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Quote: Originally posted by Fortyfoot on 04/11/2017

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This is what I am expecting to put on my car when I decide on my van.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Towball-Tow-Ball-Kit-for-ALKO-AKS-Stabiliser-Hitches-with-Cover-Long-Reach/130474083004?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

Fortyfoot

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Quote: Originally posted by CyberCynth on 04/11/2017

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Thanks for your comments folks. Perhaps I ought to explain why I feel I need a stabiliser. Although, before buying the Whirlwind I went onto two different outfit matching websites which both came up with a 'Good combination' verdict for my proposed unit, the first time I towed the Elddis it snaked quite a lot. Not to any alarming degree but frequently enough for it to become a bit tiresome! On my way back home from that first outing I packed the caravan much more carefully, ensuring anything remotely weighty was packed around the wheel arches and along the line of the axle. No awning carried, by the way. Not so much snaking on the homeward journey until the speed rose above 55mph. I'm wondering whether the noseweight of the caravan is too much for the car so now have just one gas bottle in the front locker, the EHU cable and the spare tyre. Never had any snaking with my previous caravan: a Gobur Carousel folding caravan.
Thanks again for your thoughts.

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Quote: Originally posted by Paul_B on 05/11/2017

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Quote: Originally posted by CyberCynth on 04/11/2017

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Thanks for your comments folks. Perhaps I ought to explain why I feel I need a stabiliser. Although, before buying the Whirlwind I went onto two different outfit matching websites which both came up with a 'Good combination' verdict for my proposed unit, the first time I towed the Elddis it snaked quite a lot. Not to any alarming degree but frequently enough for it to become a bit tiresome! On my way back home from that first outing I packed the caravan much more carefully, ensuring anything remotely weighty was packed around the wheel arches and along the line of the axle. No awning carried, by the way. Not so much snaking on the homeward journey until the speed rose above 55mph. I'm wondering whether the noseweight of the caravan is too much for the car so now have just one gas bottle in the front locker, the EHU cable and the spare tyre. Never had any snaking with my previous caravan: a Gobur Carousel folding caravan.
Thanks again for your thoughts.

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A stabiliser could help but they made them to help control a snake not to stop one, first I'd try packing the caravan differently, caravans with end kitchens aren't the best thing to tow at anytime. We always took the pots and pans and anything heavy from the kitchen and kept them in boxes over the axel when towing.

Get your nose weight up to the highest that the towbar or caravan allows but not above the lowest of the two.
Make sure you take it steady on downhill parts of the road where a snake is most likely to happen and would be at its worst.

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