Hello all

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Cooo,  does  the  Club  do  manoeuvring  courses  for    beasties like  that,  please  

Actually  the  shower  unit  in  my  motor  looks  rather  like  that  one,  but  mine's  got  a  Toilet,  Folding  sink,  cupboard,  wheel  arch  ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,  ,, ,,

Evening all,

Thank you for the Supportive comments and advice. I will say a little more about the truck as I feel it will answer some of your questions.

So the truck is a volva FL6 urban tractor unit which started life at wincantons before been bought by the previous owner. he choose this make and model due to it been a urban tractor unit, all this means is its smaller then your conventional truck you see on motorways.It sits lower and is the same height as my friends high roof transit van plus the width is just bit wider then a Range Rover so not too bad on the country roads.The trailer started life as a yacht trailer so had no sides just a flat bed,It all came about when the previous owner wanted to travel with his son doing cycling competitions in Europe.He was a canal boat builder by trade and you can see the quality of his work throughout. due to the trailer been 34ft it doesn't require a MOT (36ft) legal limit and is registered as a motor caravan. Good points with this is one it does say on DVLA website you can pull this on a normal car license with grandad rights but it is dodgy ground, the 2nd been only the truck cab needs a MOT and if it does pack in then you can just replace the cab unit. I normally use a website called 5th wheel friendly sites, this lists all sites willing to take on such vehicles and surprisingly most are club sites which is nice but I would ring in advance as I have more then once to be told they don't. The plan for us is to tour for 7 months in North Yorkshire while working I've found 7 to 8 sites willing to have us which involved lots of visits comes good some not so good. So the august trip will be our first blow out of the year making sure the truck has a fresh service, MOT and isn't going to fall to bits anytime soon before we start touring in October this year. Anyone wanting to know more about these sort of vehicles just ask I could talk for hours  

Many thanks from LNL

Maybe this is something we can start haha. with it having a 3 axle trailer it does turn rather easy when reversing, all i would say is practice before you try to reverse onto a pitch for the first time with half the site watching you  someone mentioned earlier about it attracting attention the previous owner had many incidents including one where he was asked which band he was driving for haha.

I wish you good luck, LnL. I think you might need it.

Hi LiamnLizi Welcome to to the Club, I look forward to seeing you on a site.One of the Wardens drives a bigger rig than that but has other members have said he phones ahead.Always takes the last pitch in a line so he doesn't block anyone's view. Good touring

Steve

PS Your not going up Scotland next month are you

It’s certainly an innovative way of recycling & it looks great inside.  I guess the problem you’re having finding sites to accept your outfit is not only due to size/manoeuvrability but weight also if only grass pitches are available.   Good luck to you both & enjoy you outfit.

Where in South Yorkshire are you from? I'm currently deployed away and not back until august so won't be heading anywhere soon.

any advice on storage locations in South Yorkshire ?

Thanks for the info and pictures Liam,  Wish you both all the best for a great summer exploring the UK in your new toy

Ian.

We just back from the Buxton site for a week , we had a TABB trailer in the next pitch to us ........it looked tiny .

Ive a feeling most caravans / motorhomes next to your unit will look tiny too , welcome & hopefully we may catch a sight of you ...........👍