Quote: hob wrote in post #75

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Can't get it to do it in firefox ..............

I see the van is still on the hitch as the rear of the car is in the air.

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I never travel with a lock on, if it somehow jams there is an instant accident ........... ... if I stop somewhere on the route it is ho hardship to get it out of the car and fit it.

I don't recall ever seeing anything official that says they can be used in transit?

I am sometimes amazed that they stay stay together under all that stress when we are told that the noseweight limit of a hitch is about 75 Kg.

CPMG happening live now, no injuries, stay safe everyone

Spotted this recently, our small eribas are not immune :(

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aaf_1502376901

And what has it got...

2 bikes hanging off the rear end.

I was at JandI recently and Sandy said it didn't matter what I wanted to pay him he wouldn't fit a rear mounted cycle rack to my Eriba because of the risk of 'van instability...

So I had him fit the new Thule a front (A frame) mounted cycle rack instead.

I passed it on the hard shoulder a little later and posted in the 'spotted' thread.
Thank goodness it all stayed upright.

My neighbor has just returned with his caravan (a WWB Not an Eriba !) having suffered a caravan tyre 'blow out' at motorway speed :( Fortunately no damage to tow car, caravan or persons :)

The damage could have been a lot worse had it not been for efficiency of the Ford Mondeo's Stability control system and the fact that the van wheels are fitted with "Tyron Bands"

No apparent cause for the blow out BUT the Tyre date was 2011 so it pays to check tyre manufacture dates, just incase DSCF3080.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)DSCF3081.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)

Zoiks!

I wonder in someone makes run-flat tyres for caravans?

The trouble with run flat tyres is they assume that some air is in the tyre, I've had 2 deflations on run flats both were total ie no readable pressure on a digital tpg, this causes the side seal of the run flat tyre to come away from the rim, meaning you cannot reinflate, it needs a tyre fitter, for me no problem as both times it happened at home, and fitters is about 300m away BMW dealer. Also despite what they say about 30 mph and up to 50 miles, you carry on if you can afford to replace your alloy, mine are over £500 each. Just the benefit of my ill luck, take it or leave it, I'm only stating exactly what happened to me

This is another hazard which fortunately isn't much on the Eribas radar, this bridge is on the same road to the caravan club site Rowntree in York. It wasn't a good day for this campervan..

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