Well done Oliver! A great review of a niche part of towing with a small car and a lightweight caravan. I have towed with a small car which had a max weight of 1435 kg (kerb weight 1090kg) and only had 99bhp and 130Nm of torque, the caravan weighed 900kg. It is a massive compromise and you have to manage your expectations of performance and how much extra weight you can add to the car or van. Eventually I changed my car out to something a bit bigger which took out a lot of anxiety of the towing experience.
Happy caravanning Oliver! Avoid using the stabilizer head to move the caravan, grab the jockey wheel "pole". You can buy handles to fit on the jockey wheel to make it easier. keep the nose weight up of the caravan. Look up the max towbar load for the car and max nose weight for the caravan. Pick the lowest of the two and don't exceed it and get the nose weight upto this weight. It will make a big difference to the tow. You may need to adjust tyre pressures on the towcar. Keep an eye on oil levels if your pushing the engine hard. Idle the engine for a couple of minutes after stopping before turning off. It gives chance for the heat to be removed from the engine and turbo rather than turning the engine off and cooking the oil. Its great to see a young person with a keen passion for caravanning and a talent for video making :) Keep the videos coming!
Thanks for watching and commenting, I have done the noseweight checks as I'm thinking of creating a video on my findings. The Max unfortunetly for me is 55kg and 5% of 995kg is 49kg so I am always loading up to 55kg on my noseweight gauge. I shall give that a try in terms of idling the engine after towing. Luckily I have never experienced the temperature gauge going over normal which is good and my recent service came back all good :) I'm glad you enjoy my videos, I certiainly enjoy making them! Thanks for watching, Oliver.
Good video Olliver... great to see you out and about solo caravanning. I did my first solo trip the other week without Clare and Mike... felt strange. Not sure about 25mpg being good as I get 27 - 29mpg towing with my heavy 4x4 and twin axle caravan. Having said that the setup you have is fantastic to gain experience and at your age you are keeping the running costs ie: insurance down. Best of luck to you in your adventures. Ian...
Looked the bees knees when you drove off the pitch and out of the gate Oliver. If 25mpg is average then that’s not bad at all. Keep on touring. Cheers, Rob
Good video informative too. Found it interesting and it's made me convinced I don't need to change cars , not bad economy either. Well done Oliver . Eamonn
Thanks Guys! I would love to see some more people caravanning at a young age which is why the Young Caravanners Facebook group is fantastic. Cheers, Oliver.
Hi Oliver, On my first solo trip out with the Freedom Jetstream and the Ford Puma, I got some 'pitching'. I'd inadvertently left the Truma water system full of water ! Second trip out, I ensured the system was drained and I'd stuck more 'stuff' in the car boot. I'd also removed the heavy freestanding table (which I had no plans to ever use) to the wardrobe at home ! Much better 😉
I tow a twin axel abbey with a Ford s max and I get looks on site, it tows really well, completely legal, you get people who think you need a range rover for twin axels. Glad your enjoying your car and caravan and congrats on the job.
No harm in stirring the box and reving the motor, I did exactly the same many years ago with my 1.6 Vectra 90 bhp and my Swift Classic Corvette behind. Thanks for sharing Oliver.
Hello, I think the caravan I just bought has a capacity of 850-900kg; I towed it with a seat ibiza 1.4 85 hp 6j vehicle. My impressions are that the vehicle can be considered sufficient, but a powerful car is better. Of course, I will continue as my economic situation is sufficient for this at the moment, it is necessarily a bit challenging, especially on steep slopes. Still beautiful 😉
Great video 👍🏼 I’ve watched all your videos on your D4-2 me and my partner love them so cute and stylish, am looking to get a D4-2 hopefully soon 🤞🏼 and I also have a 1 litre is a Nissan Juke 2021 if you have any advice on car or D4-2 I’d be grateful ☺️
Firstly great choice on the Discovery! Such a brilliant caravan, I've got no experience unfortunately we your car but if you have any D4-2 questions please do let me know. Thanks for watching, Oliver.
We got given a Bailey ranger 460/2 which is about 1000kg. I've got a 2019 SEAT Leon with a 1.5 turbo engine (130Hp, 200nm torque at 1500 to 4000 revs). Watching this video has given some confidence in shouldn't have any real issues as it seems approximately equivalent to this setup, slightly bigger car but slightly heavier van
Great video Oliver, I was concerned whether I needed to change my tow car, when buying a slightly heavier caravan, I think you've alleviated some of my fears.
