What do I need ?

About the only things we bought additional to what we already had as caravaners were :-

Silver screen

Watering can

Collapsable bucket

Heavy duty ramps

We already had some food grade hose for filling as we had used service pitches. However one of these avoids having to stand holding the hose while the tank fills.

It’s personal choice. Some folk swear by them but we’ve never bothered. We lost an offside mirror once to an oncoming van and no amount of protection would have saved it.

We have mirror protectors. I think they are milenco but we got the dealer to fit them. 

I haven't bothered either and agree with TW. Unless you park on the street I have never understood the need for them.

peedee

Morning

Here's my take on things. Ramps and external screen covers. After 22 years of motorhoming I've learnt don't buy cheap. I have Milenco quatro ramps and Taylormade screen covers, the longer ones that cover the vent under the windscreen. Had both for 10 years now, still as good as new. I made myself and carry 30 meter and a 10 meter electric leads (the club don't allow joiners) and a length of coax if you're on site with tv hookup.

Not essential if you normally use sites with hook up but a roof top solar panel as big as you can fit / afford and as big a leisure battery as you can fit if you'd like to go off grid. 

Be careful with the axle weights if you have a garage, it's always tempting to fill a vacant space!

Try not to "caravan" in your motorhome

JK

There benefit is always going to be a bit subjective. However, I am  fairly sure my offside mirror would have been damaged without them. Although what they certainly do is protect the very vulnerable indicator inserts.

Yes, those lenses on the Ducato/Boxer vans are vulnerable (but cheap to replace) I’m not sure that ours on the Sprinter were as vulnerable or how the OP’s Transit mirrors are designed. There’s always an element of luck involved, good and bad.

Although a caravanned myself, after the performance of a M/H on the site where we are staying I would recommend a set or two of antislip mats if you are ever thinking of pitching on wet grass.

On leaving this morning the M/H managed to get bogged down, having for some reason stopped after initially moving off from where he was pitch. It took a tractor to extricate them from the site and has left deep gouges where they repeatedly tried to get their unit to move!!

Exactly the reason we always want a hardstanding pitch. I think in the last 10 years we have only been on a grass pitch twice in the UK, one was on a CL where the owner allowed is to  park our front wheels on the car park. Different matter abroad as you rarely find hardstanding pitches and in those circumstances I try and park as close to the site roads as possible. But good suggestion to have anti slip mats which are quite cheap anyway and often if you can get the front wheels moving forward you are OK. Many of the problems I have seen with motorhomes in the wet is because many of them want to park in the furthest corner of a site, not really the best idea?

David

We have a towbar, but no plans to tow, yes to electric bikes