CHECK SITE REGULATIONS FOR
ANY LOCAL RESTRICTIONS
SELECTING A PITCH
Carefully select where you wish to place
your caravan. The site should be as level as
possible, preferably not under or near trees,
well drained and away from possible boggy
areas. Consider how you will move the
caravan when it is time to leave the site. On
sloping ground it is better to pitch facing
downhill, especially during wet weather. It
should be noted that some items of caravan
equipment are only designed for use up to a
3 degree angle and if this angle is exceeded
the components may fail.
It is good practice to chock the wheels of
the caravan when parked on a slope even
though the caravan brakes are applied.
UNHITCHING
Apply the caravan handbrake.
Disconnect the breakaway cable.
Disconnect the 13 pin plug and return it to
its holder.
Unclamp and lower the jockey wheel to the
ground.
Release the stabilising lever and coupling
handle.
Operate the handle to wind down the jockey
wheel until the coupling head clear of the
towing ball.
Replace towball cover.
Park your vehicle alongside the caravan on
the offside.
LATERAL LEVELLING
On uneven ground lateral levelling may be
accomplished by the use of a leveller jack
and a spirit level placed ‘across’ the caravan
floor.
Place the leveller jack, folded flat, in front of
the wheel needed to be raised to level the
axle.
Tow the caravan onto the leveller jack. Wind
up until the spirit level shows that the
caravan is laterally level. Apply the caravan
handbrake and chock the caravan wheel if
necessary. Lower the jockey wheel to
ground level.
Proceed with unhitching as described
above.
(On upward facing pitches when the
hydraulically damped drawbar of the hitch
becomes fully extended it will be necessary
to compress the drawbar slightly in order to
achieve a ‘clean’ unhitching). With the
caravan brake on, reverse the towing vehicle
about 1 inch (2.54cm) to release hitch lock
tension and using the jockey wheel
adjustment unhitch the caravan as
previously described.
Note: Under no circumstances should the
caravan steadies be used as a jack. They
are only a means of stabilising the
caravan.
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ARRIVAL AT SITE
WARNING
Attention: Always disconnect the 13
pin plug between the towing vehicle
and the caravan before connecting an
LV (230V) supply to the caravan and
before charging the caravan battery
by any other means.
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