Hi Keith & Michele , thank you for the tips. We’ve been vanning for 5 years and still learning, keep up the good work!

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi, Thank you so much for your kind words 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Great tips Keith and Michele, thanks for your experience and helping others .

@keithandmichele

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Ken, Many thanks for watching & for your kind words. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Great video, nice people

@keithandmichele

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching David, We’re delighted you enjoyed our video. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Real helpful tips, thanks for sharing your experience.

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, Many thanks for watching 👍🏻 Keith & Michele.

Hi thanks for the tips ,its always good to know what ever little things you find someone has already experienced them , Thanks again Ian

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ian, Thanks for watching, absolutely agree, we all experience caravanning issues & it’s lovely to share all our encounters 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Great little tips cheers, thanks Michele and Keith, 👍.

@keithandmichele

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Buster Boy, sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Some great tip Keith & Michele. Yes guilty of releasing the van without extending the draw bar. Many Thanks Phil & Juliet.👍🙂

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Phil & Juliet 😀 I bet Keith will do it again though 😆

That was fantastic. Thanks a lot for the tips. For someone starting the adventures in "caravaning" that was really helpful. Also allow me to say that you two make a lovely couple.

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jorgeferreira, Many thanks for your kind words, delighted you’re finding the tips useful 👍🏻 Thanks for watching, Keith & Michele.

Thanks for the tips Keith & Michele,wel appreciated.

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, Many thanks for watching, we’re delighted you enjoyed our video & found it helpful 👍🏻 Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

@davesmith7553

3 жыл бұрын

@@keithandmichele HI,like your videos,very helpfull with extending the draw bar as in previous post youv put up,we are in NEW ZEALAND so ill keep up with your posts,backing the caravan is confusing,lol,especially when people are watching,again thanks.

These tips are great. I hopefully am buying our first caravan this year 2021. Your videos have nudged me into buying a caravan which I have been thinking of doing for years. Thankyou.

@keithandmichele

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your kind words Mark, we’re delighted you’re finding our videos helpful, good luck with the caravan, sending our best wishes, Keith & Michele.

Caravanning since last year and found some useful tips in this vid. Thanks from the Netherlands!

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Hi ItaloMike84 from the Netherlands 😀 Lovely to have you join us, delighted you’ve found our video useful 👍🏻 Thanks for watching, Keith & Michele.

Hi Keith & Michele , just found your channel and subscribed, love your videos , it’s amazing no matter how long you have been caravanning you always pick up new tips from others . Thanks for taking the time to do these Best wishes Howard

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Howard, thanks so much for your lovely comments, greatly appreciated 👍🏻 Welcome to our channel 😀 You’re absolutely right, we ourselves are picking up tips, learning along the way & being asked for advice on various matters. We’re more than happy to help. Thanks for watching, Keith & Michele

Hi guys, just bought my first caravan and haven’t got a clue! Thanks for the tips and can I say you just seem like such nice people. All the best 😀

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Christian, Thanks for your lovely words 😀 Wishing you many happy adventures in your new caravan & if we can help in any way, please feel free to contact us info@carefreecaravanning.co.uk Thanks for watching 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Great tips, especially for newbies (like us!) and particularly the unhitching and mirror ones, thank you! Live 'n learn, always good advice, but there will always another way and some will have different preferences for surmounting the same problem - human nature... 👍🏻

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi P & J, Thanks for your comments, you can’t please all of the people all of the time 😆 Keith & Michele

Really useful video, many thanks, some great tips.

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Carol Burnes Thanks Carol ❤️

Lovely tips for a new caravans thank you.

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Allan, we’re delighted you enjoyed our video. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Great video Keith & Michele, excellent tip with the elastic bands. We could've used that tip last weekend with storm Freya

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carla, sometimes the most simple things work the best 😀

We are new to caravanning and about to set up for the first time. Top tips thanks very much.

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Hi DG Bene, Welcome to the caravanning community 🎉 We’re delighted you found our tips helpful, wishing you many happy travels & adventures in your new caravan 😀 Keith & Michele.

Great advice for newbies. Thank you.

