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 Topic: Packing away a Cmplet Royal
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04/9/2019 at 10:46am
Location: Cambridge
Outfit: Trailer tent
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This is my third query, being a Camp-let newbie, so please excuse this. Anyway the latest is packing it away.
After we our towed our Camp-let Royal home, our first job was to practice setting it up and packing it down; on the first there are some very useful YouTube video's. So getting it set up is relatively easy - though never as easy as the video's look!
Our problem is in packing it away, simply put we can't get it all packed in so as to close the lid; or, if we do it appears to be putting too much strain on the front catch. This is a mystery to us, as when we bought it, it came with a lot of extra gear already inside the shell: a sizeable side awning, tent carpet, footprint groundsheet, all the poles, wheel chocks, and a full set of mattresses'. We have gone so far as to take most of these out, leaving only the bedding in one compartment; my wife has this made up for sleeping, but again we've even taken out the pillows and some small cushions, to see it helps, but unfortunately this doesn't make any difference.
Logically, this doesn't make sense, a Tardis in reverse!? And we know it came with all this gear inside. We would be so very grateful if another kind Camp-let owner could give us some advice on how to solve our problem. We are going away for the first trial run next week so we hope to have it sorted by then.
Thanks for reading this.
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06/9/2019 at 11:25am
Location: south cheshire
Outfit: VW Caddy Maxi
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I don't know whether this will help or not, as I have a pop top caravan. I had real difficulty closing and fastening the catches on my roof once, and it turned out that it was the van not being level enough. It's a simple thing but made all the difference that it was level.
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