Thought I'd seen it all!

Mikey RV said:
This used to be mine, 40ft long with bike rack on back. We live in Devon and it never stopped us going anywhere with it. Like has been said, buses bin lorries, delivery lorries etc do not View attachment 338447just travel on motorways.
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I can say hand on heart places I go that wouldn't get there.
 
Cannot pose in those, everybody just put you down as another tourist coach blocking the tourist areas
 
Skez said:
Fair point! But our recent trip to New Zealand and Australia where we hired Sprinter based PVC's for 3 months convinced us that now was the time to downsize our (modestly sized) A class for a 6.4m van conversion. We just loved the freedom and flexibility of being able to explore pretty much anywhere and stop by remote beaches and lakes. I guess it just depends upon what type of vanlife you want to experience - and that's the great thing about all this - variety and choice.
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That is exactly what we love too ... we've had 1 x 6m and 2 x 6.36m PVCs and have now gone to a an A-class. We didn't however want a 'fatty' that's why we've gone for a Carthago which is 2.12m wide so 7cm more than the PVC and at 6.41m long only 5cm more. We were adamant that we did not want anything much longer or wider as it would stop us doing what we liked to do so every other make was ruled out, even the Hymer Exsis is 2.22m wide so too much for us. The only thing we're gonna have to watch out for is the height as its about 26cm more so we won't be able to creep under tree branches etc so easily! ?
 
Northernraider said:
I can say hand on heart places I go that wouldn't get there.
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Same here ... with many of places we like to go to it wouldn't even be able to turn into the roads!

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The thing is people say you won't get down there and when you do they say "how did you do that?"
I have a 12' overhang which gives me a wheelbase of around 20' so like many rv's we have a very good turning circle for our size.
Yes their are undoubtedly roads we can't go down but the majority that euro vans go down we can as well.
 
olley said:
I have a 12' overhang which gives me a wheelbase of around 20' so like many rv's we have a very good turning circle for our size.
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Our Carthago has a shorter wheelbase than our previous PVC so the turning circle is better ... on our way back home with it hubby was still turning corners at junctions as if he was in the PVC though, no doubt he'd adapt once we start to use it!
 
My daughter wants an RV but I am not sure I would be brave enough to drive one.
 
Depends how you want to use your m/h and where you want to go how would you stop at a supermarket etc or just stop at the side of the road in a town I would have thought it difficult. The RVs look designed for a country thats a bit different to ours.
 
Its all down to what you want/need against trade off in accessibility , the RV can be viewed as a movable Home , and with toad, or scoot , bikes can overcome the accessability problem but as size goes down you have less and less home facilities and its harder to overcome these unless you are on a site . A Romahome r10 is very good for accessability but you are getting to a very basic level of Home . Good job there is a wide variety to suit just about everyone :)
 
Minxy Girl said:
That is exactly what we love too ... we've had 1 x 6m and 2 x 6.36m PVCs and have now gone to a an A-class. We didn't however want a 'fatty' that's why we've gone for a Carthago which is 2.12m wide so 7cm more than the PVC and at 6.41m long only 5cm more. We were adamant that we did not want anything much longer or wider as it would stop us doing what we liked to do so every other make was ruled out, even the Hymer Exsis is 2.22m wide so too much for us. The only thing we're gonna have to watch out for is the height as its about 26cm more so we won't be able to creep under tree branches etc so easily! ?
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I think the width is more significant than the length If you know what I mean. 2.3 suits us but you have to be alert on some (most) Cornish lanes!
Love RV’s in the states but not sure I could be bothered with the additional hassle in the UK. Yes bin, skip lorries get everywhere but they are not too bothered with their coach work.
 
Think this is on the Oxon Hall site and it was there in July when we stayed.

I thought it was a really nice bit of kit for weekends/weeks away. I guess the people use it similarly to a static caravan or holiday home with the big advantage that after a year, or whenever you get fed up, you can move to another site. But not necessarily use it for touring (although it is more than capable of that!)

At least that’s how I’d use it ?
 
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Bet it doesn't have a fold down sun terrace like this one :D
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I can understand the attraction of living permanently in a large RV. It’s a preferable choice over a “tiny house” which is immovable and would be subject to planning regulations and rates. Looking at the OP‘s photo, I would guess that RV doesn’t move very often, but at least it can move, unlike a “tiny house”.
 
Some of us on here will know a certain fella , wheelchair bound who travelled extensively here and on the continent in a 40‘ Winnebago towing an estate car on a four wheeled trailer which he was able to load and unload , hitch up etc from his wheelchair .
It’s no big deal with practice and as already said if service vehicles manage so can RVs, just needs a bit of planning.
 
It is Oxon park.
It was in that exact spot 2 yrs ago with all the trimmings.
Oxon has an RV section with 8 pitches designed for RVs.
They even have a black waste point on the pitches so they can pump out.
 
Parked with one of those in deepest portugual.

It had a boot.
He pushed a button.
Boot , er, garage opened . Two motorbikes parked inside , side by side.
They also had a run around car.

Soft top.

Porsche.

But We had folding chairs .:rolleyes:

They had red warning lights on the bottom of the slide out.

But we had white light creeping out under our stick on internal window covers.(y)

However they did say. Guten Tag.:)

Fabulous lot of kit , but not for us ( just the van I mean).:sick::sick:

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