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Adrian, we’re delighted you enjoyed our video & found it helpful. Sending best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Thank you guys. Great advice.

@keithandmichele

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Chris, sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Excellent thank you,Stay happy.

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Ben, delighted you enjoyed it 👍🏻 Keith & Michele.

Massively helpful for a first timer like me. Thank you. Keep them coming 😀

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your kind words Philip, delighted you’re enjoying our videos & finding them helpful. Sending our best wishes, Keith & Michele.

Really useful and done in a really thoughtful manner...top job!

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words Nicholas 👍🏻 Thanks for watching, Keith & Michele

Thank u..great tips. The wood under the steps one is one i will use from now on.

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ray, Thanks for your kind words, glad you found them helpful 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Good stuff, nice useful advice, keep em coming

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew, new one out on Friday 👍🏻

We are new to owning a caravan,after having years of motorhoming,yet i still find im still learning.Thanks for your tips.

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, Many thanks for watching & for your comments. Wishing you many happy adventures in your new caravan 😀 Keith & Michele

@sgbirch

3 жыл бұрын

With experience of both, which would you recommend for a newbie?

These are great tips. I am returning to caravan life after a gap of 17 years, so need to remember how things are done, and some have changed too. I have watched a few of your videos and they are all simply brilliant, perhaps the BBC will be after you for presenters soon. 😀

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew, Thank you so much for your kind words, we’re delighted you’re finding our videos useful. Welcome back to the caravanning community 😀 If we can help at all please feel free to email us. info@carefreecaravanning.co.uk Thanks for watching, Keith & Michele.

excellent video, you two have a great easy going style,...and very informative!!

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Lesley, thank you so much for taking the time to watch our video & commenting ❤️ Glad you like our style 😀 x

Hi Keith and Michele very useful tips it's good to pass tips on to other car avers it helps a lot It looks like u were bless with good weather look forward to your review of the site tour thanks for sharing .kev

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Kev Andrews Hi Kev, thanks for watching. Weather was incredible 😎 Site review next week 😀

Great tips there. Especially like the one for pulling car forward a couple of inches

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comments & for watching 👍🏻 We still forget 😆 Keith & Michele

Great video you two! Loved your tips and could relate to most. Looks like you had a lovely weekend away with amazing weather. Our first trip out was last weekend and we were bombarded by Storm Freya....enough said!! Keep up the good work :)

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Guys 😀 We were incredibly lucky with the weather 😎 The site was excellent, review on that next week. Hope your trip went well despite the weather 😕 x

Great tips and best of luck to both of you

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Robert, delighted you enjoyed our video 👍🏻 Keith & Michele.

Hey guys, some really useful tips there, and some things that I still suffer with every time, like the tow hitch into the bumper and the flapping water inlet cover! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching guys, simple tips but useful 😀

Just found your channel. Excellent tips, used to use cable ties to stop the flap blowing up and down, not any more. Just found 2 elastic bands dropped by the postman !!

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Richard, Sounds like we have the same postman 😆 Thanks for watching 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Great tips guys, we want more 😊

Wish I had seen your fridge tip before I went off grid for the first time in my swift challenger! I bought it second hand and I don’t think it had ever been used on gas.I’ve now subscribed

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Colin, Welcome to our channel, we’re delighted you found our video helpful. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

I turn the mirror auto fold off to save the towing mirrors doing any paint damage to the door if you lock the car with them on. May sound stupid, but I've placed a label on the mirror glass to remind me to switch this off (getting to an age where I forget things!!!!).

@keithandmichele

Жыл бұрын

Excellent tip Chris, very useful to know 👍🏻 Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Loved the tips thanks. We learnt the water flap tip many years ago but then found driving a motorhome on the motorway with the unsecured flap constantly hitting the side of the van is also incredibly annoying. Especially when it wasn't me who forgot to secure it! Going back to a caravan now and had forgotten the extending hitch issue; thanks for saving my bumper. 😁

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Nanookmoose, We’re delighted you found our video helpful, wishing you happy travels in your new caravan 🎉 Sending our best wishes, Keith & Michele.

thank you for the tips, i will be using all of those! weve been vaning now for 2 years and absolutely love it, i have just subscribed and i look forward to watching more of your videos :)

