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Good luck and have a lot of fun with it. We do and I am also itching to get away again in Sept. for another 6 weeks then we close down for winter. But others keep going as you can get heaters for it and we always take our fan heater away just in case. As we start early May for 9 weeks it can be cold if you cannot jump up & down for warmth and the other end of the year autumn can also be chilly. I can see our unit outside our window and I want to get going not here, elsewhere.

Love the freedom and the life in general. I can also get to the cooking part as I cannot at home the kitchen is a galley one so no good for the likes of me. The straight forward cleaning I can do also. So Bob has a rest when we go away.

Have fun

I noticed that the bed legs on trailer tents do tend to be a bit on the skinney side coupled with the fact that they can be folded out to more then 90 degrees to the bed base. This puts a bending moment on the leg tube....not good (don't ask me how I know). I always ensure that the leg is at 90 degrees to the bed base so all the weight is straight down through the leg. Then.....I have made up some leg feet consisting of 12mm x 120mm ply bases with motorcycle side stand pads screwed to them (most bike shops sell them) these pads have a lip moulded into them and will stop any slipage of the bed leg. I have also drilled two tent peg holes through them as well to anchor the foot to the ground. Now the legs are very secure and feel alot more safe. Because the bed leg needs to fold flat to the bed base the plastic foot is therefore a very small diameter and useless on soft ground you must use wooden pads under them and stop them slipping off the wood as well. I am very surprised that the manufactures don't supply pads as standard. Hope this helps and my apologies if it is a bit technical but I is an engineer not an English teacher.

regards

R

Quote: Originally posted by ferrodo on 16/8/2011

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I noticed that the bed legs on trailer tents do tend to be a bit on the skinney side coupled with the fact that they can be folded out to more then 90 degrees to the bed base. This puts a bending moment on the leg tube....not good (don't ask me how I know). I always ensure that the leg is at 90 degrees to the bed base so all the weight is straight down through the leg. Then.....I have made up some leg feet consisting of 12mm x 120mm ply bases with motorcycle side stand pads screwed to them (most bike shops sell them) these pads have a lip moulded into them and will stop any slipage of the bed leg. I have also drilled two tent peg holes through them as well to anchor the foot to the ground. Now the legs are very secure and feel alot more safe. Because the bed leg needs to fold flat to the bed base the plastic foot is therefore a very small diameter and useless on soft ground you must use wooden pads under them and stop them slipping off the wood as well. I am very surprised that the manufactures don't supply pads as standard. Hope this helps and my apologies if it is a bit technical but I is an engineer not an English teacher.

regards

R

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Quote: Originally posted by clairehope on 16/8/2011

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I are not at all technical, but I am an English teacher and it made perfect sense to me

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GTmoto Side Stand Plate Motorcycle Accessory

Google this on the Halfords web site and it should bring up the pad I described. Get hubby to screw it to a 12mm x 120mm x 120mm piece of EXTERIOR grade ply and there you go. Peg holes are optional but there is nowt wrong with belt an' braces Grommit.

regards

R

Quote: Originally posted by ferrodo on 17/8/2011

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GTmoto Side Stand Plate Motorcycle Accessory

Google this on the Halfords web site and it should bring up the pad I described. Get hubby to screw it to a 12mm x 120mm x 120mm piece of EXTERIOR grade ply and there you go. Peg holes are optional but there is nowt wrong with belt an' braces Grommit.

regards

R

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