Towing a caravan, Will people think I'm a ?

StereoSound

I have been asked to do an unusual deed. Tow a caravan down to Wexford for a relative. I'm very sketchy about it, so I refused because I don't want people to think I'm a traveler / tinker or whatever you want to call those characters these days. I looked at this fcking thing, Jesus there is no way I am going to hitch that contraption up to my car and bring it anywhere! I wont do it, no way Pedro ! :mad:

Would you tow a caravan from Dublin to Wexford for a relative as a personal favour? Am I being selfish ?

Birneybau

Well, I certainly think you're a master clickbaiter

fryup

confess, you can't reverse with a trailer/caravan

nothing to be ashamed of either can i

super_furry

The only thing I'm thinking now is that you probably watch way too much Top Gear and place great stock in the utterances of Jeremy Clarkson.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

What are you towing it with.. if a Transit or Hiace then I would assume you were a pikey, and behave accordingly towards you.

Deebles McBeebles

"Towing a caravan, Will people think I'm a"

Tourist? Yeah, probably.

Del2005

I drove up from Wexford yesterday. The road had a load of caravans and not once did I think that they were anything but people towing caravans.

The only thing that you need to worry about is that the car is rated to tow the caravan.

The high horse brigade

As long as you have a decent vehicle fit for the job and you're not pulling it with a Yaris

PirateShampoo

They prefer the term "Ethnic Irish"

biko

Towing is not something everyone can do. Best leave it before you get someone killed.

wexandproud

StereoSound wrote: »

I have been asked to do an unusual deed. Tow a caravan down to Wexford for a relative. I'm very sketchy about it, so I refused because I don't want people to think I'm a traveler / tinker or whatever you want to call those characters these days. I looked at this fcking thing, Jesus there is no way I am going to hitch that contraption up to my car and bring it anywhere! I wont do it, no way Pedro ! :mad:

Would you tow a caravan from Dublin to Wexford for a relative as a personal favour? Am I being selfish ?

maybe as you pass through Enniscorthy you might be mistaken for one . If you meet other lads towing caravans with vans and they salute you , that's how you know . Other than that you'll be grand . Unless of course you could be mistaken for a traveler even when you not towing one

fryup

biko wrote: »

Towing is not something everyone can do. Best leave it before you get someone killed.

reversing is the tough part

StereoSound

I never towed a caravan in my life, a trailer yes. I have an Octavia VRS, it will pull it no problem. The stigma connected to towing one is the problem. Years ago in the 80s and early 90's lots of irish families towed up and down the country. These days people have a different perception of caravans wobbling behind a car or a van. It's my view on it anyways.

mikemac2

Will you have a padre pio sticker as a tax disc?

wexandproud

StereoSound wrote: »

I never towed a caravan in my life, a trailer yes. I have an Octavia VRS, it will pull it no problem. The stigma connected to towing one is the problem. Years ago in the 80s and early 90's lots of irish families towed up and down the country. These days people have a different perception of caravans wobbling behind a car or a van. It's my view on it anyways.

have never before heard of a stigma of towing a caravan , I see them regularly down here and never once have i thought ''oh look travelers doin their thing '' Maybe the stigma is in your head

TuringBot47

StereoSound wrote: »

I have been asked to do an unusual deed. Tow a caravan down to Wexford for a relative.

Are you licensed to tow a trailer ?
Most drivers just have a "Class B" licence, but you need a "Class BE" licence to tow a caravan.

So you could be done for driving without a licence, no insurance etc...

Oops!

StereoSound wrote: »

I never towed a caravan in my life, a trailer yes. I have an Octavia VRS, it will pull it no problem. The stigma connected to towing one is the problem. Years ago in the 80s and early 90's lots of irish families towed up and down the country. These days people have a different perception of caravans wobbling behind a car or a van. It's my view on it anyways.

Stigma?? Lave it so.... I hope your just board and looking for a rise out of somebody.

IAMAMORON

Is it for a communion or a funeral ?

sbsquarepants

StereoSound wrote: »

I never towed a caravan in my life, a trailer yes. I have an Octavia VRS, it will pull it no problem. The stigma connected to towing one is the problem. Years ago in the 80s and early 90's lots of irish families towed up and down the country. These days people have a different perception of caravans wobbling behind a car or a van. It's my view on it anyways.

You seem overly concerned about the opinions of strangers you pass on the road. That's my view on it anyways

racso1975

Birneybau wrote: »

Well, I certainly think you're a master clickbaiter

I think you could of just left out the word click

Leo Demidov

TuringBot47 wrote:

Are you licensed to tow a trailer ? Most drivers just have a "Class B" licence, but you need a "Class BE" licence to tow a caravan.

TuringBot47 wrote:

So you could be done for driving without a licence, no insurance etc...

Depends on the weight of the car, the weight of the caravan, the gross combined vehicle weight prescribed by the car manufacturer etc. You can legally tow a caravan with a car/van/4x4 on a b licence once insured and within weight limits.

rainbowtrout

StereoSound wrote: »

I never towed a caravan in my life, a trailer yes. I have an Octavia VRS, it will pull it no problem. The stigma connected to towing one is the problem. Years ago in the 80s and early 90's lots of irish families towed up and down the country. These days people have a different perception of caravans wobbling behind a car or a van. It's my view on it anyways.

What stigma? I doubt anyone bats an eyelid at anyone towing a caravan. The irony of this is that Traveller's spend a lot of time living in caravans but not a huge amount of time towing them. Don't know what perception people have of towing caravans that is profoundly different to 20 years ago.

marcbrophy

There's no stigma in towing a caravan, you absolute melt :mad:

emmaro

Literally thousands of tourists/people who have Caravans for summer tow them all the time. No one thinks anything of it.