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, Glad you’ve found the tips useful 👍🏻 Thanks for subscribing & watching 😀 Keith & Michele

Fantastico! more please! xxx

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Kev 🤗 We’re delighted you enjoyed our video. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Very helpful, just about to start caravanning so these as fantastic, thank you :)

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Alan, Many thanks for your lovely words, wishing you many happy adventures in your caravan 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Just found your channel and subscribed. I've been caravaning for a few years and thought I knew quite a bit but I leaned a few new things. Thanks great content and good presentation

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Barry, Many thanks for your kind words, never too old to learn 😀 Thanks for watching 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Excellent tips ….thank you

@keithandmichele

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Seyed Clour, we’re delighted you enjoyed our video. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Great tips as I'm just starting caravaning

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Joan, delighted you enjoyed our video 👍🏻 Best wishes, Keith & Michele.

Fantastic tips 😉👍🏁

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris, glad you enjoyed the video 👍🏻 Thanks for watching, Keith & Michele.

Love your videos 😊

Great guys 👍🏻 thanks for those. I noticed you attach the mirrors to the top side of the car mirrors. If you find they vibrate making viewing wobbly, try attaching to the underside which has less leverage.

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Great tip Alasdair, thanks for sharing 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Thanks for the great tips

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Barney, sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

A few good tips which we will use,thank you

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your comments Irene, hope you find them useful. Keith & Michele

Great stuff guys.

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Gerrard 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Great tips, thanks you so much 👍

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching AP, we’re delighted you enjoyed our video. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

really good tips, especially the tow ball one, watched a few of your vids really enjoyed them, newbie here lol

@keithandmichele

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ste, Welcome to the community & many thanks for watching, we’re delighted you’re enjoying our videos & finding them helpful 🤗 Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Very informative thanks for sharing

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Davie, Thanks very much for watching & your comments 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Great tips I can relate to the rattling water inlet cover used to drive us made. Looks like we have the same caravan bought from the same dealer, who are very local to us. Best wishes Jon and Karen

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jon & Karen, great choice in caravan 😀 she’s a beauty isn’t she 👍🏻

Some really helpful tips. I use the same water carriers in my 1960’s caravans ;)

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alice, convenient & space saving 😀 Good luck with the new caravan, hope your leg is healing! ❤️ Michele & Keith

@SeasideVanlife

5 жыл бұрын

Leg getting there thank you@@keithandmichele

Just purchased my first caravan, I don't know my aqua roll from my alko, so thanks, helpful video!

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Delighted you’re finding our videos helpful Nathan. Congratulations on your new caravan, wishing you many happy travels & adventures. Best wishes, Keith & Michele.

Just new to Caravanning, thanks found your video really helpful . That’s me subscribed 👍🏻

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, welcome to our channel 😀 Keith & Michele

Great video! Tip 1 always get me with my Brian James trailer 🙈😂

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Yep even after recording this I still forgot!! Think I’m just so happy to have reversed in 👍 thanks for watching Keith

Good Tips. Thank You

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian, Hope you found them helpful. Thanks for watching, Keith & Michele

Hi guys. Great tips. We're getting back into caravanning after a long break from it due to hectic work schedules. We're both now retired. I've given you a thumbs-up and I've subscribed to catch up on your other vids. I've watched a lot of people on this type of thing and had to leave before the end. Well done to you both on your presentation skills.

@keithandmichele

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, Many thanks for watching & thank you for your kind words. Welcome back to caravanning, wishing you many happy travels & adventures, Keith & Michele.

I'm new to caravanning, great tips.

@keithandmichele

6 ай бұрын

Hi markallisonparamotor Many thanks for watching, we’re delighted you’ve enjoyed our videos & found them helpful. New vlogs coming soon. Wishing you a very Happy New Year, Keith & Michele x

I've no idea how I'm going to remember all of these tips over KZread in the near future when I take my debut voyage of caravanning in New Zealand. My head is spinning ! I have driven a 40 foot designer transporter with 2 lwb fridge vans onboard across the country for Polar Motors in York UK in the 90s before I left the Homelands but that was a rigid chassis and didn't seem so daunting as 21 feet of a wobbly caravan behind an Isuzu SUV ! Goodness ! I guess I should sub so I can post at the time of emergency advice LOL Winter Greetings to you both from Middle Earth 🙃

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Steph, You’ll be absolutely fine, a few trips & it will all fall into place 👍🏻 If you need us, please email carefreecaravanning.co.uk We’ll be happy to help. Sending our best wishes, Keith & Michele.

