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Caravanning in South Africa: Choosing, Towing, Setting Up and Living on the Road

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A practical, South African guide to owning and using a caravan safely, legally and on a budget, from deciding whether it suits you to selling it years later. Twelve chapters follow a Rustenburg family of four who work out the real cost, walk away from a damp caravan, check that their bakkie may tow the one they buy, recover calmly from their first sway, set up at a coastal park, find the power tripping in the rain and survive three rainy days with the children; a retired Upington couple with thirty years of caravanning who add solar for a CPAP machine, catch a worn wheel bearing and a leaking window early, spend three months on the road and sell safely despite a fake proof of payment; and a George physiotherapist travelling alone with her dog, who rents first, buys a caravan that was still financed, reverses onto sites on her own and deals with a gas leak, with a Pietermaritzburg caravan workshop owner who has fixed thousands of them: kinds of caravan and camper trailer; new or used, dealer or private, and the CPA in outline; tare, payload and GVM; inspecting for damp; matching the tow vehicle and licence codes in outline; loading, nose weight, hitching, snaking and reversing; levelling and setting up at a caravan park; hook-ups, earth leakage, batteries, solar and a power budget; gas safety, water and waste; living in a small space with children and pets; security, fire and weather; bearings, brakes, tyres and seals; registration, roadworthiness and insurance; long trips, storage and selling. Rules in general terms, with official sources to check. 30 diagrams and photographs, worked examples, practice exercises with answers, a caravan type chooser, a used caravan inspection checklist, a mass and towing worksheet, hitching, setting-up and packing-up checklists, a power budget sheet, a gas, water and fire checklist, a security plan and emergency card, a maintenance log, a papers and insurance register, a long-trip planner, a glossary, where to get help, and 144 Exam prep questions. A Skills Series title. No caravan, vehicle, battery, gas or insurance brands are named or recommended. Lecturers: a free Facilitator Guide (session plans built around a private caravan file, strict boundaries for the class, teaching notes and every answer) is available to colleges registered with HybridE. To register your college, contact Thandeka on 073 431 6763.

What is inside

  1. Chapter 1: Is Caravanning for You?
  2. Chapter 2: Choosing and Buying a Caravan
  3. Chapter 3: Matching the Tow Vehicle
  4. Chapter 4: Hitching, Loading and Towing
  5. Chapter 5: Caravan Parks and Setting Up Camp
  6. Chapter 6: Power: 220 V, 12 V, Batteries and Solar
  7. Chapter 7: Gas, Water and Waste
  8. Chapter 8: Living in a Small Space
  9. Chapter 9: Security and Safety
  10. Chapter 10: Maintenance and Servicing
  11. Chapter 11: Papers, Insurance and the Law
  12. Chapter 12: Long Trips, Storage and Selling
  13. Appendix

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