Good morning. I’ve been thinking of joining Eribafolk for several years but finally decided to get on board. I’m an owner of a 2019 Eriba 550GT Touring Troll (Purchased new from AVL Tebay UK). We bought it with a fixed bed in the rear as the rear dinette that converts to bed was not what we wanted. It’s our second Troll as we purchased an Eriba 540GT Touring Troll from ALV in 2017 it was 5 years old when we got it.

I’ve joined Eriba Folk as we (my wife and I) were looking at changing to a Knaus Sudwind 500PF as we had been to the NEC Caravan event in Birmingham in February.

We have decided we can’t change as we love our 550GT and we now want to enhance it for more comfort to keep it longer maybe forever lol. I’ve recently given the exterior a really good valet but still require to wax it. So we have both fallen in love with her again. We have had a walker, suncamp and currently have a Dometic Kampa365 pop air awning from 2019. We are deciding on the right mover to be installed to help with leveling the van. Parking it’s ok as I’m ex military with plenty of LGV experience towing and reverse parking etc…. I just have difficulty when setting it level ( using a fiama three stage ramp). Hopefully joining the group will help me gain the knowledge I require to enhance her by adding movers and upgrading the water heating and learn more about the things I find I have issues with.

Thank you for letting me join.

Hi Dave, for levelling the van have you looked at the Lock n Level system? We have one and think it's a great bit of kit compared to ramps.

Chas.

Colin

Thanks for the reply. I’ve updated my profile I live in Durham. I have a truma therme 5litre hot water tank and on board water tank with the whale pump to pump water from my roller into the van.

The guy who serviced my van fits the powertouch movers. Will I need a special bracket for it to fit? Where would I get these brackets from ad what sort of price are they.

Hi Chas I’ve not heard of the lock in system do you have any links or images of it.

Thanks in advance Dave

Tom and Margaret

Hi Colin the Guy who services my van has given me price for the powertouch evolution auto and manual. Auto with Eriba kit is £1,060.00 fitted nearly £400 cheaper than ALV. I’m trying to get it booked in now or before April as the prices are about to go up.

Hi Colin. My leisure battery is in the very front under the dinette seat. It’s adjacent to the gas bottle locker. I wonder if the isolation switch could be located in the gas locker? mmmm food for thought. Ill ask him.

My last van 540GT had the isolation switch in the van next to the leisure battery. I always thought what a stupid place to install it as if you unhitched you would unbalance the van trying to turn it in lol.