Great Tips Keith Thankyou Mick Atkins (Taunton)

@keithandmichele

2 жыл бұрын

Delighted you found our video useful Michael. Sending our best wishes, Keith & Michele

Good tips… Thanks 👍

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Melstaxi 👍🏻 Keith & Michele.

Great tips!

@keithandmichele

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Matt. We’re delighted you enjoyed our video. Sending our best wishes, Keith & Michele

Very useful tips. Keep them coming guys 😎🍷

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Roger, Thanks for your comments & for watching 😀 Keith & Michele

Brilliant, thankyou soo much

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Alistair, delighted you enjoyed our video. Best wishes, Keith & Michele.

Brilliant - thanks

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching James, delighted you’re enjoying our videos 👍🏻 Keith & Michele.

hi, I bought caravan for me and my friend to go fishing, I got it for 140 pound. I fitted towbar onto my car myself and took caravan onto a site last weekend. none of us had a clue what we were doing, we got caravan stuck because we had span it round on the spot twice because our cable wasnt long enough. we had numerous other problems but in the end it was a great weekend. we got help from another couple of people who seen the mess we were getting into, they said it was hilarious lol. jst wanted to share that

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you had a fabulous weekend Rob 😆 Delighted you enjoyed the caravan experience 👍🏻 Thanks for sharing, Keith & Michele.

Thanks. Great tips👍 especially the tilting mirrors! I didn’t realise I could turn them off! Fabulous!!

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching & your comments. Keith & Michele 👍

Great tips 🤙 regarding the step goin in to caravan buy 4 new jack pads and attach those to the bottom of the step saves carrying the piece of wood and stops steps sinking

@keithandmichele

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea Kevin, thanks for sharing. Sending our best wishes, Keith & Michele.

Hi Keith & Michelle, just found your channel. Love these top tips, always really useful. Will be getting a few of those water carriers, what a great idea. Subscribed 👍 Thanks Helen & Dave

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching & subscribing Helen & Dave, we aim to put new videos up weekly with more tips & our caravanning experiences 😀 Michele & Keith x

Some very useful tips. I love simple solutions to a problem. Regarding caravan steps we had the same problem of the step sinking.so we got a new step the type with tube all round the bottom of the step this makes more surface area with the ground and works perfectly.might save you carrying that piece of wood

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Paul, haven’t seen this style of step, thanks for the tip 👍🏻

@paulpringle8263

5 жыл бұрын

Have a look on eBay.milenco make them £18.00 .same one we use

Would be great here in the US to have the hand break installed on our camper. I've used the "emergency" break away twice to help. Lol!!

Novice here, thanks for the tips..the aqua rolls were a great idea!..thank you!

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Dean, thanks for watching 👍🏻 If you have any questions about any caravan topics that you’re worried about, please let us know & we’ll do our best to help 😀 Keith & Michele info@carefreecaravanning.co.uk

@bobshunt9

5 жыл бұрын

Have I got this wrong, isn't the aqua roll designed so you don't have to carry water

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Jan & Bob, No, not wrong 😀 The top ups are literally for topping it up. For example, if you’ve had a shower at night you can easily top up the aqua roll instead of having to disengage it from the caravan & roll to the nearest tap. Handy if it’s dark, wet & windy! A lot of people do this with a watering can stored beside the aqua roll, we do it with the collapsible water carrier as a space saving measure. Hope this clarifies the topic for you. Thanks for watching, Keith & Michele

Very good tips thank you

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Karen, sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Thank you for the tip :)

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Steinar, Many thanks for watching 👍🏻 Keith & Michele.

