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

StereoSound · 04-06-2019 12:34PM #1

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 · 04-06-2019 12:35PM

Well, I certainly think you're a master clickbaiter

fryup · 04-06-2019 12:36PM

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

nothing to be ashamed of either can i

super_furry · 04-06-2019 12:38PM

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 · 04-06-2019 12:38PM

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 · 04-06-2019 12:40PM

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

Tourist? Yeah, probably.

Del2005 · 04-06-2019 12:42PM

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 · 04-06-2019 12:42PM

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

PirateShampoo · 04-06-2019 12:43PM

They prefer the term "Ethnic Irish"

biko · 04-06-2019 12:47PM

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

wexandproud · 04-06-2019 12:48PM

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 · 04-06-2019 12:52PM

biko wrote: »

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

reversing is the tough part

StereoSound · 04-06-2019 12:53PM

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 · 04-06-2019 12:54PM

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

wexandproud · 04-06-2019 01:01PM

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 · 04-06-2019 01:04PM

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! · 04-06-2019 01:05PM

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 · 04-06-2019 01:09PM

Is it for a communion or a funeral ?

sbsquarepants · 04-06-2019 01:11PM

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 · 04-06-2019 01:13PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Well, I certainly think you're a master clickbaiter

I think you could of just left out the word click

Leo Demidov · 04-06-2019 01:14PM

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 · 04-06-2019 01:15PM

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 · 04-06-2019 01:49PM

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

emmaro · 04-06-2019 01:52PM

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

Del2005 · 04-06-2019 01:54PM

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 · 04-06-2019 03:04PM

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 · 04-06-2019 03:18PM

People will think you're a....

Dick

If you tooter along a main road doing 50kph.

SEPT 23 1989 · 04-06-2019 03:19PM

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

oLoonatic · 04-06-2019 03:20PM

Will there be any carpet??

Del2005 · 04-06-2019 03:20PM

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 · 04-06-2019 03:22PM

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.

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

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