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Personbellcam
19/5/2007 at 7:44pm
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Hi All

I know what the breakaway cable on the van is for but, out of interest, does anyone know of a van becoming detached from the towcar when on the move?

Bellcam


PersonWanderwagon3
19/5/2007 at 8:17pm
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Yes      20 years ago on a 200ft shared drive. Very slow
exit but an unfiendly owner of drive had put in speed bumps
van detatched .....brake cable halted caravan before any damage to the tow hitch and A frame digging in to tarmac.

Ken.........with Wanderwagon3 (a campervan!!)


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Personjim62
19/5/2007 at 9:10pm
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Got to admit it happened to me
Getting caravan out of drive onto roadway started to rush because I was holding other cars up. I thought the hitch was on the ball started off along road I'd gone about 200yds and was just going round 2 parked cars when the van came off.the van dropped to the road the safety chain pulled the van brakes on before snapping as its designed to do.Thank goodness for the breakaway cable the van had stopped in the middle of the 2 parked cars with about a foot each side no damage done only a small hole in the road where the a frame hit the road (the jockey wheel was high up in the A frame.

Never rush now and always double check   Jim


Personraymcm
19/5/2007 at 9:31pm
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Yep

We were heading away one friday night and about half way to our destination came across a van that detached at a humpback bridge ... messy


Personsaminglis
19/5/2007 at 10:24pm
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Hi

I used to work on a camp site and some staff didnt use the breakaway cables when moving caravans in and out of storage. One caravan became detatched from the tractor on sloping ground and rolled all the way to the bottom into a campers car. It also turned out that the owner of this car was also the owner of what was left of the caravan.  

 Yes breakaway cables are a very good idea and should always be used.  


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Personmichael
19/5/2007 at 10:44pm
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yes two or three weeks ago right in front of our caravan,as they were leaving the site with his wife driving the caravan came to a sudden halt as she hit the speed bump.he was getting on in years and was quite upset by it all,until i said at least it was not the motorway when it came off.i lifted the van back on with the help of another man and made a temporary repair to his cable. obviously the caravan was not on correctly.i was amazed by the clip as it was a long straight piece of metal and nothing like the clip it had been.so they do work.

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PersonPeteDeFeet
20/5/2007 at 1:31pm
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Yep - happened to us. Some donkey hadn't hitched up properly (me). Halfway through the site, huge bang, van getting smaller in the rearview mirror, hitch dug into the grass, brake firmly on.

How we laughed . . . . .



Personbilly
20/5/2007 at 3:21pm
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after you have hitched up its good to wind down jockey wheel & make sure hitch lifts the back of the car--

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PersonAngef
20/5/2007 at 11:14pm
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Quote: Originally posted by PeteDeFeet on 20/5/2007

Yep - happened to us. Some donkey hadn't hitched up properly (me). Halfway through the site, huge bang, van getting smaller in the rearview mirror, hitch dug into the grass, brake firmly on.

How we laughed . . . . .

yeah, i  bet !!!

 



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Personjellikin
20/5/2007 at 11:25pm
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oooh I can imagine


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Personbordercaz
21/5/2007 at 10:14am
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My caravan came off the hitch when we were rammed into from behind - didn't need the cable tho' - the back end of the car stopped it going anywhere.

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Personhookup
24/5/2007 at 9:09pm
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Quote: Originally posted by billy on 20/5/2007
after you have hitched up its good to wind down jockey wheel & make sure hitch lifts the back of the car--

Never thought of that. Will definitely start doing it,Great Tip.
Cheers.

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