I'm 16 and this really helped me and my dad very much thanks

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, Happy to be of help 😀 Keep watching & if there’s anything you’re both unsure about let us know 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Great tips especially about the tow bar thank you I just bought UK caravan as not many videos are here in down- under about them.

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Alena & huge congratulations on your new caravan. Sending our best wishes to you, happy travels, Keith & Michele.

@alenatichy1062

3 жыл бұрын

@@keithandmichele thank you this weekend is my first trip

A small suggestion on Aquarolls (and similar containers)....they're heavy when full and I've never understood why folks struggle to stand them upright on return from the water tap (if you have a weak back it's an action risking hurt or worse)....Most of the modern containers have a separate access cap in the side, so simply roll the barrel into position with the side cap at the top and drop the pump/pickup pipe in.... it's one more lift avoided. Energy thus saved can be used to pour more beer/wine.... :-)

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Great advice Steve 👍🏻 Many thanks for sharing. Sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Hi New subscriber I like your tips especially the water carriers I will be putting them on my shopping list also the wood under the step excellent 👍

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Liz, Welcome to our channel 😀 We love the water carriers as we can just top up the aqua roll as & when we need to, just to keep it topped up 👍🏻 Thanks very much for watching, Keith & Michele

Great vid Keith & Michele, some great tips. We put a door matt under our step to protect the awning carpet. Keep up the good work. Martin 👍

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

The Caravan Nut Thanks Martin, we put a door mat outside the awning entrance as well as the board 😆

thank you for that tip on the on the spring chasiss on the caravan i try to tell my wife i put my handbrake on but the van moved forward marked my bumper so thank you

@georgeknowles5327

4 жыл бұрын

I wish I had a quid for every mark on my rear bumper. But I wouldn't want to implicate my wife. It just ain't worth it. PS. Of course, it's called "bumper" for a reason. So no problem.

@joaquimsesifredo6863

4 жыл бұрын

@@georgeknowles5327 8Ģ Ì

Great tips thank you, just a thought, if you clip the mirrors onto the bottom of the car mirrors instead of the top it won’t knock them off when selecting reverse. You may need to change the sides of the extended mirrors.

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, Thanks for the tip 👍🏻 Great idea. Best wishes, Keith & Michele.

Nice video thanks On the Aqua roll well it a role why carry weight when you can easily role 40lts Again as you say what ever works for others I just thought you have turned an easy job to a harder job James

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi James, We don’t fill a 40 litre aqua roll with containers 😂 They’re merely a top up if you run out at an inconvenient time 😀 Thanks for watching, Keith & Michele

The first really useful similar video.

@keithandmichele

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching Kacsur, sending our best wishes to you, Keith & Michele.

Some great tips. Instead of carrying a piece of wood around for the steps I bought some furniture castor cups off good old amazon. They are about 2 inches in diameter so should fit most steps.

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Jonathan, thanks for that tip & thanks for watching 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

Thanks for the tips, a couple there i will be using, thanks again. ... ps. ive subscribed to your channel .

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Keith, Welcome to our channel 😀 Delighted you found the video useful 👍🏻 Thanks for watching, Keith & Michele.

Some useful tips guys, as a footnote I've just attended a C & M H manoeuvring course, they recommended when you reverse your van onto a pitch, always make your last move a forward one, this then takes the tension off the hitch and aligns the brakes, only a small movement is needed, I hope this helps.

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Graham, hope you enjoyed the course and now feel competent in towing. 👍Keith & Michele

@grahamsellers9295

5 жыл бұрын

We’re both enjoying your videos, we’ve just returned to caravaning after many years away. I would recommend to course to anyone, I was fine with towing, my reversing wasn’t brilliant, the course gives lots of practical and useful tips. Keep up the good work

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Graham, good recommendation, hope you enjoy your return to caravanning & have lots of adventures!

Add to the mirror tilt, switch off the auto fold, if like mine your mirrors fold right in the towing mirrors his the window glass. So when I fit the towing mirrors I switch off the auto fold. On my Mercedes it's done by the menu buttons on the steering wheel.

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent advice Paul, many thanks for sharing 👍🏻 Best wishes, stay safe, Keith & Michele.

