Grafham Slammer

   OK, Well, Vareo will be there ... Watch at the gate for the Astra with half a Vareo on the trailer, and a very pale looking me behind the wheel! 

And if your see me on the road .. Watch out! It'll be the first long distance tow I'll have done! (First time the boat is being hitched up is for an hour on Wednesday on quiet back roads!)

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Villan Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 26 Nov 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1768	Post Options Post Reply Quote Villan Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Grafham Slammer Posted: 27 Oct 08 at 7:36pm
	OK, Well, Vareo will be there ... Watch at the gate for the Astra with half a Vareo on the trailer, and a very pale looking me behind the wheel! And if your see me on the road .. Watch out! It'll be the first long distance tow I'll have done! (First time the boat is being hitched up is for an hour on Wednesday on quiet back roads!)
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radixon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2407	Post Options Post Reply Quote radixon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Oct 08 at 8:44pm
	James you'll be fine, its not tricky towing, just make sure you don't pull in too soon if you overtake someone! Oh and stick to the towing speed limits! As for reversing, it goes like this: Pull into car park, Put handbrake on Get out car Unhitch!!

tmoore Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 01 Nov 07 Location: Wales Online Status: Offline Posts: 880	Post Options Post Reply Quote tmoore Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Oct 08 at 9:46pm
	what radixon says really. when i towed for the first time i was pretty nervous. just remember that your stopping distance will be as if you had a fully laden car. just go steady and you'll be fine. remember a spare wheel just in case......
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Villan Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 26 Nov 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1768	Post Options Post Reply Quote Villan Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Oct 08 at 9:47pm
	You forgot step 3 ... "Car into neutral" .. Dont want the car trying to drive against the handbrake and stalling now, do I? The get out plan is definitley a good one, but a friend has offered to teach me how to reverse with a trailer, so I'm going to take him up on it. (Sooner I learn, sooner we do B+E) My main worry isnt overtaking etc, its cornering! Dont want to have to try and explain how I wrapped the boat around a lamppost 200 meters from the sailing club!!
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alstorer Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899	Post Options Post Reply Quote alstorer Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Oct 08 at 11:45pm
	Driving with a loaded trailer is in someways easier (or at least, more pleasent) than driving with an empty one. With an empty one, it either bounces all over the placers making a hell of a racket, or (if it's a multi-stacker) puts silly weight on your tow bar, making the steering less responsive (less front wheel grip!). So, make sure you secure the boat well! Tie the boat to the road base, not the trolley.

Scooby_simon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 02 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2415	Post Options Post Reply Quote Scooby_simon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 28 Oct 08 at 10:05am
	Guys, I learned to tow pulling a made up Dart 18!!!! Yes it's not easy! My advice is go out and find an empty car park and test out what happens when reversing. Practice practice practice!!!!!!!
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JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 28 Oct 08 at 12:27pm
	I find the trick to reversing is to ignore what the car is doing, and concentrate only on the trailer.

Merlinboy Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 03 Jul 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3169	Post Options Post Reply Quote Merlinboy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 28 Oct 08 at 12:34pm
	I find the trick is to get out the car and un hitch the boat!!! But seriously Jim is right, watch the trailer and think ahead!

dave.blakesley Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 25 Mar 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 314	Post Options Post Reply Quote dave.blakesley Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 30 Oct 08 at 3:42pm
	I should be there with ratface in the B, or when he cant do it borrowing villan! (speaking of which JH, since im in holland havent asked you yet, can you do the 30th? if not ill ask DaveL...)

Villan Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 26 Nov 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1768	Post Options Post Reply Quote Villan Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 30 Oct 08 at 5:22pm
	I'll let you know the week before ... I dont know what I'm doing that week yet.
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