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15/7/2013 at 4:32pm
Location: Kennington OXFORD
Outfit: 2005 Eccles Sterling Topaz 2 berth
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Just a thought. We had for one season a Pennine Pathfinder. For some reason, most of the folding campers I have seen seem to ride with the unit a bit 'nose-up'. From an aerodynamic point of view, this does not help stability. The Pathfinder we had sat slightly nose-up on the back of the Rover. When I collected it from Southampton the seller kindly gave us EVERYTHING (as he had lost his storage and had to give it up) including all crockery, cutlery, awning, awning extension, toaster, kettle and even a small vacuum cleaner. The loading was questionable but I just left it in there as it was folded up and I couldn't be ar5ed to unpack and redistribute it all. Anyway, on the way home I was passing a tanker and at just over 55mph a terrible swaying developed and for a moment I 5hit myself. I backed off, and after a couple of miles I had another go (was on motorway at the time) and got by OK. But the problem was that I would have had to fit a drop plate to level the outfit up, but AFAIK these are not legal after a certain age of car due to later towbars not being type-approved for them. When we sold it, the new owner took it away on the back of a Ford Galaxy, driven by her dad, and it looked slightly more nose-up than it was on the Rover.
During our use of it, apart from the episode on collection, we never had any snaking issues (bear in mind that I had the loading, nose weight and tyre pressures all spot on)
I do not know of any modification that can be fitted to a trailer, camper, or caravan which can legally alter the stance of the outfit. I do know that there is an industry standard for tow bar heights, but this does not help when some cars have lowered suspension (our current Saab is an example).
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