My answer to the steps sinking into the ground (no carpet involved) is to use 40mm diameter plastic tubing such as is used for internal or external domestic plumbing. Cut sections out of them to insert the legs of the steps into. This spreads the load preventing any sinking into grass or fine hardstanding. Very lightweight and easily dropped into small spaces in the boot of the car for transporting.

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your tip John 👍🏻 and thanks for watching, Keith & Michele.

Alternative for Tip1: If you have a motor mover - engage it and carefully move the caravan backwards away from car until hitch has extended. 5 great tips - happy caravaning!

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, Great tip 👍🏻 Thanks for sharing, Keith & Michele

Just ordered my first ever caravan for jan/feb delivery. Any site recommendations would be appreciated, in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset,New forest etc. Don't know how many sites have fully serviced pitches these days but that's what we would prefer. Thanks and great channel

Hi Keith and Michele, putting strip of masking tape on your car mirror prior to fitting towing mirrors will stop the rubber feet marking your painted mirror cases. Remove the tape after arriving on site. 👍

@keithandmichele

4 жыл бұрын

Another great tip from you Colin 👍🏻 Many thanks for sharing, Keith & Michele.

The de rigueur caravan tip which you missed was after you have hitched up use the the jockey wheel to lift the car marginally to show that the hitch up is complete and safe.

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, Thanks for that, we have in fact covered this in another video titled “Caravan Advice & Tips For Beginners” Thanks for watching 👍🏻 Keith & Michele.

Re: the water containers, my top tip is get yourself a second aquaroll, fill both to start with, when one is empty or low, simply swap the pump head over to the full one, then take the empty one to refill at your leisure. I've been doing this for years now as do many seasoned caravanners and never have to worry about running out, or hand carrying 10 litres of water.

@keithandmichele

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Des, Great tip, thanks for sharing 👍🏻 Keith & Michele

@kevinm1455

5 жыл бұрын

Agree. We always use 2 aqua rolls.

Tip 1. for the truma water inlet. On the inlet pistol, smear olive oil or vegetable oil on the two o-rings. This will stop the cracking around the bottom of the plastic inlet plate nossle fixed to the caravan shell, that usually happens over a period of time because the pistol slides in and particularly out much easier. This will save you buying a new inlet plate nossle which costs an unbelievable £38 or more. Tip 2. Always travel with the Truma water heater gas outlet shroud removed. They have a habit of falling off in transit costing you £22 or more a go. Tip 3. Never buy one of those £9.99 nose weight gauges, get a better make that is usually calibrated like a Milenco one. Better still pay nothing and use your personal scales and two small wooden boards, beneath and above the scales to spread the load and steady the scales alongside a stout shaft of wood placed vertically between the alco cup and the wood placed on top of the scales and lower the jockey wheel to find the nose weight. Tip 4. In my experience using a ramp in conjunction with a motor mover is a nightmare, whilst side to side levelling the caravan. I have found that an adapted Milenco mechanical leveller is the quickest, quietest, most mechanically robust and cheapest option for side to side levelling on a single axle caravan. It does have a problem though. It comes supplied with a cheap ratchet, which takes a lot of effort to use in practice. Instead i have bought a drill drive to square drive ( set of 3 sizes for £3.50 from screwfix, which you only need one) and a 15 mm socket i already had, to operate the Milenco leveller with a portable drill. When levelling always ensure the caravan handbrake is on of course with a chock placed either side of the wheel that is not being lifted, to level the caravan. Tip 5. Use a drill drive to operate the steadies. Much quicker and far less effort but be careful not to damage the floor of the caravan by lowering the steadies beyond just steadying the caravan. A drill drive can apply a lot of force very quickly, if you are not careful using the drill, with the steadies in the fully up or down positions.

"if you are brave enough to reverse on to pitch" ! electric movers are creating a whole group of caravaners who have lost the art of reversing, wonderful when you come face to face with them on a country lane, the look of sheer panic on their faces is a joy when they realise someone will have to go back :-)

... so einfach und wirklich nützlich

@keithandmichele

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Andreas, delighted you enjoyed our video. Best wishes, Keith & Michele.

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