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Quote: Originally posted by pajaholic on 02/7/2009

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Fresh and grey water arrangements are similar to most motorhomes. Since the tanks are a lot bigger than an Aquaroll and Wastemaster, you can go several days between visits to the motorhome service point.

The way you handle the toilet waste depends on whether you've got a European-style cassette or a US-style black water tank. If you have a cassette, you dispose of the toilet holding tank in the same way as you would with any other Thetford-equipped caravan.

US-style black water tanks are more of a problem. If you can get close enough, you can run a sewer hose to the CDP and dump the tank like the Americans do. Alternatively, you can use a "blue boy" (similar to a Wastemaster only bigger) to transport the sewage to the CDP. Even better, you can fit a macerator that shreds the sewage and can pump it uphill to the CDP. Not that I condone this, but I have heard of people pumping macerator discharge into the site waste water point (but only where the site has mains sewers).

HTH,

Geoff

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Hi Geoff,

That was exactly my point, not very practical if you have to de-rig every few days and drag the unit to the motorhome service point.

Mind you, I have only seen them on CC sites, not really their intended environment I guess!

cheers

Mr UM

I question the driving licence requirements as posted above, anyone who has passed their driving test post 1997 needs to take a separate test before they can tow a caravan or trailer, and my daughter is curently seeking out to take such a test in order that she may tow our camping trailer, as she passed her test 2 years ago.

Both my husband and I have been driving for many years before the cut off date, and have never had to take a further tow test in order to be able to pull our Car/caravan unit, so how come that according to the above post you dont need to take an extra test to tow a fith wheel outfit if you passed your test post 97? 

We did see one of these units being towed on the M1 yesterday coming back from Filey, but it was an american import of both pick up and trailer, complete with american number plates, it must have cost a fortune to ship it over for a holiday!

We also spotted a cavanner doing his own version of fith wheel towing by running for some distance with his jockey wheel still down, we followed him for about 3 miles, and he seemed oblivious to the fact, maybe because he had got his music playing so loudly as we finally overtook him, we did try flashing him as a warning, but got a two fingered salute in return, so decided to leave him to find out the hard way with the need for a new jockey wheel 

Motor vehicles with a MAM not exceeding 3500kg having not more than eight passenger seats with a trailer up to 750kg.

Combinations of towing vehicles in category B and a trailer, where the MAM of the combination does not exceed 3500kg and the MAM of the trailer does not exceed the unladen mass of the towing vehicle.

We are at cofton country holidayy in devon on the next pitch to us is a 5th wheel co dreamseeker with a slide out being towed by a nissan pick up which looks smaller than my shogun so I cant see theres any problems the van is about the same length as my twin axle sterling

       doug

Have a look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGeUSjRMlQ4

Quote: Originally posted by TonyDD on 11/5/2013

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Have a look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGeUSjRMlQ4

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