Practical Caravan | Loading Your Caravan | John Wickersham's Guide

[@NeilVanceNeilVance]

Very informative short video straight to the point ... John rocks!! We love all of his videos .. such a warm nice guy!.

[@Jon.O]

Nice video. Really liked the model car / trailer safe loading demonstration.

[@teabiscuits1]

Hi, but I saw on the Wikipedia that you only can tow a 750 kg trailer with a B drivers licence. Which one is right, I don't know. Does anyone know these more clearly, thanks a lot.

[@practicalcaravan]

We hope this helps: po.st/L9Y6wi.

[@sydneywicks3747]

teabiscuits1 750kg unbraked

[@Pieh0]

I was thinking the same thing recently, glad this video made it clear. With my Mk1 Ford Focus at 1695kg, it means I can carry a max of 1805. What they neglected to mention was the gross train weight (max the car can tow including itself), with for my car, is 2995kg, so I can only tow an extra 1300kg, which should be fine for smallish caravans once you've filled the car with stuff.

[@Gixer750pilot]

No bikes at the back? Why did Swift put Thule bike rack on the back of their vans from the factory . Surely they must think it’s safe?

[@AleX_MiTb]

Как теперь изменились ваши права? на 2021 год

[@stevecampbell7589]

As an ex traffic enforcement officer with VOSA now known as DVSA. I specialized in vehicle weights. I can tell you that your information is mis-leading totally. B+E gives the driver an entitlement of a car and trailer combination of UPTO 7000kgs (3.5t car/van plus 3.5t for trailer). This being that a vehicle in cat B can not have a MAM of >3500kgs. Maximum trailer weight any cat B vehicle can tow is 3500kgs. As all trailers that weigh more than 3500kgs need to run on air brakes. This is impossible with a car. The above rule is for everyone with B+E entitlement regardless if the driver got it by acquired rights PRE 97 license or whether they passed an additional driving test in a car and trailer or even A D+E test or a C+E test. Those that have got the PRE 97 license will also have C1 any vehicle upto 7.5t+ 750kg trailer (8250kg GTW) and a C1E with a (107 restriction). C1E for those that are licensed to drive HGV's would normally be any vehicle upto 7.5t plus a trailer upto a GTW 12000kgs. Those who have C1E on a PRE 97 car license will have the 107 restriction which limits the drivers to a vehicle with a MAM upto 7.5t and any trailer with a maximum GTW of 8250kgs. To avoid confusion between C1 and C1E with a 107 as they both have same gross train weights. A driver with a C1 can drive a 5.5t van with a trailer upto 750kgs MAX! Max total of outfit 6250kgs A driver with a C1E (107) can drive the same 5.5t van with a trailer upto 2750kg MAX! Max total of this outfit 8250kgs Obviously the latter scenario depends on the towing vehicle weights capacity. Also license weight restrictions or governed on PLATED weight (not actual weight) vehicle weight restrictions are governed by ACTUAL weight and not plated weight.

[@Andrey_evo]

Нихрена не понял, но очень интересно

[@Cruner62]

Complete nonsense and misleading. Loads should be loaded evenly along the platform of any vehicle including a caravan with just a positive bias on the nose and you can carry your bikes on the rear of your caravan as long as the whole loads are evenly spread along the chassis. Here is the proof - If you look at the wings of an aircraft you will notice that the weights and profile reduce towards the wing tips this is because the lighter the ends are the more sensitive the wing is to rotation since this is required to enable the elevators to control the horizontal pitch and this is the same as the wind turbines now if you take the pole a high wire artist has they need the pole to resist rotation to give more stability and so the heavier at the ends the better. Inertia only takes place once the weights get moving and so a heavy flywheel is harder to get going from stationary than a light disc. In a caravan the same is true if a force is exerted on the ends it is harder to start the sway if the ends are heavier, however, some control is needed to prevent the sway from starting since if the sway goes beyond SHM the road speed that will return and add to the return to equilibrium by hitting the out of line wheels will catapult the sway across to the other side. This is why "Differential Stability"(c) is designed to proactively prevent uncontrolled sway from starting in the first place. Caravan manufacturers themselves will use the same chassis to extend the length of a body as long as the extend both the front and rear equally to keep the weight distributed evenly. Why they then advocate putting the extra weight over the centre is for the gods. If you place heavier weights over the centre axle where the outer wheel is and where the return force is acting it is plain to see why placing the weights here will accentuate the flywheel effect.