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This probably not the most enthusiastic “intro” you’ll have read – but here goes.
Ex caravanners, now both retired with 30 years towing van's all over Europe and an RV in the US.
Been thinking about an MH for a few years - mainly due to the years taking their toll on my ability to tow long distances (anything over 250 miles per day has become tiring). We were also attracted to the speed of setting-up on arrival (getting water, awning erection and so on).
So at the Caravan and MH show at Broadlands, Hants we took the plunge over Easter. Do we regret it? Well the jury is still out. To be fair our MH (a 2007 Autocruise Wentworth) has been plagued with problems and this has tainted matters. In fact we’ve only had about 10 days real use of it at campsites. I'll not bore you with the all the problems but these include: damp in external lockers (cause found but yet to be fully resolved), gas fridge emits burnt odour into van (unable to find cause), water ingress on top of cylinder block (X250 common problem apparently) and pump shuts off when tank is still ¼ full (probes too short) etc.
The dealer has been quite supportive, but the pace at which things get resolved leaves quite a bit to be desired!
So - will we stay with it? Don't know. Off to Spain (Benicassim) for two months at the end of August - so we'll see how things go. We certainly miss the flexibility of having a car available at remote sites (but we knew this before buying). And yes - we could tow a small car - but having given up towing for reasons given, I'm not going down that route.
So we'll await the next few months, in the meantime the Jag sits in the garage waiting a possible towing hitch to click into place!
This probably not the most enthusiastic “intro” you’ll have read – but here goes.
Ex caravanners, now both retired with 30 years towing van's all over Europe and an RV in the US.
Been thinking about an MH for a few years - mainly due to the years taking their toll on my ability to tow long distances (anything over 250 miles per day has become tiring). We were also attracted to the speed of setting-up on arrival (getting water, awning erection and so on).
So at the Caravan and MH show at Broadlands, Hants we took the plunge over Easter. Do we regret it? Well the jury is still out. To be fair our MH (a 2007 Autocruise Wentworth) has been plagued with problems and this has tainted matters. In fact we’ve only had about 10 days real use of it at campsites. I'll not bore you with the all the problems but these include: damp in external lockers (cause found but yet to be fully resolved), gas fridge emits burnt odour into van (unable to find cause), water ingress on top of cylinder block (X250 common problem apparently) and pump shuts off when tank is still ¼ full (probes too short) etc.
The dealer has been quite supportive, but the pace at which things get resolved leaves quite a bit to be desired!
So - will we stay with it? Don't know. Off to Spain (Benicassim) for two months at the end of August - so we'll see how things go. We certainly miss the flexibility of having a car available at remote sites (but we knew this before buying). And yes - we could tow a small car - but having given up towing for reasons given, I'm not going down that route.
So we'll await the next few months, in the meantime the Jag sits in the garage waiting a possible towing hitch to click into place!