Steven Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 17 minutes ago, Mr Plodd said: OK, ignoring my last post for a moment........ What does your manufacturer recommend Steve?? (Genuine question, not trying to catch you out): Hi Andy, everything in my reply to you 7 hours ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Plodd Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Steven said: Hi Andy, everything in my reply to you 7 hours ago I thought there might have been something else other than that! Quote Experience is something you acquire after you have an urgent need for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 50 minutes ago, Mr Plodd said: I thought there might have been something else other than that! Just searched and found the topic where Swift confirmed it, third post from bottom on first page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Plodd Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Thanks for taking the time to find that thread (all the arguments seem the same don’t they?) Pretty unambiguous BUT on my Caravan the jockey wheel is mounted on the outside of one chassis rail not in the middle. Nothings ever simple is it? Quote Experience is something you acquire after you have an urgent need for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Mr Plodd said: Thanks for taking the time to find that thread (all the arguments seem the same don’t they?) Pretty unambiguous BUT on my Caravan the jockey wheel is mounted on the outside of one chassis rail not in the middle. Nothings ever simple is it? Where the jockey wheel is located has no bearing on whether it is retracted or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Plodd Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I only mentioned it because Swift mention the location in the thread you linked to. Quote Experience is something you acquire after you have an urgent need for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieboy2608 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Slightly off topic but when we had our Bailey that we stored at home we always removed the Jockey wheel (outside mounted type as mentioned by Mr Plodd) purely as a security measure.....At least we knew if we saw somebody walking along with a jockey wheel we knew: 1-It wasn't ours 2-They might be coming to steal our van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WispMan Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 If you removed the jockey wheel then what was the front of the van resting on? Quote Graham Unless otherwise stated all posts are my personal opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieboy2608 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, WispMan said: If you removed the jockey wheel then what was the front of the van resting on? The front steadies.....this principle was only used while being stored at home and not in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWOMW Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Recently at a site I observed a young couple setting up what looked like a brand new caravan. I was impressed when he backed the caravan almost expertly onto the pitch, but then he started to wind down the steadies. No use made of jockey wheel to level fore and aft and the steadies were used to level side to side as well - he had a very powerful electric drill. However, he seemed to know what he was doing and correctly connected the EHU cable and rapidly connected up aquaroll and wastemaster. When they came to leave they were having a lot of trouble hitching up and I noticed that they were using the jockey wheel when the rear steadies were still down. Not sure I would want to buy that van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublad Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 2 hours ago, OWOMW said: Recently at a site I observed a young couple setting up what looked like a brand new caravan. I was impressed when he backed the caravan almost expertly onto the pitch, but then he started to wind down the steadies. No use made of jockey wheel to level fore and aft and the steadies were used to level side to side as well - he had a very powerful electric drill. However, he seemed to know what he was doing and correctly connected the EHU cable and rapidly connected up aquaroll and wastemaster. When they came to leave they were having a lot of trouble hitching up and I noticed that they were using the jockey wheel when the rear steadies were still down. Not sure I would want to buy that van. Were the steadies used to unhitch it from the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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