whether people go abroad again. I suspect there will be a lot of vans sat on drives not going anywhere, (although that's normal), but if they bought at the height last year they won't want to take a bath on the resale. We're looking for one, but I'm not prepared to pay the overtly inflated current prices.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Towbar being fitted to wife’s new car next Friday

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Why front wheel drive isn't great for caravanning from about 2.05
As for the chump at the end, with the '5th wheel caravan'

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVe9GokYD60

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Towbar being fitted to wife’s new car next Friday

It's being fitted by the same company that fitted mine; https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/trailers-bwsows.273070/page-4#post-6472297
They're coming to the house again
https://www.towbar2u.com/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I've received an email. regarding the insurance renewal for the BWSOW yesterday
£126.50, I'll have to remember & tell them that it's changed storage sites
(+ £!5 broker fee)

I totally forgot to inform them when we moved it!

I'll have to also ask for a premium recalculation, as the new site is CASSOA 'Gold' rated

Renewed it yesterday afternoon, when I got home from work
It was cheaper, due to the CASSOA 'Gold' of the new site
£100.50, & £15 'brokers fee'
(I also renewed my British Cycling membership, afterwards)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

SWMBO has booked for a 3-day stay, in a couple of week
Sat 18th - Tues 21st
They've been to this site before

https://maustinpark.com/

I may be delivering/collecting

With the tow-bar being fitted on Friday afternoon, to SWMBOs Q3, there's the slight chance that she might decide to (at the very least) bring it home on Tuesday?
I'm not that keen to use the 'universal mirror that we have (that suffered greatly, from a good kicking, when I tried to use them on my Kodiaq), as the Q3 mirror-shells are body-coloured (red), so will probably show the marks from the rubber-straps & clamps
This type, as I tried on the Touareg


Thus, we've ordered a pair of 'EMUK' mirrors (pricey though!!)

I have a pair for the Kodiaq & they're great, not a fraction of movement from them. once set up

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 9th
Circa 13:00

Edited at; 16:26

Quite bit of wiring to be undertaken
(not all of the ‘wrapped’ cable was used, it was cut to length)

The relays were next, for lighting, & power (ignition-controlled & permanent-lives)

Finished job
I've since sandpapered my ball'...................

Edited; Saturday 11th @ 13:45

The left-over wiring!
There’s almost 20 foot of it!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It's not something I normally watch, as I feel it's really called the Richard Rawlings Ego Show, but I caught a bit of a 'Gas Monkey Garage' & this was on
The tractor unit is a 197s Ford C900, but with a petrol engine
Then again, gasoline, to be American about it, was probably so cheap back then. pre-oil crisis
We are talking, the era of 'Muscle Cars' too

https://barnfinds.com/pure-opulence-1970-camelot-cruiser-rv/
http://classiccarsexport.com/ford/1...ny-house-by-gas-monkey-garage-no-reserve.html

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_DQVkxIM4&list=PL4IuD9M9DedruJ1s0xuK5FLxGhw09aCZx

I like it in green; https://www.rvtravel.com/vacation-1970s-style-camelot-cruiser-auction-1017/
60+ images to look through!
Heck it even has snowmobiles under the living quarters!!

 

[DRM]

Looking at those C900’s you can see where Ford Europe got inspiration for the D Series.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

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Looking at those C900’s you can see where Ford Europe got inspiration for the D Series.

Yes, it was a 'trans-Atlantic' design
Some were offered with a tilt-cab, other models were fixed!!
I know there was a C750, & possibly other models too?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

With the tow-bar being fitted on Friday afternoon, to SWMBOs Q3, there's the slight chance that she might decide to (at the very least) bring it home on Tuesday?
I'm not that keen to use the 'universal mirror that we have (that suffered greatly, from a good kicking, when I tried to use them on my Kodiaq), as the Q3 mirror-shells are body-coloured (red), so will probably show the marks from the rubber-straps & clamps
This type, as I tried on the Touareg
View attachment 648126

Thus, we've ordered a pair of 'EMUK' mirrors (pricey though!!)

I have a pair for the Kodiaq & they're great, not a fraction of movement from them. once set up

They were here when l got home from work

Curiously, they’re a ‘peek-a-boo’ type, with the mirror mounted side-repeater being seen through them

The arms will be cut appropriately when the ‘BWSOW’ is first hitched up

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 17th
Been over & roughly set up the mirrors/cut the arms to a more appropriate length
Final position adjustment will be when the outfit is moved out of its bay, & in a straight line

According to f-in-l, it was pointless having bought a pair (of Emuks) for the Audi, as mine would fit it without any problems
I did consider letting him try to fit them
(mine have the red wire on them)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sa

SWMBO has booked for a 3-day stay, in a couple of week
Sat 18th - Tues 21st
They've been to this site before

https://maustinpark.com/

I may be delivering/collecting

She's taken it with f-in-law
Daughter followed on in her own car, so she can come home, when she wants
They've got to the site, but it sounded very noisy & argumentative in background, as they couldn't reverse onto the pitch
(it's a fairly open site too)
I guess it will be my fault that they can't

(it seems they're going to use the motor-mover)