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Quote: Originally posted by pearldrummer on 31/10/2005

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Hello Magpieman,

You are sooooo lucky, we love Romahomes but as I've said in the past we need a towbar and the general consenus seems to be that it can't be done on a Romahome because of the 'overhang.'

I'm sure you once said that you knew of Romahomes with towbars but I've asked various secondhand motorhome dealers selling Romahomes and even companies who fit towbars if it can be done and they all say it can't. We would buy one tomorrow if only it would take a towbar.

Enjoy yours!!

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Hi Pearldrummer

Our new Romahome which is a Dimension does have a tow bar and it is an official Citroen towbar, but as I say that is a Dimension.

However, I feel sure I have seen other Romahomes with towbars, next time I see one I will ask them where they got it fitted.

Graham

  Thanks Magpieman for taking the trouble to look into this for me. The link you gave mentioned Watling towbars and after doing a search on 'google' I've found that they do a towbar for Romahomes for £167. I've printed this info off and am gonna keep hold of it for future reference for when we finally find a Romahome we can afford! 

Thankyou very much Joan for remembering I was asking about Romahome towbars!

It's interesting what you say, we would only be towing a small trailer but I hadn't realised the floor could be ripped out in a bump ......... oh dear it looks more and more like a Romahome won't do for us, much as we love them.

We've been having a look at Transit sized campers but haven't yet found anything that we like and can also afford!

Ah well, will keep searching and if it starts getting to Spring and we still haven't got anything then we'll panic ........... or drag the tent out of the attic!

Thanks again

The reason we will need to tow a trailer is because we have a small sailing dinghy which used to go on the car roof when we towed the caravan but we're not going to be able to take it away with us anymore unless it goes on the camper roof or on a trailer. As well as the sailing dinghy we have a big inflatable with engine, a canoe and a giant inner tube from a tractor (we love being on water!) plus a bike each! 

If we go away for above a weekend we like all our toys to come with us and when towing the caravan it was easy cos if it didn't fit on top of or in the estate car it got chucked inside the caravan. We've had a caravan for the last 20 years while our 2 children were growing up but we always promised ourselves that when it got to the stage were they weren't coming with us anymore we would change to a motorhome .......... that time has now come.

Your 6 weeks touring Scotland is exactly what we want to do, the kids would have hated travelling round all the time but now we can do all the journeys we've thought of over the years, we just need to find something to do it in!!

I don't blame you for loving your Romahome, we'd set our heart on one, but it's no use getting one if we won't be able to take the things we enjoy with us anymore, towing a trailer would solve everything.   

So if you come up with an ingenious idea to solve our probs, pleeeeese tell us!!