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Must be somebody out there to offer advice, although I know the final decision must be mine!

My wife and I have a nice 2003 Coachman VIP 520/4 van which I pull with a Kia Sorento.  No probs with it at all  BUT  as I've got older I find WE need a little more space and I'm fed up up with making and unmaking the bed so I think the time has come for a fixed bed unit.

I like the idea of a Bailey Unicorn, but would have to choose betwee a single axle Valencia, or a twin axle Barcelona. Space wise the Barcelona fits the bill perfectly but I have no experience of towing a twin axle van and would appreciate any advice as to the pros and cons of such a switch. I'm not a slouch when it comes to towing but I don't want to make an expensive mistake.

hi there we are on our third caravan and our first twin wheeler

as most have said a twin axle to me definatly tows more steady and stable and turning cornering and reversing our twin wheeler has been very easy i was suprised.

we have very limited space on our drive our caravan is 26 foot long and our drive is 30 foot long and reversed it on the drive easy if anything more easy than with our single wheeled caravans.we got it reversed on as far back as we could before car touches fence then me and the misses pushed it the last few foot back.our abbey spectrum 620 has a maximum weight of 1740kg so not the easiest to move with human power so next on our wish list is a motor mover or get the highways agency to more the lampost which stops me backing straight on !!!

is there anyone you know with a twin wheel you could have a test drive with or if you are buying from a dealer see if they will let you tow before you buy

good luck with it and in my opinion twin wheel caravans are better to tow!!!

Twin axles are usually more for insurance as they are highly sought after by the travelling fraternity.

Will be difficult to fit the new Alko wheel locks on a twin as you need to line up the lock with the hole in the hub. Easy on the single with the mover, but with a twin you will have to jack it up. Insurers will insist on two locks.

Quote: Originally posted by navver on 10/9/2010

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Twin axles are usually more for insurance as they are highly sought after by the travelling fraternity.

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Quote: Originally posted by navver on 10/9/2010

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Twin axles are usually more for insurance as they are highly sought after by the travelling fraternity.

Will be difficult to fit the new Alko wheel locks on a twin as you need to line up the lock with the hole in the hub. Easy on the single with the mover, but with a twin you will have to jack it up. Insurers will insist on two locks.

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Quote: Originally posted by flip53 on 10/9/2010

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I may be wrong, but thought some sites specifically exclude twin axles???

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They do( essieu (essieux pl ) nm axle )

This sign was at the municipal site in Malestroit ,Brittany this year

The adjacent large car park was full of travellers vans mainly twin axle

They do say that you can tell owners of twin axle vans as they are the ones with bad backs from tryng yo push themi