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When considering hat to pack just know the weight, it's distribution and payloads.

Of course that should be what not hat!

Thanks again for all the advice.we are still looking around which the wife is loving lol.im definitely going to do the towing course that has been mentioned.i must confess I was under the impression our kuga would pull anything we bought but will definitely look at the car/caravan compatability that has been mentioned .again thank you all and we definitely looking forward to new adventures.

I used to tow with a Kuga. As a rough guideline you should be looking at an absolute max caravan weight around 1400Kg. 

Been a while but finally looks like we will be getting our caravan soon.a 2007 compass classic 540.wife happy so that all that matters lol.just a quick question with regards to insurance,best to get through here or do people know of any other places that do better deals.thanks for all advice in past it has really helped.thanks

Dean 

My wife and I bought our first caravan a couple of months ago. With the discounts offered for security and storage and what was in the policy we went with Caravanguard.

Thank you Tony for that advice .Well finally bought our caravan today,pick it up in two weeks.storage sorted at same time so now just a  few bits to get done ie insurance etc then hopefully happy caravaning lol 

Good luck!

Hello all again.ok I'm now looking for a hitchlock for our new caravan but if I'm honest after talking to salesmen I'm none the wiser .I been told i need a hitchlock for a BPW and not an alko but all salesman did was answer my questions with more questions that I havent got the answers too.so can anyone say which hitchlock would fit please thank you .

Check out Robstop. There are a lot of google hits for it.