Pat Hasler:
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.
It’s ■■■■■ like you that give us proffesional drivers a bad name!
Look on the brightside if one parks next to you; The occupants wont ■■■■ up the side of the caravan (they’ll walk the great 50 yards distance), they wont swap caravans while you try to sleep, and you wont hear their fridge running!
Once you’ve carried 2t of flour up a woodworm infested loft ladder while the bakery staff watch and drink tea, caravans aren’t such an annoyance…
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 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 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 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 ■■■■
Apart from the kids that sounded like my caravan holidays before I learnt how drive artics
AlexWignall:
When we used to go scrambling with our old transit and caravan we didn’t pay for [zb] 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
As i posted earlier, it was a genuine question and not a dig at anybody. Please read all of the threads before posting your comments. Knob
The best caravan I ever saw was on the M6. All you could see was a car and a pile of melted fibre glass behind it. God knows how the fire started. Had to laugh though
As for parking in the Heavy (no) Goods (no) Vehicle (1 out of 3) spaces, should be stopped. Imagine their response if an artic was parked in a dedicated car+caravan bay.
Terry T:
The best caravan I ever saw was on the M6. All you could see was a car and a pile of melted fibre glass behind it. God knows how the fire started. Had to laugh though
As for parking in the Heavy (no) Goods (no) Vehicle (1 out of 3) spaces, should be stopped. Imagine their response if an artic was parked in a dedicated car+caravan bay.
That was possibly the what was left after the top gear caravan holiday.
bald bloke:
Any vehicle parking for more than 2 hrs will incur a charge so the answer is yes.
A few weeks ago the ■■■■■ were on Stafford Services, the caravans were uncoupled and they had the washing hanging out and a barby on the go. Looked right at home.
What do you reckon the odds are they paid their parking charge?
I don’t have a problem with caravans, but it does ■■■■ me off when a caravanner who’s parked in a busy lorry park decides to have a picnic in the bay next to their caravan
If your pretty skilled you can park your trailer next to them and jack-knife the unit so it boxes them in
god knows why they think they transform into a HGV as soon as they attach a wobble box to their car
I would want to park up at my holiday spot asap and crack a tinny open, ■■■■ this parking in laybys, msa’s and driving at 40mph.
Terry T:
The best caravan I ever saw was on the M6. All you could see was a car and a pile of melted fibre glass behind it. God knows how the fire started. Had to laugh though
As for parking in the Heavy (no) Goods (no) Vehicle (1 out of 3) spaces, should be stopped. Imagine their response if an artic was parked in a dedicated car+caravan bay.
If that’s where the signs direct them, it’s the fault of the services, not the person following the instructions.
dazaster:
syramax:
but will you be in a convoy like the four I followed along the a66 at 40 mph ■■?
thats the speed limit isnt it for some of the a66
I’m not 100% on speed limits, but can’t remember any 40mph zones on the A66■■
Terry T:
The best caravan I ever saw was on the M6. All you could see was a car and a pile of melted fibre glass behind it. God knows how the fire started. Had to laugh though
As for parking in the Heavy (no) Goods (no) Vehicle (1 out of 3) spaces, should be stopped. Imagine their response if an artic was parked in a dedicated car+caravan bay.
If that’s where the signs direct them, it’s the fault of the services, not the person following the instructions.
dazaster:
syramax:
but will you be in a convoy like the four I followed along the a66 at 40 mph ■■?
thats the speed limit isnt it for some of the a66
I’m not 100% on speed limits, but can’t remember any 40mph zones on the A66■■
On some services they’re shared but on others there’s designated caravan areas yet you still see wobble boxers in the HGV area. Car drivers are as bad, parking in the caravan sections forcing them into HGV sections.
And any single track section of the A66 is 40 for us
They are a pain in the arse when they park in hgv area (amusing to watch them try to park though), but then what gives hgv’s the right to park in coach areas when there is plenty of space in the hgv park?? It’s nothing more than bone idle track suit bottom wearing slobs who either can’t read or aren’t capable of walking to far into the services!!
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 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 ■■■■
bald bloke:
Any vehicle parking for more than 2 hrs will incur a charge so the answer is yes.
A few weeks ago the ■■■■■ were on Stafford Services, the caravans were uncoupled and they had the washing hanging out and a barby on the go. Looked right at home.
What do you reckon the odds are they paid their parking charge?
