Guess What? We bought a caravan!!!
Yesterday we went to the Adelaide Caravan show to look at some vans and to get some ideas on what we might want.
And we ended up with a caravan!!!!!!!!!
All in all, it was a pleasant sale and we were very happy with what we got, and the price/deal we arranged.
We ended up with an 18' Road Owl single axle, 1.7T van.
I had no intention of buying, or towing a hotel on wheels - I want the towing to be an enjoyable process for me, as well as enjoying the comforts out in the bush.
Whilst I've towed lots of things, including smallish vans, trailers and camper trailers, a caravan has never been on my list!
I have a V6 Disco 3 - petrol (yes I know it will not be super economical, but i'm sick of diesels).
I have the usual Land Rover tow hitch, which I know is more than adequate, but I guess there are some more things I'm going to need now.
Would appreciate advice from others, but I am looking at the following.
1. 12 pin connector
2. Brake controller - looking at Redarc model
3. The van is fitted with a red anderson plug for the anti sway brake controller - so I'll need to wire that up on the Disco.
4. Hitch weight thingy to keep an eye on the weight at the front.
I've already got a Traxide kit fitted, so I have the Anderson plug at the back of the D3.
Other than doing a course on towing (both of us will do it), and a few gentle runs around the country, what else do I need?
I've got tons of camping gear including solar, stoves etc and the only thing I probably need is a Genny to look after the aircon unit in the van (that will keep HER happy!!!) We are also both pretty good at packing, and I do not see us overloading either the Disco or van with un required junk.
As I said, would appreciate feedback from others who have been there and done this already!!
alan
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