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26/8/2019 at 2:29pm
Location: west yorkshire
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It's funny the things we used to do that people would be horrified at today. I had a Mk2 Cortina too, and used to tow all sorts of things with it. My regular caravan was a Sprite Musketeer, and I have no idea what it weighed. If it pulled it ok, it was ok, seemed to be the rule back then. I had a large trailer that I used with my business, but I towed that many times with the Cortina. The trailer weighed about as much as the Cortina, and I can remember going to rescue my friend's Landrover. Put it on the trailer and towed it home right across Norfolk behind that car. No problem!
There were a lot more police patrols around in those days, and I probably passed at least one, but nobody gave us a second look.
Got to agree with you Colin I started towing back in 78 first outfit was a Rover 2000 P6 pulling a 72 Thompson Glenelg , I was working in coal mines & took the car into blacksmiths shop at the pit for them to fabricate a tow bar you could have pulled the Forth bridge with it if the car was up to it there was that much metal in the tow bar, I didn’t have a clue about towing & reversing was a black art , fortunately my dad was an artic driver with a massive garden, we acquired a few road cones & spent hours him teaching me how to reverse.
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26/8/2019 at 4:58pm
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I made my own towbars back then Graham, and did the electrics. Much easier then, no CanBus wiring to worry about. A few, lumps of angle iron and an arc welder to fabricate the towbar and bolt it to something solid on the chassis rails.
I got my first caravan in 1975, a Sprite Alpine, and when that got too small for my growing family I swapped it for the Musketeer. Great caravan. No electrics in the caravans in those days, just gas lighting, so I bought a battery and made a battery box under one of the bunks. Got a couple of 12 volt florescents and a water pump, and we were ready to go!
I have no idea what either of the caravans weighed as nobody seemed to bother back then. The Cortina pulled them ok so that was fine by me. Noseweight was as much as possible without pushing the back of the car down so that it illuminated passing aircraft. If it looked right it was right. Must have covered thousands of miles with that outfit. Me, my wife, three kids, and two dogs onboard. Great times.
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27/8/2019 at 12:31pm
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Quote: Originally posted by bessie500 on 23/8/2019
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
I've already stated that I will be buying what suits me, my circumstances, and pocket, and that I'll be doing nothing illegal, or harmful, to anyone, including my dogs.
I feel I have addressed every issue, and have seen none presented that proves anyone else's argument; indeed I promise thorough testing to prove or disprove everything I propose, and will provide video evidence for others to make up their own minds on the subject.
Perhaps you could do the same regarding your arguments? I'd be willing to consider objective evidence in support of your arguments, alongside my own testing.
When I get to testing, I'm even willing to ask my local vet to examine my video evidence, to determine whether they are in fact any more stressed after two hours in the back of a caravan, than they might be travelling in the back of a car.
Indeed, next month we're travelling to Sandhaven, near Fraserburgh, for a week in a cottage, and will be taking all three dogs in the back of a Citroen C3 Hatchback with the seats folded down, it will be a 464 mile trip, each way.
I'm sure the dogs will be asleep most of the time, although we're going to be stopping every two hours.
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