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We do all need some more information to help

1. What car do you have?

2. How many of you in the family?

3. Fixed bed or not?

3. Why twin axle? Most singles are under 21ft. You will have a job to find a twin at    21ft. There is nothing wrong with towing a single axle. 90% of us do and don't have any trouble.

4. How much do you want to spend?

5. Are you going to tour or is it just for holidays 2-3 times a year?

6.Have you ever towed before?

Thanks for all replies!

We have just sold our old (very old!) caravan, and we always found it quite swayed when towing - we also have a horse trailer, so we're quite experienced towers, maybe a single axle trailer doesn't feel as safe as a twin to us, because we're used to towing more weight.

We have a 2.1L diesel peugeot 406, and although we used to caravan 2-3 times a year, when we get a new one we hope to go more often.

There are 3 of us possibly using the caravan, we are open about the layout - I think you probably have to use it to know what works best, so we won't know till it's too late!  We don't want to spend more than about £2,500.  Do you think that's enough for a reasonable condition caravan?

 you could do a lot worse than a Swift Corniche  17/3 good spec single axle max

 permitted weight 1400 kg you should be able to get an early 90,s van for your budget of £ 2,500.overall lenght 22' 9"

Quote: Originally posted by LEONARDO on 21/2/2009

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We are looking for a new caravan - or rather, new to us!  I'm hoping that readers might be able to advise us - we are lookng for a 3 - 4 berth, preferably with twin axles, that is not longer than 21 foot including the tow bar - we have storage issues!  We would like a shower.  Can anyone help?

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If you want a nice used caravan with a good shower, you'll be hard pushed to beat a bailey Pageant Provence. You'll pick up a good series 5 for around £8,000 or the series 6 will be a bit more up to the current series 7 which I've not seen on the used market yet.

The Provence has a lovely walk in shower cubicle & is a good caravan & tows very well, we had one & will buy another as soon as we're ready to get another caravan.

The downside for your requirements would be, the Provence is a single axle, it's also over 21 feet in length including the drawbar. I don't know of a twin axle that will be under this length.

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