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Subject Topic: Gas on Eurotunnel / Caravan in France Post Reply Post New Topic
05/1/2011 at 9:11pm
 Location: Essex
 Outfit: Geist AK495
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We only bought our first caravan last year and we would like to go to France this year via Eurotunnel.

I have read that you can not take LPG on Eurotunnel does this mean we can not take our orange bottled camping gas, if it does do the french campsites sell gas and adaptors to fit UK caravans - we have a UK spec Geist AK495.
Is it expensive - easy to use.
Thanks for any advice on the above or general advice on taking the caravan to France.



05/1/2011 at 9:16pm
 Location: Derbyshire
 Outfit: Camplet Concorde Bailey Phoenix+ 420
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You can take bottled gas, it's cars converted to LPG they don't like.  They may pull you over to check they're all turned off properly.

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05/1/2011 at 9:20pm
 Location: North Lincs
 Outfit: Self Build PVC
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You can take gas bottles on Eurotunnel, up to 47kg in total which means 2 or 3 normal bottles are no problem. They will however pull you over and check that they are turned off. They also say that they should only be 85% full but this in real terms is a full bottle as you buy it anyway.

LPG powered vechcles are banned however.

Mike

 



05/1/2011 at 9:33pm
 Location: Essex
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Thank you very much for the clarification


05/1/2011 at 10:36pm
 Location: Shopshire
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Fist time abroad http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=7&TopicID=82183&PagePosition=1

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05/1/2011 at 10:42pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Caravan now Sold
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may help

http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcPassengers/ukcTravel/ukpVehicleTypes



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06/1/2011 at 7:34pm
 Location: Kent
 Outfit: adria adora 432uk
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 We have done the eurotunnel crossing with a caravan 4 times now - it is very straightforward.  Before we had done it we wondered how on earth we would drive on, but it is really easy - the only dodgy time was when a czech coach broke down right in front of us and we had to manouvre past it and then back up on the platform to get into the carriage - hairy to say the least.  We would never travel any other way as the dog stays with us and we save our tesco vouchers so it is free!   They have checked our gas bottles each time and marked on our windscreen hanger thing that they have been checked.  Perhaps make sure that there is not too much stuff in witht the bottles so you can get to them easy.Enjoy your trip!




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