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hi we have found that there is very little space left over when you  have packed all your kit into a tt there are roofrack type frames that will give some extra carrying capacity but you have to be careful not to go over the max weight of the tt,we are curruntly looking at cahanging the car for an  estate but the pennies will have suffice for now

all the best andy

We used to fit table and 6 chairs, parasol and as Jan says leave the bedding in the beds. That is on top of the obvious, awning, curtains, inner lining etc.

Sad I know but hubby used to keep a packing plan to remind him how to pack it all in, lol!

All my gear goes inside my Dandy. This is bedding, chairs, awning, inner tent, groundsheet etc. etc.

The only things I have in the car are food and clothes. Oh and dog when I am taking him.

We had a Conway Challenger and we used to leave the bedding on the beds and put the awning on top underneath the cover.  Even then, by the time we had water containers, ground sheet, table, chairs etc. in the space in the middle, there was no room for anything else.  Clothes, food etc. all went in the boot or on the floor in the back of the car (dog takes up whole back seat and doesn't do sharing).

Nora

We find that with Conway & Cabanon trailer tents there is lots of space in the footwell and if you then fit a nose box no the frame there is even more.

Steve

I had - untill last month - a conway TT. There is considerable capacity for 'stuff' in the trailer. The weight limit of the trailer enabled 100Kg of additional items.  In our we managed to take:

3 folding tables, 4 folding chairs, cooking equipment, Cadaq BBQ, 2 gas bottles, crockery, cutlery, beding for 4, clothing for 4 (one week), childs scooter, linnen for 4, beach stuff, .... basically everything except coats and picnic for the trip down. We had a front box, which swallowed up the dirty things like the BBQ.

I packed items on the floor of the trailer, in the side lockers and the front box. I used plastic crates on top of the canvas and under the top cover, as these were easy to move out of the way to erect the TT - and they where waterproof if it rained when we arrived.

Anthony

Folding campers generally have much more storage space in transit than tts as the cupboards can all be left filled when packed down - we have a Pullman and like others we get all the holiday kit in the FC only need to put canoe stuff in the boot of the car. I think both Pullman and Conway folders can be fitted with load bars which can be used to fit bike racks.

NB you might not even need the roofbox with a FC

Quote: Originally posted by Waldovia PM on 11/10/2004

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As you can see by the gallery picture, we have to carry cycles on the trailer. No doubt when we have worked out which make/model of TT has luggage room together with the ability to fix a cycle rack onto it, it will be a very short list.

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We tow a Conway TT (Corniche) and have a towball mounted rack for three bikes. (Plus three more on the roof rack, but I see you have a top box.) We`ve never found this a problem, but I don`t know if it would work with a heavier folding camper. Might increase your options?

Incidentally we (family of four) can get most of the heavy kit like two tables, chairs, food, wine, barbecue, awning, poles, gas, water containers etc into the TT, with a lot of flatter things like duvets under the TT cover. I can`t fold mine with bedding on the beds...hinges are too tight. We don`t have a top box because of the bikes, so the rest...fridge, clothes, general equipment plus bike seat for baby....goes in our estate car. Don`t forget you don`t have to carry cooking equipment in the car because you have (perhaps) a built in kitchen with storage on most TTs. I have space to spare with a TT.

Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 11/10/2004

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We tow a Conway TT (Corniche) and have a towball mounted rack for three bikes. (Plus three more on the roof rack, but I see you have a top box.)

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Well when you`re towing a TT you won`t be going above 60mph anyway, surely?

We do the trip Edinburgh-Portsmouth-France and back for our main holiday which adds up to a lot of miles too, but given that we like our bikes we just accept the lower speeds and the higher fuel consumption. Can`t have everything! You`re right about not getting into the hatch...total PIB. We just pack accordingly so that we can reach necessities over the back seat.

Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 11/10/2004

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Well when you`re towing a TT you won`t be going above 60mph anyway, surely?

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