Reversing

I learned to reverse the caravan over thirty years ago well before movers were invented. Like others have posted it is just down to practice and having to reverse down a narrow drive tends to focus the mind. Having said that, I would not be without a mover now and the clutches on some modern cars are not that great when reversing a caravan.

Keep at it and don’t worry about other campers, they had to learn at some point.

....There is a problem with this though and that is  there the surface will be tarmac and smooth and on a caravan site it may be grass and a bit uneven and the caravan handles very much differently on  the grass one.  ...

Not sure I agree with you. The caravan will turn the same way on grass as it will on tarmac

Write your comments here..Not if the grass pitch is uneven and my experience is that they are not smooth like bowling greens , so naturally there is a slight variation on the tyre surface., and I was advised of this by  a Caravan Club expert who conducted the training programme that I underwent........ SG2

I learned to reverse tractor and trailers as 12 year old and moved onto LGV that bend in the middle for some 45 years and something you never loose like swimming. The best advise is take you time to master one move at a time till mastered, then try another but don't give in at the mistakes you make because you will learn by them. In the end you will be proud of your achivement. 

 ....., and I was advised of this by  a Caravan Club expert who conducted the training programme that I underwent........ SG2

must be true then ....... 

 ....., and I was advised of this by  a Caravan Club expert who conducted the training programme that I underwent........ SG2

must be true then ....... 

Write your comments here...Yes it was but have your way ,you are always 100% correct. it seems.I agree the caravan will TURN , BUT THE TYRES RESPOND DIFFERENTLY ON A SMOOTH SURFACE THAN AN UNEVEN ONE, why then do cars skid in the wet if they don't respond to differing tyre surfaces....?????????

Of course its a different surface, but are you reversing at such a speed to create a skid?? The difference is minimal and too small to worry about at a walking pace, and any correction would be acted upon without a thought of the ground surface.

Calling it a problem as you did is being over dramatic.

 ....., and I was advised of this by  a Caravan Club expert who conducted the training programme that I underwent........ SG2

must be true then ....... 

Write your comments here...Yes it was but have your way ,you are always 100% correct. it seems.I agree the caravan will TURN , BUT THE TYRES RESPOND DIFFERENTLY ON A SMOOTH SURFACE THAN AN UNEVEN ONE, why then do cars skid in the wet if they don't respond to differing tyre surfaces....?????????

IS THERE ANY NEED TO SHOUT?

Of course its a different surface, but are you reversing at such a speed to create a skid?? The difference is minimal and too small to worry about at a walking pace, and any correction would be acted upon without a thought of the ground surface.

Calling it a problem as you did is being over dramatic.

Thanks Dave ..... exactly what I thought. But appear to be wrong 

I learned to reverse tractor and trailers as 12 year old and  .....

Likewise .... but never did the HGV bit 

...and now back to the plot...

tracyp do you have and do you released the Hitch Stabiliser before trying to reverse?  If not, then the van will be much more reluctant to respond to the steering inputs because of the friction being generated at the Tow Ball.

OH! often has to remind me to release ours !!! (Duh  )