dave newell
Free Member
One small but rather important point I haven't yet seen mentioned is the size of the "camper van". It would appear from the photos that it was a Dethleffs on a tandem axled Fiat Ducato chassis, this puts it in the 8-9 metre category and around 5 Tonnes. First response unit is usually a Renault Trafic van which would simply not be capable of towing a motorhome of that size. The motorhome being so large would also mean that the standard 7.5 tonne recovery vehicle is not big ennough so a larger 17 Tonne plus low loader would be required, this could easily explain the 3 hour delay as the RAC do not have many, if a ny recovery units that size. The three women broke the most important rule of breaking down on the motorway, get out of the vehicle and wait as far away as possible because big lorrys do sometimes stray onto the hard shoulder and 44 Tonnes doing 56 MPH is a huge amount of energy.
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