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The following is an excerpt from our "Tincas on tour.....again" thread on the Continental Touring / Spain thread which understandably not everyone reads. In an effort to find out other peoples observations we have taken the liberty of posting it on Motorhome Chat as well,
We would like to talk about contraptions. By this we mean things that we have seen people using that we would not necessarily consider essential pieces of kit while motor homing given the constraints on space. Is it really necessary to carry a spring tine rake and remove every leaf from one's pitch every morning? Mother Nature will only deliver a fresh batch the next day. Then there is the hoe normally used for weeding that we have seen pressed into service to make a small ditch about three inches deep all around the pitch which apparently will prevent flooding. If only Noah had such an implement he could have saved a lot of time and money bulding an ark. Last, but definitely not least, are the sticks / poles that people fashion to custom fit the camp shower cubicles so that they can wedge them against the tap so that they don't have to keep pressing it every 10 seconds whilst taking a shower. So come on you Funsters, admit it, what unusual contraptions do you carry that you are prepared to share with the rest of us? We admit to only a dust pan and brush, not nearly enough tools to keep us on the road, a squeegie for the windows/our shower walls, a flagpole for our 2 flags (the Devon flag and of course the Funster flag), a small ground sheet for outside the van and a thing for getting stones out of horses hooves.
The Tincas
We would like to talk about contraptions. By this we mean things that we have seen people using that we would not necessarily consider essential pieces of kit while motor homing given the constraints on space. Is it really necessary to carry a spring tine rake and remove every leaf from one's pitch every morning? Mother Nature will only deliver a fresh batch the next day. Then there is the hoe normally used for weeding that we have seen pressed into service to make a small ditch about three inches deep all around the pitch which apparently will prevent flooding. If only Noah had such an implement he could have saved a lot of time and money bulding an ark. Last, but definitely not least, are the sticks / poles that people fashion to custom fit the camp shower cubicles so that they can wedge them against the tap so that they don't have to keep pressing it every 10 seconds whilst taking a shower. So come on you Funsters, admit it, what unusual contraptions do you carry that you are prepared to share with the rest of us? We admit to only a dust pan and brush, not nearly enough tools to keep us on the road, a squeegie for the windows/our shower walls, a flagpole for our 2 flags (the Devon flag and of course the Funster flag), a small ground sheet for outside the van and a thing for getting stones out of horses hooves.
The Tincas