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23/8/2019 at 12:15am
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I have towed most things in life, boats, car trailers, goods trailers, sheep trailers, single and multi axle, particularly when I owned a Land Rover some years ago, in addition I used to be a HGV Driver for the Army, towing all sorts, from radio box bodies, to 32kVA Generators, to steerable trailers, and before retirement I was an Ambulance Paramedic and obviously attended Emergency Driving Courses and completed a ROSPA Advanced Driving Course reaching Gold Standard in my own time.
I don't think there's any facet of driving that I am unaware, although I did vow at an early point in my career to never tow a caravan, funnily enough.
However, I am contemplating investing in a 6 berth twin axle caravan to tow behind my Audi A8L V12, I'm also looking at towing a car trailer to track days to play with another Audi, an S3 Quattro, so I'm potentially going to be towing quite regularly, indeed I'm a Radio Amateur and have been looking at the ARCC website as well, since I will want to use my investment regularly.
I consider myself a safe driver, never even been issued a Parking Ticket, despite doing 135mph in fast response vehicles during my career, I am not some newbie without a clue, and not someone that indulges in any illegal activity, including animal cruelty.
So any suggestions that I might harm, or put in harm's way, my children (and this would refer to my grand children at this stage in my life), is both offensive and ridiculous, and those that consider such argument as viable position, need to sit down for five minutes and look at what they have written long and hard, before posting.
I know of no-one that has undertaken a journey in the back of a trailer or caravan (apart from farmers in a field), since it is illegal on public roads and rightly so, so no-one can know what that is like to travel for two hours inside a caravan.
It is legal for animals to be transported in a trailer, and that includes a caravan, and my concerns for my much loved family pets, all three of them, that would travel in my caravan, would be subject to tests with visual and environmental checks, without animals present, and if results are found to be satisfactory, then short journeys would be considered of up to 15 minutes under the same rigorous monitoring.
I don't like driving on long journeys for longer than two hours at a time without a break, and I would consider if I need a break, so does the family pet, so that is my self imposed maximum journey length.
This is all up for re-consideration if at two hours in a three hour journey, all my dogs are asleep in the caravan, I will cross that bridge if I have to, but as I don't like longer than two hours behind the wheel its unlikely.
As I've been accused of not caring; when I have bought my 'outfit' (I understand that is the terminology Caravanners use), I will record all video during testing, and post this on YouTube, including any other journeys of note, including any dogs asleep after two hours.
You can all then tear my activity to shreds using my own evidence, but before that, give me the benefit of the doubt, I am not a bad person.
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23/8/2019 at 9:47am
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Well it certainly wasn't my intention to judge you or anyone else. All I can say is what I personally would or wouldn't do. Being as I wouldn't want to travel in a caravan, legal or otherwise, I wouldn't feel comfortable with my dog travelling in one. I don't think he would like it either, as he likes to be be able to see us when we are on the move. Maybe it's just me, as you rightly say Wireless, farm animals regularly travel in trailers.
I too have been a professional driver most of my life, and I'm now retired. I still hold a PCV licence which entitles me to drive a tri-axle coach with a large luggage trailer attached. I have done a lot of towing too, and also used to have a small haulage business where I regularly towed all sorts of things including boats, goods trailers, and car transporter trailers.
I am not a judgemental person, as far as I am concerned what others do is entirely up to them. I only speak for myself and probably my wife. I know there's no way she'd let our dog travel in the caravan, she'd linch me if I even suggested it.
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23/8/2019 at 7:04pm
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Quote: Originally posted by bessie500 on 23/8/2019
Simple solution is to buy a vehicle more suited to the job, Or even a Large motorhome with a car trailer to tow the Audi.
Or is this post just a windup ?
Bessie
Well, I don't personally want a motorhome, and dare I say it, they are over priced for what they are, but then that's my personal opinion, and having had a VW Type 2 Camper, those are definitely over priced for what they are.
I also don't need a massive motorhome to tow a car transporter to a track day, since I won't be staying overnight, once the fun is over I'm off home.
I also plan days out at the beach, or to watch sporting events, and don't need a motorhome or caravan to do that.
In addition, I plan to stay in cottages/hotels on some weekends away, and a large luxury car would make the journey more pleasant and would be easier to park at the other end of the journey, plus the dogs will be left at home with one of my children house sitting.
So when I do want to take a long weekend, week, or few weeks touring, all I need to do is hitch up the caravan, which doesn't need the same amount of maintenance, insurance, testing or expense as a motorhome.
I can also buy a luxury Caravan cheaper than a similarly aged motorhome.
There are so many reasons why a caravan suits my circumstances more than a motorhome, one of which is leaving the caravan on a site whilst touring the area down less accessible roads & tracks in a car, and yes I've been in a few motorhmes and I think they are fabulous, but just not for me.
Everyone has an opinion, and their decisions suit their circumstances, so to be blunt, and honest, the simple solution for me is the one that suits me, not you.
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Quote: Originally posted by Wireless on 23/8/2019
Quote: Originally posted by bessie500 on 23/8/2019
Simple solution is to buy a vehicle more suited to the job, Or even a Large motorhome with a car trailer to tow the Audi.
Or is this post just a windup ?
Bessie
Well, I don't personally want a motorhome, and dare I say it, they are over priced for what they are, but then that's my personal opinion, and having had a VW Type 2 Camper, those are definitely over priced for what they are.
I also don't need a massive motorhome to tow a car transporter to a track day, since I won't be staying overnight, once the fun is over I'm off home.
I also plan days out at the beach, or to watch sporting events, and don't need a motorhome or caravan to do that.
In addition, I plan to stay in cottages/hotels on some weekends away, and a large luxury car would make the journey more pleasant and would be easier to park at the other end of the journey, plus the dogs will be left at home with one of my children house sitting.
So when I do want to take a long weekend, week, or few weeks touring, all I need to do is hitch up the caravan, which doesn't need the same amount of maintenance, insurance, testing or expense as a motorhome.
I can also buy a luxury Caravan cheaper than a similarly aged motorhome.
There are so many reasons why a caravan suits my circumstances more than a motorhome, one of which is leaving the caravan on a site whilst touring the area down less accessible roads & tracks in a car, and yes I've been in a few motorhmes and I think they are fabulous, but just not for me.
Everyone has an opinion, and their decisions suit their circumstances, so to be blunt, and honest, the simple solution for me is the one that suits me, not you.
Then buy a vehicle that will suit all your needs including your dogs, I mentioned a motor home as they are often used by people who race cars, a mate of mine used to tow a rallycross car with a Winnebago.
Bessie
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