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  1. PhilHo

    expensive hobby

    It all sounds spot on apart from the bit about selling your motorbike but then I suppose we all have to become responsible at some time.
  2. PhilHo

    Prize Draw - Win a Nexus 7 tablet

    To celebrate the launch of their new mobile friendly website, Caravanwise the caravan insurance specialist have provided us with a Nexus 7 tablet device for a prize draw. About the Nexus 7 =============== 2GB RAM, 16GB eMMC - The Nexus 7 is the world's first 7 inch quad-core tablet delivering...
  3. PhilHo

    expensive hobby

    Caravan Club price guide: http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/uk-holidays/club-sites/price-guide Camping and Caravanning Club prices http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/ukcampsites/2014-pricing/
  4. PhilHo

    some questions about ace brightstar 2007

    Think Ace is a Swift Group brand. Their handbooks can be downloaded here: http://www.swiftgroup.co.uk/caravans/handbooks If you click on Archive >> Show they go back as far as 2000. You could write to or call Swift and ask them to confirm that the owners manual applies to your caravan...
  5. PhilHo

    kia sorento

    Andrew Jenkinson did a review of the Kia Sorrento towing a Bailey Pegasus here: http://www.caravan-news.co.uk/features/bailey-pegasus-624-kia-sorrento Worth a read if you are interested in one as a tow car.
  6. PhilHo

    Introduction

    Weclome to the club Greg!
  7. PhilHo

    hi

    Welcome to the club. Let us know how you got on and if you have any questions ask away. Cheers Phil
  8. PhilHo

    new to caravaning

    I guess it depends on the quality of the site. Location, location, location and all that.
  9. PhilHo

    len new member

    Hi Len, Welcome to the club!
  10. PhilHo

    New to Caravaning

    Hi Richard, Welcome to the club. Best wishes Phil
  11. PhilHo

    Chassis number/ CRISS number

    Yes the CRiS and chassis/vin number should be the same. http://www.cris.co.uk/
  12. PhilHo

    homologaltion details

    I doubt that they would have been homologated in 2002 as it wasn't required in the UK until 2009. http://www.dft.gov.uk/vca/vehicletype/trailers.asp I would suggest that you contact Swift Group or the NCC. Good Luck Phil
  13. PhilHo

    Winter covers

    Hi Jan, Do you mean this place? Specialised covers << Click link Full URL >> http://www.specialisedcovers.com/caravan-covers.html Cheers Phil
  14. PhilHo

    Prize Draw - Torque Wrench and Socket

    The response to this prize draw has been brilliant. A few people have included notes with their email and I'm pasting a few of them below. Please feel free to add your experience or thoughts. "Yes it is most important to check wheel nuts, as even over tightening can cause problems by actually...
  15. PhilHo

    Winter covers

    I've been asked by a member to start a thread to ask members for their experience of winter caravan covers, good and bad, Brian is undecided on whether and what sort to get. Also he has a TV aerial and wonders how to fit a cover over this or I guess what do you do about the TV aerial re a cover.
  16. PhilHo

    Prize Draw - Torque Wrench and Socket

    How often do you check your caravan wheel nuts? This month one lucky winner will receive a torque wrench and a plastic sheathed 19mm socked designed for use with all wheels including alloys with 19mm nuts or studs. The wrench is a Teng 1292AG-EP Torque Wrench 40-210nm 1/2in Drive with a...
  17. PhilHo

    Thought I might give this a try!

    I remember the one I learned in was a yellow "Sport" model. The instructor a Mr Stokes taught me to drive fast safely between home and Buxton in the Peak District. I guess he thought that as I was probably going to drive fast I might as well learn how to do it well. He did me a major favour...
  18. PhilHo

    Thought I might give this a try!

    Hi David, Welcome to the Club! That looks like the kind of Ford Escort I learned to drive in.
  19. PhilHo

    New Member - Alan

    If you buy a motor mover have a practice with it away from where you can do some harm. We once had an owner who bought a mover because he was worried that he might damage his caravan hand manoeuvring it. The first time he used the mover he scraped his van down the side of the house. I've often...
  20. PhilHo

    Greetings from Father Jack

    Drink! Drink!
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