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06/8/2006 at 7:52pm
 Location: Lcndon
 Outfit: Camplet Concorde
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We're planning on fitting a small roof box to our Camplet trailer. Anyone tried this, or know of any reasons why we shouldn't?


06/8/2006 at 9:20pm
 Location: Telford
 Outfit: TT Sunncamp 350xs
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I have seen them on a Conway, The rack was made by Conway and as long it the box is fitted correctly I think it should not be an issue, but it would be best to see what others think as well.  



06/8/2006 at 9:46pm
 Location: Manchester
 Outfit: None Entered
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hi seen it lots, but the only thing is you have to take it off to unload the trailer.

if it was us we would keep the roofbox on the car so odays out you can put big items in the roofbox, but thats us we have 3 children and have to take the trolley, changing bag etc etc so we throw it all in the roofbox and it leaves us the boot free for shopping lol

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07/8/2006 at 7:48pm
 Location: Lcndon
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I'm hoping we could get away with not taking it off - we have a Camplet - the whole thing opens out, and the roof box shouldn't be too tall to stay on there (empty, obviously!). The Camplet comes with a rack.  We thought it would cause less wind resistance than on top of the car. We're not planning on putting anything bigger than a sunlounger, badminton kit, swing ball and the odd pillow in there! Advantage over leaving them on the rack without a box is they will at least be locked up when we stop at services.



08/8/2006 at 11:02pm
 Location: Cheadle Hulme uk
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Hi
Why not look at the folding roof boxes easy to pack away Thurle do one .


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24/5/2010 at 9:15pm
 Location: Norfolk
 Outfit: concorde camp-let
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did you ever try the roof box on the trailer idea? I have had the same thought - we have a roof bag but it is a bit of a pain tying it on


24/5/2010 at 9:16pm
 Location: Norfolk
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did you ever try the roof box on the trailer idea? I have had the same thought - we have a roof bag but it is a bit of a pain tying it on


25/5/2010 at 9:12am
 Location: Costa del Wotsit Espania
 Outfit: Roadtrek 170Popular.
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Hey Maglin any chance of a picture of your roof bag, I want to make one of those.

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25/5/2010 at 9:40am
 Location: Stockport
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Had both on mine,The roof bag is better if you use the under bed storage but the roof box is easier to use. The cross bars on the camplet are a bit to close together I find so I fitted reinforcement strips lengthways inside the box.I used the ordinary u bolts to fit both with a stainless penny washer between the u bolt and the camplet lid. My box is as far forward as it can go,but it only has light weight gear in it- bedding,ground sheet and underbed storage-so the nose weight is fine. There  is usually loads of clearance for the box when the camper is open.

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25/5/2010 at 4:54pm
 Location: Bury St Edmunds
 Outfit: Conway Callenger
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We use one on the Conway and another on the car. Bedding goes in the one on the TT. We use a long narow Halfords one with 360 litres capacity and still have room for four bikes. But you're right I have to take it all off before we can unpack the trailer. Just to check I took it down to the local quarry fully loaded and weighed it on their weighbridge. I squeak it in at just 600kg which is the maximum payload and a bit of careful balancing gives me 7% noseweight.



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