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I have towed a TT and an FC ,but next year all being well im going to tow a caravan. Im looking at doing a course on towing before hand 1st. Girl power

Ps.I will not tow with hubby in the car though, I wont even drive full stop with him in the car.

I have done it and i reversed it into a parking spot truth be told i would like to have another go wonder if dh will let me ???

hiya,

i towed ours for the first time in april and had no trouble at all, in fact dh who was supposed to be teaching me fell asleep in the passenger seat!

he usually tows because it is one of the things he can do, there are a lot he cant do. We decided that i had to have done it at least once so if anything happens and he cant tow i can at least set off home slowly while the family are heading to rescue us!

Hi

I've always done our towing (12 years!) and any other long distance driving as OH has medical prob with arms - so it was me or nothing!

It's not rocket science - just take your time and as another post says get used to using the extended mirrors,  remember manouevres take longer - accelerating, braking, turning - and you can reverse it just takes practice, always do it at a snails pace.

I'm just an ordinary wife and mum - so if I can do it so can all of you!!

Give it a try!

Sue

 Brilliant to see hear so many women do tow, & of course there's nothing stopping us except lack of confidence, or - in some cases - blokes with chauvinist attitudes !

I am a `towing virgin' but I aim to bit the bullet soon ! Only just got our1st van together a few weeks ago & as oh is experienced tower (including horseboxes large & small) I left it up to him when we went away this time.

Can't pretend I'm actually looking forward to it, but I am determined to learn & do my share in future - if something bad happened & my oh was incapacitated I don't want to have to tow for the very 1st time when I'm stressed out.  Anyway, I can't abide helpless females or chauvinist men - so I've got to... !

12 YEARS SINCE I LAST TOWED A CARAVAN AND BOUGHT A SMALL VAN.I AM OK ABOUT IT BUT REVERSING REALLY GETS ME USUALLY HAVE TO UNHITCH AS CANNOT GET THE JUST OF IT. ARE THEIR ANY MORE SINGLE MUMS WITH KIDS THAT TRAVEL ON THERE OWN TO SIGHTS ECT.I TEND TO STAY AS LOCAL AS POSSIBLE AS AM AFRAID OF BREAKING DOWN IF YOU TRAVEL IN CONVOY WITH ANOTHER VAN YOU MUST HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE

Quote: Originally posted by foisty on 25/7/2009

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I have just returned from our holiday in County Durham with my 2 girls. I live in north Aberdeenshire and towed our 25ft 8" Bailey with my Nissan Navara.I am female and less than 5ft 3" tall!!  I did get many funny looks from guys but just don't care. One guy in a petrol station on the way said to me, "I don't mean to be chauventistic but I nearly sh*t my pants when YOU got out of that set up!!" haha, towing is fine, just go for it :-}

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They "don't mean to be" chauvinistic ****   I wonder if they think being  stupid is better ?! I too am tiny (& built like a flea), I drive a Landrover Defender & people frequently  make comments like "how does a tiny thing like you manage to drive a big heavy vehicle like that ?"  I drive it - I don't carry it aargh.  Thank god they are not all the same !