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  1. JackieA

    Whilst isolating due to age -mine not the van

    Thanks everyone. Have done a degree of rearranging and repainting of woodwork. Habitation area was stripped out - the rock & roll bed was a bit of a faff as live alone. Managed by dismantling it completely so that parts could be removed individually. Inner woodwork repainted and vinyl laid over...
  2. JackieA

    Whilst isolating due to age -mine not the van

    Wondering about removing the carpet tiles and replacing with a piece of cushion floor vinyl. Managed a final three nights last week on Camping & Caravan Club sites {was possible to be remote as didn't need to shop and could walk out into remote countryside) but using a fan heater during the very...
  3. JackieA

    DVLA requirements for change to motor caravan

    Spoken to my son in law and we think we could have been crossing either the Forth orTay bridges
  4. JackieA

    DVLA requirements for change to motor caravan

    Was following my son in law on his Lands End John o’groats ride 2018 towing a caravan with the van. Can’t remember the exact crossing but my comment is factual.
  5. JackieA

    DVLA requirements for change to motor caravan

    Am still considering applying regarding my van - don't pretend that my build skills compare with many of the fine products of other members. After all my base van cost £3400 and has done 247,000 miles. It does however after several iterations comply with the published criteria. Before doing so I...
  6. JackieA

    DVLA requirements for change to motor caravan

    "Tin tent" was a bit of a derisory term for the van used by one of our staff at the Outdoor Pursuits Centre I helped run many years ago. We purists at the time either used ordinary tents or slept on the barn floor. My Trafic is compact being swb and I formerly preferred to have my Emtb inside...
  7. JackieA

    DVLA requirements for change to motor caravan

    Finished my conversion as to DVLA published criteria this week. Previously was used as a "tin tent" so no need to change the V5. Suppliers of both the Rock & roll bed and kitchen pod had reported DVLA resistance to some of their conversions recently. Spoke to the relevant DVLA department...
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