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allforus
Member Since: 20 Mar 2010
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 492
  
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Our hobby premium is A 560cfe the longest you legally tow unless you have a gross vehicle weight of greater than 3500 kgs liked the twin axles but would rather stay legal 
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 13th Feb 2013 7:31 pm |
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subaru60
Member Since: 05 Oct 2012
Location: crawley
Posts: 277
 
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you must be able to tow the twin wheel one legally even the british ones are 25 ft and they are legal i rang simple ins they wouldnt insure the tabbert but have found one that will but its £600
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| 13th Feb 2013 8:29 pm |
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nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 1344
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Maximum external body length (excluding the A-frame) is 7 metres, unless it's being towed with a vehicle which has a plated mass in excess of 3.5 tonnes, in which case the body length increases to 12 metres. All UK touring vans are less than 7 metres, some of the German ones aren't.
The other thing to consider with the extra width vans is rear vision. I towed a 2.5 metre wide Adria for Practical Caravan magazine last year, and the standard Milenco Grand Aero mirrors were simply not wide enough to give safe and adequate rear vision. You can get extended arms, but...... I have driven artics and coaches in the past, so size of vehicle does not concern me, but personally I wouldn't tour regularly with a wide bodied van. Not a comfortable experience.
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| 13th Feb 2013 8:38 pm |
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subaru60
Member Since: 05 Oct 2012
Location: crawley
Posts: 277
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even 1 of the twin wheel hobby is 20.5 ft body lenght 23 with the a frame and tabbert do the same in one of there models 650 i think it is so thats legal and they do a bigger one
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| 13th Feb 2013 9:04 pm |
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xyplex
Member Since: 13 Jan 2013
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 235
 
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Please bear in mind that some UK Camp sites will not allow Hobby caravans on their site as the Hobby is associated with the Gypsy travellers. 
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| 13th Feb 2013 10:48 pm |
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therso
Member Since: 01 Dec 2010
Location: Here!
Posts: 368
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Ted Newman wrote:I find some of the remarks amusing 
2.5 m caravans are also produced by British makers.
The construction methods are virtually the same in all European countries - certainly not plywood boxes.
And as someone who is married into a German family I can assure you that there are plenty of Germans who moan about their caravans PLUS many are envious of the design features that British Caravans display.
BUT if you really want solid build quality along with innovation of layouts plus 2.5 m wide bodies then you can not do better than Airstream - more than 70% of all Airstream built since the 1930s are still in service.
Airstreams.........v nice but I'll stick with my Eriba (as someone who lived and worked in Germany for 16 years  ). Never heard any complaints from the many Germans/Dutch/Swedes/Danes though? Construction methods virtually the same? Not quite 
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| 13th Feb 2013 11:03 pm |
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anthony65
Member Since: 06 Feb 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 5
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I can't help with the purchasing as we got our used Burstner . However, we used a German caravan, we would not buy anything other than a German later on. Good for use, resilient and fantastic value for cash. holiday houses gold coast
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| 15th Feb 2013 7:31 pm |
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Ted Newman
Member Since: 09 Oct 2010
Location: SE London
Posts: 840
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therso wrote:Ted Newman wrote:I find some of the remarks amusing
2.5 m caravans are also produced by British makers.
The construction methods are virtually the same in all European countries - certainly not plywood boxes.
And as someone who is married into a German family I can assure you that there are plenty of Germans who moan about their caravans PLUS many are envious of the design features that British Caravans display.
BUT if you really want solid build quality along with innovation of layouts plus 2.5 m wide bodies then you can not do better than Airstream - more than 70% of all Airstream built since the 1930s are still in service.
Airstreams.........v nice but I'll stick with my Eriba (as someone who lived and worked in Germany for 16 years ). Never heard any complaints from the many Germans/Dutch/Swedes/Danes though? Construction methods virtually the same? Not quite
And I have lived and worked (on and off) in Germany for 58 years so I too have some knowledge of what the Germans do and say LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF
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| 15th Feb 2013 9:15 pm |
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Leesbay
Member Since: 20 Dec 2011
Location: rainford
Posts: 1581
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As a caravanner for 15 years my comments would be
A german style van like Hobby or Fendt or Tabbert is a  magnet
Usually the door is on thereverse side of the UK vans so you end up nosefirst in the UK Pitches so your awning is on the prescribed side
I do love the foreign vans, and believe the quality supercedes UK vans on the main but for me I am more fit in with mainstream and tow a nice twin axle fleetwood ....................................................................................................
If my wife ever sells my stuff for what she thinks I paid for them, you lot are gonna get some bargains!
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| 15th Feb 2013 10:41 pm |
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