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Hi all
Thought I'd share our experience as not sure if this is a known thing or just an unfortunate event (hoping it's the latter!)
Whilst (luckily) driving through the grounds of Chatsworth (private stately home) doing no more than 5mph, we heard the biggest thud and a sound of dragging.
Whilst trying to look for a safe place to pull in, an oncoming car flagged us to stop.
Our spare gas had fallen out of our locker, onto the oncoming traffic due to our gas locker floor failing completely, with the connected gas hanging on by the pug tail, scraping the floor!
We have a 2008 Elddis Autoquest 140, bought in Jul 2022, where luckily our dealer has said he will stand to the repair.
Have read this to happen to caravans but not so on MH's.
Just makes you aware of how flimsy the floors can be, and just grateful it didn't happen on a main road or a motorway and it didn't hurt anyone or their vehicles.
Both were secured but gravity won the battle and the spare went rogue!
Photos attached (floor completely gone and what the floor looks like)
Thought I'd share our experience as not sure if this is a known thing or just an unfortunate event (hoping it's the latter!)
Whilst (luckily) driving through the grounds of Chatsworth (private stately home) doing no more than 5mph, we heard the biggest thud and a sound of dragging.
Whilst trying to look for a safe place to pull in, an oncoming car flagged us to stop.
Our spare gas had fallen out of our locker, onto the oncoming traffic due to our gas locker floor failing completely, with the connected gas hanging on by the pug tail, scraping the floor!
We have a 2008 Elddis Autoquest 140, bought in Jul 2022, where luckily our dealer has said he will stand to the repair.
Have read this to happen to caravans but not so on MH's.
Just makes you aware of how flimsy the floors can be, and just grateful it didn't happen on a main road or a motorway and it didn't hurt anyone or their vehicles.
Both were secured but gravity won the battle and the spare went rogue!
Photos attached (floor completely gone and what the floor looks like)