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My handbrake stays on all the time that it is parked, it is a basic safety consideration, I hate to think of the insurance implications if anything happened and the handbrake had not been applied.

Barmar -

I would do differently depending on how long parked. During the Summer and whilst on site I leave the handbreak on. When parked up over Winter the handbreak is left off to avoid breaks sticking. Also remove battery and put on leisure battery charger in garage over Winter.

HTH

I was always advised to chock the wheels and leave the handbrake off if parked up for more than a few days.
The main reason for leaving the handbrake off is that it can stretch the cables which in turn leads to more servicing etc. It also stops the shoes sticking to the drum as mentioned earlier.

Use good quality chocks or a couple of bricks on each wheel making sure they are tight to the tyre and the van should not move, especially with the legs down as well, which is advisable when in use as well as in storage, having the legs down in storage gives the van more stability in the winter gales etc.

Much depemds on where you keep your van over the winter. Inside or outside.

Mine is kept in my workshop. Indoors and on level ground.

The handbrake is on because it has a movement alarm and I don't want that sounding just because it is accidently moved.

I leave the battery in but the electricity is off unless I am working there in which case the battery gets topped up for a few hours every other day.

I use the van as a howf for the odd cuppa and a wee rest as I feel like it.

The main thing is that once a month I move the van so that the weight is not sitting on one part of the tyre all the time.

For some strange and unfathomable reason, all the crud, dust, lost tools and reciepts that I want to keep, make a bee line for the van and hide underneath it and so it is necessary to mave it every so often to clean this area and retrieve these long lost artifacts.

Really Barmar no one set of advice will cover all your circumstances. Look at your own set up and decide what will be best for you.

 hi i when our van is at home i put it on axle stands with the corner steadies down it lets the suspension rest and also takes the weight off the tyres, the battery stays connected all the time i just plug it into the mains now and then to give the battery a bit of boost. on site i chock the wheels and leave the handbrake off .if the pitch is very sloping i would use the handbrake as well just to be on the safe side . we also use a cover over winter it works well for us but there are very different opinions about covering caravans

On site I put the hand brake on but when the van is sitting on the drive, the handbrake is off. It's hitched to an RSJ concreted into the border & has an al-Ko lock on it so can't go anywhere. I also remove the jockey wheel when the van is on the drive to make it difficult for anyone who may want to borrow it to move it. They've had one from me, they'll have to work to get this one.

I leave the battery on the van during the winter but remove it & charge it now & then. As we're summer onth users only, I also drain everything down, leave taps turned on & we place a large bowl of salt at each end of the van to absorb any moisture from the air. This works a treat & has to be changed regularly.

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