Must have been posted before, but do caravans get ripped off for parking in msa’s like trucks do?? If not, why not 
Any vehicle parking for more than 2 hrs will incur a charge so the answer is yes.
They have to park somewhere. A lot of lorry drivers are caravan owners.
Dave the Renegade:
They have to park somewhere. A lot of lorry drivers are caravan owners.
Me included and will be heading South down the M5 tomorrow morning with me wobbly box.
but will you be in a convoy like the four I followed along the a66 at 40 mph ■■? 
Will be doing the same mid June on way to Cornwall.
Sorry guys, not a dig at caravans just a genuine question 
syramax:
but will you be in a convoy like the four I followed along the a66 at 40 mph ■■?
The ones in convoy are ok, it’s the ones that can’t load them properly and drive them downhill without crashing that are a pain in the arse !
Denis F:
syramax:
but will you be in a convoy like the four I followed along the a66 at 40 mph ■■?The ones in convoy are ok, it’s the ones that can’t load them properly and drive them downhill without crashing that are a pain in the arse !
Bad one at J28 Leyland on Wednesday afternoon Dennis, they needed a dustpan and brush to clean that one up…
Annoying the caravans might be, but you also get horse boxes, large loads and other things causing hold ups or tailbacks, but that’s life.
syramax:
but will you be in a convoy like the four I followed along the a66 at 40 mph ■■?
Not 40 more like 60 - 62 mph.
For caravanners a night in the services is part of the holiday, they can get those last minute items like kindling, barbecue fuel and shortbread. The kids get to eat the only decent burger they are going to get for a week 
The mother gets all excited about the lorry driver flashing his tool in the car park and the father is excited about the size of his equipment 
The dog loves it too because the places stink of ■■■■
Wheel Nut:
For caravanners a night in the services is part of the holiday, they can get those last minute items like kindling, barbecue fuel and shortbread. The kids get to eat the only decent burger they are going to get for a weekThe mother gets all excited about the lorry driver flashing his tool in the car park and the father is excited about the size of his equipment
The dog loves it too because the places stink of ■■■■
FarnboroughBoy11:
Wheel Nut:
For caravanners a night in the services is part of the holiday, they can get those last minute items like kindling, barbecue fuel and shortbread. The kids get to eat the only decent burger they are going to get for a weekThe mother gets all excited about the lorry driver flashing his tool in the car park and the father is excited about the size of his equipment
The dog loves it too because the places stink of ■■■■
I HATE caravans 
The damm things are always in the way, crawling along and holding everyone up. Granted some of the good drivers tow them on their holidays but the majority of them are pulled by idiots who need to take a damm test before even hooking up the the things. My mind goes back to a day in the 90’s pulling into Knutsford dervice area and the place was chock a block, I kept to the right and went to park in the lorry park only to come face to face with some idiot in a Volvo estate pulling a caravan, he was going the wrong way, didn’t bother me as I was going to park there for an hour or so. The guy comes out and asked me to back up. “Why ?” I asked.
“I can’t reverse this caravan and I can’t get by your lorry”
“Sorry mate but if you can’t reverse it you shouldn’t be driving around with it behind your car” I went inside the building for dinner and listened to his wife swearing at me
I came out about an hour later and they were sitting in the same spot but tis time getting grief from a few lorry drivers who were waiting to get by, I got in my cab and turned the telly on. After about 30 more minutes they finallt managed to get by my truck, so I set off and blew them off the road about 5 miles down the road
Sorry if this offends you but I don’t give a toss, 90% of caravan users are tossers, you being in the remaining 10% doesn’t change that.
i pulled into sutton scotney services on tuesday,there was a bunch of ■■■■■ caravans camped in the lorry park…i wonder if they’ve been given fines?
travelling scrap metal collectors then 
Wheel Nut:
For caravanners a night in the services is part of the holiday, they can get those last minute items like kindling, barbecue fuel and shortbread. The kids get to eat the only decent burger they are going to get for a weekThe mother gets all excited about the lorry driver flashing his tool in the car park and the father is excited about the size of his equipment
The dog loves it too because the places stink of ■■■■
You know, I’ve always wondered why the missus, kids & dog seem so keen to pull into an MSA when I’ve parked the truck & hooked up the caravan for a relaxing weekend away.
Perhaps I should forfeit all the comforts they normally bring me . . . & become a tramper.
syramax:
but will you be in a convoy like the four I followed along the a66 at 40 mph ■■?
They weren’t in convoy, they were following a tosco driver off on his hols
When we used to go scrambling with our old transit and caravan we didn’t pay for ■■■■■■■ owt.
Never mind holding lorries up on the motorway, we spent most of our time barging wobbling road riders on race replicas out of the way going to events.
Don’t even think who’s driving if you got hurt in a race. The missus is too upset to drive and you’ve only got a young kid as a mechanic. Good Effort young Darrell on that one lad, put many a trucknetter to shame that weekend…
Message to the OP, caravans have been on the road longer than cars and lorries by at least a century or two, learn a bit of respect for your fellow road users and your career won’t feel as long as it lasts…
W