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11/7/2023 at 1:20pm
Location: Midlands
Outfit: 2019 VW Arteon + 2002 Avondale Dart
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Hi Graeme
Just to add to what Rob has said.
The car's towing capacity of (4840 - 2440) = 2400kg, as shown on the VIN plate, is based largely on the weight of a trailer - not a high-sided caravan - that the car can physically move from a standing hill start in first gear. It does not in any way mean that a caravan of that weight would not become unstable on the motorway at 60mph in windy conditions, or that it would not take the car with it before you as the driver had time to react. It is for this reason that the caravanning industry recommends that you do not tow a caravan that weighs more than the car's kerb weight, even if the car is physically and legally capable of doing so.
For most large cars the kerb weight is about 500-600kg less than its maximum permissible weight as shown on the VIN plate (so most likely about 1800kg in your case). Going for a caravan with an MTPLM lower than this will still give you a wide choice.
Obviously bed sizes are a subjective and personal issue, however, personally I've never understood why fixed beds are such a big issue for so many people, especially when they're almost always too small. I don't think I've yet come across a fixed bed, even in the largest 8-foot wide caravans that isn't narrower than a standard double and therefore something that Rose and I (both of whom, admittedly, are not exactly small) would really struggle to sleep in. And when you're not asleep, they take up a huge amount of space.
By contrast, the front lounge in our caravan converts into a king size bed and takes less than 10 minutes to make up and dismantle at the start and end of each day. With the addition of a £100 mattress topper I often sleep better on that than I do at home, and it means that we can happily holiday in a caravan that is smaller, lighter and easier to manage than would otherwise be the case.
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