What you need to know is that your car is 1572 and which I assume is the kerb weight. So your caravan needs to be no more than 1336 when loaded. You say that you load up to 1380 so you are towing at 87%. You will be aware that the recommendation is an 85% ratio and which 1336 is. Perhaps being at 87% may explain the towing problem....perhaps not as its only 2% above. Once you get the weights right with the van then think about what you are doing. You are going on holiday. You are taking it easy, relaxing. So, the way you are loading, you get on site and the first thing you do is to take everything out of the van because that is outside stuff -awning- waste hog etc. Then you have to move everything from the car to the van because all the inside stuff is outside in the car. Once you have moved the outside stuff from inside to outside and the inside stuff from outside to inside then the Lady can get on with putting everything that should be inside in the inside cupboards. Once you have all the outside stuff from the inside you can then get on with putting up the outside stuff outside. Wouldn't it be easier to carry the inside stuff inside (wife has an easier job sorting out the inside once on site) and you can take stuff out of the car a bit at a time as you set up the outside. Because the little lady has an easier job sorting out the inside she has time to pour you a beer whilst you set up the outside It's a holiday after all....make it easier for when you get there. Load the outside stuff in the car Phil
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If you're not on a fell your wasting your feet and for 2014 it's.......Feb Castleton Mar North Yors Moors; Apr Sutton on Sea; May Thirsk; Jun Clapham/Riverside (Lakes); July Wharfedale; August Crakehall; Sept Knaresborough; Oct Wirral Park/Clitheroe
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Topic: Towing tips please...ie Weights
