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06/6/2014 at 11:58am
Location: south cheshire
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Quote: Originally posted by HEJC72 on 05/6/2014Never towed on a dual carriage way either!
I am sure I will be fine - I remember feeling like this before I towed solo and I now do that all the time.
I think it is just a case of get on and do it!
Then try it on a dual carriageway first, then you will get a feel as to how your unit will behave. Nice thing about DC's is that usually there are plenty of opportunities to exit if you don't like it.
I'm sure you will be fine. I bet you have towed in windy conditions - what was the towing like then?
My diddy caravan seems to be very stable, no matter what the weather throws at me, and I don't notice the lorries until they have gone past me on a motorway! Sometimes there's the odd tiny wobble, but nothing to worry about.
The first time I towed anything it was the caravan I have now. I was terrified of it to start with, but once I realised how stable it was, I was off. I've always had a problem with motorways, especially going South (long story) but I managed to tow my caravan along a stretch from one junction to the next on my very first try. It's so much easier on the motorways, you don't hold anyone up, and it's quicker from A to B.
Just have a go, and see.
I used to have a demountable romahome, which was so unstable and so slow I couldn't use motorways or duel carriageways! I went all the way to the outer hebrides in it using A roads. Took me four days though!
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However..this does mean that you will spend a large part of your journey stuck behind the truckers who are stuck in the inside lane and probably travelling at 30 mph due to being stuck behind some idiot car driver who thinks speed cameras jump out in front of you!!! So-you will be driving nice and steady through the worst part and then onto a lovely wide motorway.The trucks will be trying to keep at 56 mph and their speedos are very accurate.My advice is run a few mph slower so they can pass easily-or a bit faster than them so you can keep out of harms way.I drive a truck on this route daily and have never blown a caravan over yet
