Gas bottles

Posted on 09/02/2020 15:02 by ocsid

You have the advantage of me in knowing the locks of other vehicles, but IMO the 11.45 mtre kerb to kerb turning circle of our 4.84 metre LOA D4 seems impressive.

Are any other vehicles of similar length, that are that much more impresive in this regard to warrant your intervention on my vehicle's poor turning preformance?

Also in reverse, steering lock is not going to dominate. Here jack knifing comes critical, and with having a van with about the longest "A" frame available, it puts me at some advantage.

Nevertheless, despite any particular numbers, the fact remains if the unit length precludes driving onto a pitch, then at nearly two tonnes of van, a mover is IMO the "thinking man's" choice.

The nose in is not any reflection of using a LR, I totally fail to understand your linking those points, but the van being continental, particularly it having an off side habitation door.

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Posted on 09/02/2020 13:13 by

Based upon that non-answer I'm confident that you haven't got a clue.  Let me help you out.  The average is just 60 square metres.  That is 8m long x 7.5 m wide.   

Posted on 09/02/2020 13:18 by

I use (or more accurately carry) Camping Gaz 907 that weigh 6.4kg  full. Its an expensive way to buy gas but its the only type available everywhere and since a bottle lasts probably over a year the size and weight saving is worth it. I have recently equipped myself with the fittings to enable us to rent very cheap Spanish gas bottles  should we need to use heating on a metered site but its unlikely at the time of year we travel.

Posted on 09/02/2020 15:41 by

Makes sense David. Since I caravan in UK nearly all sites carry calor.

Posted on 09/02/2020 13:11 by JVB66

Really? how many use their cars to "top up" safefills or when going to change their calor or other make of cylinder, ,the only "madness" is if is not upright

Posted on 09/02/2020 15:09 by JVB66

And your point is about nose in ,it is your choice nothing to do with continental c/vans,    and please lighten up about LR comments,

ps do haynes manuals now come as standard when buying LR vehicles , TATA for now

Posted on 09/02/2020 15:50 by ocsid

You clearly misunderstand.

Reversing in is never my prefered CMC site choice, on every occassion it has been requested of me.

It has absolutely everything to do with being continental, why would they request it otherwise?

Thankfully, now the CMC is more relaxed and pragmatic on pitching continental vans and MHs.

 

Posted on 09/02/2020 15:49 by davetommo

Hope you have an lpg sticker on the car the same as you should have on the caravan to indicate that you are carrying lpg

Posted on 09/02/2020 15:41 by

Makes sense David. Since I caravan in UK nearly all sites carry calor.