Del2005

StereoSound wrote: »

I never towed a caravan in my life, a trailer yes. I have an Octavia VRS, it will pull it no problem. The stigma connected to towing one is the problem. Years ago in the 80s and early 90's lots of irish families towed up and down the country. These days people have a different perception of caravans wobbling behind a car or a van. It's my view on it anyways.

The only person with an issue of someone towing a caravan is you. If you don't want to do it then don't.

McMurphy

The high horse brigade wrote: »

As long as you have a decent vehicle fit for the job and you're not pulling it with a Yaris

Renault 5 is your only Man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAfZ1N56qjY

DrPhilG

People will think you're a....

Dick

If you tooter along a main road doing 50kph.

SEPT 23 1989

people will only think your a traveler if you are towing it in a brand new jeep or van

oLoonatic

Will there be any carpet??

Del2005

DrPhilG wrote: »

People will think you're a....

Dick

If you tooter along a main road doing 50kph.

Then people are stupid because that's the maximum speed a car can tow a trailer.

DrPhilG

Del2005 wrote: »

Then people are stupid because that's the maximum speed a car can tow a trailer.

To clarify, I'm referring to the inevitable 50kph main road doddler with a 2 mile tailback.

biko

If you tow a caravan from Dublin to Wexford the locals could think you're a travellers, or worse - a Dubliner.

freshpopcorn

Most of the time I've seen travellers travelling on the road they appear to be in large groups with caravans.

Avoid calling to houses selling tools,socks, knives,etc.

Avoid wearing shiny black shoes.

Don't post videos online looking for a fight with people.

Jupiter Mulligan

emmaro wrote: »

Literally thousands of tourists/people who have Caravans for summer tow them all the time. No one thinks anything of it.

I do when I meet them swaying along the narrow winding roads in my part of the Wild Atlantic Way. :mad:

I feel much the same way about them as the Russian gunners did when they saw the Light Brigade charging towards them, although sadly I don't have any artillery guns in my Fiesta.

And don't get me started on the witless cretins driving hired camper vans down the same roads. :mad:

StereoSound

racso1975 wrote: »

I think you could of just left out the word click

I see, I understand you now, No problem, Gotcha

StereoSound

StereoSound wrote: »

..... I don't want people to think I'm a traveler / tinker or whatever you want to call those characters these days...........

StereoSound wrote: »

.. I have an Octavia VRS..............

You'd look like a settled traveller IMO :pac:

Atoms for Peace

Birneybau wrote: »

Well, I certainly think you're a master [click]baiter

Atoms for Peace

Go with the flow op, while your at it maybe demand a brand new culturally appropriate house free gratis.

Day Lewin

"Towing a caravan, and worried about my image, Will people think I'm a ...?

Racist? Yes.

_Brian

Have towed caravan all over the country and for years through France too.

Who gives a flying shiit what complete strangers think of you ?? I certainly don’t.

The ownership and use of caravans has soared here in recent years.

DrPhilG

DrPhilG wrote: »

People will think you're a....

Dick

If you tooter along a main road doing 50kph.

Del2005 wrote: »

Then people are stupid because that's the maximum speed a car can tow a trailer.

50kph?

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

You’re ‘that fella’, aren’t you?

emmaro

Jupiter Mulligan wrote: »

I do when I meet them swaying along the narrow winding roads in my part of the Wild Atlantic Way. :mad:

I feel much the same way about them as the Russian gunners did when they saw the Light Brigade charging towards them, although sadly I don't have any artillery guns in my Fiesta.

And don't get me started on the witless cretins driving hired camper vans down the same roads. :mad:

okay......

The Satanist

Will you be wearing a vest, gold chain and a hat? Are you obese and do you have very hairy shoulders? Will two similar looking gentlemen be sitting alongside you in your Ford Transit?

ILoveYourVibes

Its cool to be a traveler. Something different.

Lol i was helping a friend with a horse show in the UK we weren't towing a caravan but a horse box.

He has a kildare /Dublin accent hybrid I have a rather appallingly strong d4 accent (don't judge me )EVERYONE thought we travelers except for the people at the show. Even there some people probably thought we were.



I was like cool I am a gypsy!

fryup

_Brian wrote: »

The ownership and use of caravans has soared here in recent years.

has it? i thought campervans were the way to go

Del2005

DrPhilG wrote: »

To clarify, I'm referring to the inevitable 50kph main road doddler with a 2 mile tailback.

I missed the k saw 50 and thought you'd put down mph.

PsychoPete

Anytime I see someone towing a caravan I always think, why spent 5k on one of those to park in a field and take a sh!te in a press sure that's not a holiday at all

PsychoPete

PsychoPete wrote: »

Anytime I see someone towing a caravan I always think, why spent 5k on one of those to park in a field and take a sh!te in a press sure that's not a holiday at all

Ah now, be nice. Caravans mean a lot more than a holiday to some people.

As we're constantly told these days, it's 'dehr gadd givvun rih-ta-liv lyke de daycent feine hanast payple wid-ayre childrun' and all that. It's a way of life. For every person who likes scrapyards more than they like hot running water, a caravan is the place they lay their head and call home.

Hanast-ta-gadd.

_Brian

fryup wrote: »

has it? i thought campervans were the way to go

Both have serious pro’ and con’s
Talking to campsite owners the numbers of both are rising year on year.

It’s not a holiday that every family will enjoy but for those who do it’s great fun.

jimgoose

All you have to do is make sure you don't tow it with a van or a jeep. Use a car and people will simply assume you're Dutch and carry on.