Reply With QuotePositioning is one thing but have you also thought about sand pegs and decent sized plates/boards to put under jockey wheel and stabilising legs?
Swaggie
heading up to double island point on saturday for a week and will be towing the camper trailer which weighs in around 1200kg
getting on and off the beach along with towing at low tide i reckon i am comfortable......
low speed stuff to position the trailer in soft sand (sand dune-ish) i.e above high tide is my only concern
tyres will be at 18psi
is there anything else i can do to make things easier?
oh, tow vehicle will be a 300tdi defender, have lockers that may assist or hinder the situation
i have seen caravans set up on previous trips so i reckon i should be able to get my camper in
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SubscriberPositioning is one thing but have you also thought about sand pegs and decent sized plates/boards to put under jockey wheel and stabilising legs?
Roger
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SubscriberPositioning is one thing but have you also thought about sand pegs and decent sized plates/boards to put under jockey wheel and stabilising legs?
Have a good relaxing time and congratulations on your recent activities.
Roger
Swaggie
Sand pegs are sorted......umm need to throw in there blocks of wood, thanks for the heads upOriginally Posted by Xtreme
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all of my camper/tent spots were on some form of grass, so the actual positioning was easy,, getting to that spot can be tricky--
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Swaggie
aint no grass where i'm goin.......all of my camper/tent spots were on some form of grass, so the actual positioning was easy,, getting to that spot can be tricky--
You could go lower with tyre pressures...
A good trick is to measure the footprint of the tyre and adjust to match the tow vehicle...
Vehicle at 18psi will be much different to trailer at 18psi in a lot of cases..
Swaggie
good point tombie..........i might not measure to the millimetre but will now go lower on the trailer
Wizard
We did Fraser in October via double island point. Camper 800kg min, plus full 110. The deefa just said "what trailer". I believe you should not lower thee pressure on your trailer as it increases drag. On your vehicle you are looking for more traction so you lower pressure to gain a bigger foot print. To do it to something that is not driving your are creating a bigger surface area to drag. Anyway we did not get bogged once and we don't have lockers. Have a great trip.
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Swaggie
food for thought....thanks
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