Hi - Newbie in Dorset saying Hello, and lots of help wanted ! (1 Viewer)

[forfein]

Hello everyone

I joined the site after finding this on Google

It seems to be nice and friendly, and I hope to find lots of info to help me please !

A total newbie, I have decided to try and tour Europe, I have purchased an old HymerMobile B544 and it is now ready to go (Almost) !

My idea is to put a little Fiat Seicento on the back of it, and tow it, so that I have a small car to travel in after parking up.
It sounds OK to me, no doubt there will be flaws in my thinking ! Like I said, I am a newbie!

I want to put a tow bar on the back of my vehicle, but I have been underneath it, and it looks a little bit flimsy to say the least ! Not really a huge chassis to hang a tow bar on it !
There is an added bug bear because the "waste water tank" is strapped to the chassis at the rear.
So how do I get around that ?

Like I said . . . newbie ! . . . and I will ask all sorts of funny questions . . . hope to get help !

Thanks
Geoff

 

[DBK]

Don't tow a car would be my answer! But welcome and I am sure someone with knowledge of this MH will be able to answer.

 

[Momo]

Hi Geoff and welcome to the Fun!

Vehicles have to be towed on platforms not A-Frames in Spain as they are classed as illegal.

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[hilldweller]

A total newbie, I have decided to try and tour Europe, I have purchased an old HymerMobile B544 and it is now ready to go (Almost) !

My idea is to put a little Fiat Seicento on the back of it, and tow it, so that I have a small car to travel in after parking up.
It sounds OK to me, no doubt there will be flaws in my thinking !
Geoff

That is exactly what many FUNsters and even more non-FUNsters do every day.

Excellent vehicle. Just go to a reputable tow-bar supplier and hit the road.

But you have been warned about the legality of A-Frames.

Plan B, a good electric bike.

 

[Jim]

I had a towbar fitted to my B544. You're right there is not a lot there. We ensured the towbar we had made was attached to as much of the chassis as possible, this made it heavy though as it goes down about a metre each side with five bolts a side. We regularly tow 1500kgs

 

[DBK]

I had a towbar fitted to my B544. You're right there is not a lot there. We ensured the towbar we had made was attached to as much of the chassis as possible, this made it heavy though as it goes down about a metre each side with five bolts a side. We regularly tow 1500kgs

Not sure you can have a custom made tow bar these days. Could be wrong.

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