I call upon the caravan gurus!!!

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by Sweety

Kids have grown up mate & the youngest has left home thank god (she's like her real dad) but I know the missus will watch me back as I reverse might dig out the old walkie talkies or even buy a pair of cheap PMR's as it'll save having to shout at each other with my wife & I both being diabetic putting our big tent up really lowers our blood sugar levels & we can end up arguing like mad because of it but we don't take it personally tho & laugh it off afterwards but with a van this should stop well hopefully

Alex if your wanting a tent you need to think long & hard how much space you want or need, our 1st tent was a 4 man dome tent which gave use that bit extra room inside for our clothes etc plus room for our Jack Russells bed it's really quick to put up as well & ok for 1-2 nights camping if the weather is good but TBH we wanted more room so bought a 4 man coleman tunnel tent which has it's own bedroom & living area & it's heigh enough for me to walk around without banging my head off the roof of the tent & i'm 6ft. Have had this tent for 4 years now & it's been great even when we've went away & it's rained none stop 2 of the best things we have bought for it is the electric coolbox (12v or 240v) & the electric hook up so we can plug into the campsites mains which means we can charge our phones up, use a table lamp instead of a camping light & for those cold or wet days we can run our 2Kw heater which keeps the inside of the tent nice & warm & dry

This sounds good, we just found a Coleman tent online, got a link for your one?

This is the one we spotted http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coleman-In...item27faff9583

[solarman216]

effin world has gone mad, do what you want is what I say, I do, Rick

[Sweety]

Originally Posted by AlexD333

This sounds good, we just found a Coleman tent online, got a link for your one?

We have this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tent-Campi...item339eaa3ead but payed a lot less for it from amazon first outing we had none stop rain for the weekend & had to little water leaks from the stitching at the top of the big side windows but I water proofed it after that trip & we've not had a single drip since over the last 3 years but going to water proof it again this year just for good measure & at least when we sell the tent after getting a van the next owner will stop dry as well I took to using large rock pegs on the guide ropes after one camping trip we did where we had really high winds & the ground was mainly gravel under 3" of soil/grass & the odd peg came out but was lucky to borrow a couple of rock pegs on that trip & they stopped in the ground but did start cutting through the ground Have to say always been really pleased with this tent & we'll be away next month in it

[zippy656]

Here i am.

Sounds like you need campervan.


Well a big van with a bed and cooker, mayb a cold box.

[AlexD333]

Sweety, that tent looks good, can you remove the middle wall for the bedroom otherwise wasted space for me and missus, part from that, looks great!

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by zippy656

Here i am.

Sounds like you need campervan.


Well a big van with a bed and cooker, mayb a cold box.

Huh, yheah, maybe Pete's

[makeitfit]

Originally Posted by AlexD333

Huh, yheah, maybe Pete's

Gotcha
Thing is with a tent, you get all that faff looking for a flat site with no bugs and so end up in a camp site with other disgruntled holidaying oiks cringing with their loud kids and wishing they were in the pub and not hammering in another tent pole that's now broken and then it starts raining and your other half won't have you near her cause the tent next door will hear and BUY MY CAMPERVAN

[rustic]

Back in the 60's, we had a bedford dormobile, and you had to break camp just to drive into town to get a newspaper... When we got back, our nice quiet space had been taken

So the next year my Father got four windbreak poles and some rope, with the vehicle reg No hanging off the rope to peg the area...
Success, we came back to the same site.

As the years progressed, the poles and rope changed into a small tent, where my Dad used to sleep... as he snored lol... So when we went out for the day in the dormobile, stuff we didn't need, like fold away chairs etc were left in the tent.
So consider what you want to do.

[zippy656]

make makeitfit happy


have his motorhome

[rustic]

Originally Posted by zippy656

make makeitfit happy
have his motorhome

I must admit, having no trailer, or caravan is a benefit, but say having standing headroom and a loo, a kettle, gas and water do favour the motor home.
I'm sure someone on here has one to sell, but without Pics......

[Banshee]

Originally Posted by Lazy-Ferret

Ouch...

I have towed all my life, the first vehicle I ever drove at 13 (a Tractor) had a trailer on it, so feel pretty confident.. but..

Since we had that bad snake with the old Volvo 240, I have a new found respect for just how much a tail can wag the dog when things go wrong... There is no way I would like to tow with the T2, without the Anti-roll bars, just too risky in my opinion, and even more so, if you have never towed a caravan before.

Exactly why I have left the ARB's on my Terrano this time round

[Banshee]

Oh Alex!!!!

I have a towbar and ball that you can have for free

Its the top one that i removed here

http://www.nissan4x4ownersclub.com/f...0&postcount=26

[Sweety]

Originally Posted by AlexD333

Sweety, that tent looks good, can you remove the middle wall for the bedroom otherwise wasted space for me and missus, part from that, looks great!

Yes mate it simply unzips the first time we put the tent up we took it out & has never been back in since. We have the air bed in the middle so we each have a door so to speak into the bedroom part so there is no climbing over each other if either of us needs the loo in the middle of the night or if one of us wakes up before the other. Again the dogs bed fits in nicely & we still have tones of room hey you could take your dog away with you & it could have it's own single air bed & you would still have a good amount of room left in the bed room part