Help - what else haven't we thought about...

RamblingSid replied on 03/10/2018 09:57

Posted on 03/10/2018 09:57

Looking for help here.  We have been towing a caravan for a long time, and we are pretty good at packing down to fit the available space / payload.  After 40 years trailer caravanning, we feel it might be time to change to something like a 6 metre panel van conversion.  We recently had a good look round a Wildax Constellation with a list of all the stuff we normally carry and managed to find a home for pretty much all of it.  However, we then realised we would seem to need a hose to fill the on-board water tank.  Then there are the levelling blocks and no outside locker.....

Questions are, are there any other motorhome specific bits and pieces we won't have thought about? Where do people keep these items - both in transit and on site? What do you do with excess stuff if you want to take the van off site (which is part of the reason for choosing this type of van)?  And, of course, the answers to any other questions you think I should have asked!

Guysdad replied on 09/12/2018 10:05

Posted on 03/10/2018 10:50 by brue

No windscreen cover for us, not everyone has them. smile

Posted on 09/12/2018 10:05

There was so much condensation on the windscreen as the weather became colder that I bought external windscreen covers. We live in Germany and bought the Hindermann Lux for our Ducato based Adria. Condensation has practically stopped now and they must be helping keep the cold out. We tour all year round including to the alps, so we consider this a winter touring essential. But as we have a rear garage on our 7.5m Matrix, storage space is not such a problem for us.

Based on when and where you will be touring will decide whether you need them. In summer we don’t have a condensation problem and can close the screen blinds to keep the sun out. The external ones are always better for preventing condensation than the internal ones. 

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