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03/11/2007 at 11:50am
Location: Miami Beach Costa BlancaESP Med coast! Outfit: 1956 Airstream Calif Bubble 16'
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Dude, I've brought over 30 Airstreams to EU/UK in the past 10 years, its a hobby, more than a pressured commercial venture. I try and explain my best to the folks who buy them, that the situation we have in the US with brakes, weight distribution hitches, and tow vehicles, is totally different. It all depends on how much and where you plan to tow it.
We use electric brakes- wonderful gadgets that are inexpensive, and stop not just the caravan, but the truck as well. We spring the load off our hotch with special hitches that even the weight. I'm using an F350 Crew Cab 4X4 Long Bed Powerstroke pick up truck- 7.3L TD. They use them to pull 50' boats, 4 car transport trailers- 19000Lb GVW. Nothing to even consider.
Your Navara will pull your 'Stream. If you use it on dry roads, not too much incline, you'll never have a problem with stopping it. If you try and get it doing 80MPH down a mountain in Spain while its raining- you're looking for trouble.
If you plan to pull it around UK on the weekends in summer, you should be fine, just by driving with some common sense. If you plan extended travel in southern Europe and fun things like crossing Andorra- get something heavier, something that weighs much more than the caravan.
I advise most of my clients to save their electric brakes- they're legal, if the papers are done right- and I have a company there who handles all that for a reasonable fee. Its easy to work into your car- a 50GBP part and 30 minutes if wiring and you have a system that will save you if your truck brakes ever fail.
Good luck with it- and be cautious on the hills. Philip
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