Hi, I have Suzuki celerio 835kg 67bhp 1-litre, it's only allowed to tow 400kg braked, I've seen a trailer which weighs 100kg and want transport a 100kg trials bike, so would be within the limits, do you think it would be feasible regarding hill starts etc? Thanks
Thanks for this Oliver. How heavy is your caravan?? I was surprised to hear you only get 25mpg. I was thinking of getting a Fiesta 1.0 ecoboost as we currently tow with my husbands 4x4 truck and I thought this might be more economical, but perhaps not then. Good to know. Also, i was considering an automatic Ford Fiesta, do you think this will be worse for towing? Thanks!
Hi Claire, my Discovery is 995kgs for daily use it’s reasonably economical but for towing not so. I personally wouldn’t go out to buy this car as a towcar as I only use it as it was my then current car. I now tow with an Auto and it’s really good but not sure on how good the Fiesta Auto is. Thanks for watching, Oliver.
Hi there, how did you manage to get the nose weight low enough for the fiesta when you had it as I know most caravans are nose heavy, especially for smaller cars, thanks Liam.
I more likely be getting a Skoda Kamiq 1.5 tsi as my first car (if I drive) & I'm thinking about getting a caravan same size as you but I will more likely buy a much older short wheelbase caravan for less than a grand. & I think you might be able to drive a caravan certain length without taking additional test
The B&E test was removed last year you can now tow any caravan upto the weight of 3500kg with any tow car on a standard licence. Hope they helps, Oliver.
@@CaravanningwiththeCoxs Thank you very much. I will definitely start with a small caravan as it's easier to tow & I will also only be using just for myself & I will more likely ask my parents to teach me some basics. Keep up the good work 👍
1 min in and I’m already writing a comment… when emptying the Wastemaster if you open the cap nearest the handle it empties much quicker and no gluggling.
Fiesta is only rated to tow 900kg and the MTPLM of the van is 995kg. How do you make sure your under 900kg?. I can see you have a bike rack on the van, that alone may put you over 900kg.
Hi there and thanks for the comment. Might be worth checking out my Towbar fitting video and seeing my Vin Plate. My Fiesta can tow 1000kg👍🏻 th-cam.com/video/TcZNIfE8HcU/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching, Oliver
@@CaravanningwiththeCoxs good to hear you're pushing the limit without issue. Always reading about weights and limits and I always thought it wasn't advisable to run so close to max weights?
Not sure how your climate control is. But my 14 when towing you could have open vents so all the vents were open and I’d have the heat on on with the sunroof open. I never saw the needle climb at all. Was it needed ? Eeehhh idk cause I always did that so again never saw the need climb. My 14 fiesta with a 1.6 got 23mpg American. Worst I got was 19 but it was no joke 50mph headwinds the entire time. That was towing 1k with all my winter gear and clothes for a week in the car.
Towing it is not the main concern, the main concern is with breaking and maintaining stability. Now the licence limits have changed, I definitely recommend using a heavier vehicle.
Hi Rich, I have since changed my car if you watch some more of my videos👍 however, breaks were fine and as good as my current car and stability was fine and if a snake occurred it could control the caravan absolutely fine. Thanks for watching, Oliver.
Well done to you Oliver you should be proud of yourself you have loads of confidence 👏👏👏👏👏👍
Thanks for the positive feedback Liz, I am glad you enjoyed the video😀
Well done Oliver! A great review of a niche part of towing with a small car and a lightweight caravan. I have towed with a small car which had a max weight of 1435 kg (kerb weight 1090kg) and only had 99bhp and 130Nm of torque, the caravan weighed 900kg. It is a massive compromise and you have to manage your expectations of performance and how much extra weight you can add to the car or van. Eventually I changed my car out to something a bit bigger which took out a lot of anxiety of the towing experience.
Hi Oliver I used to tow a freedom micro light caravan behind a peugeot 106 1.0 when I was 19
It was so slow but it got me hooked for life….
Nice too see you solo caravaning.
Thanks for sharing Oliver 👍🏻
Great video mate,
I get around 25 mpg out of my 3ltr v6 diesel towing my caravan so I’m happy with that 👍👍👍
Happy caravanning Oliver!
Avoid using the stabilizer head to move the caravan, grab the jockey wheel "pole". You can buy handles to fit on the jockey wheel to make it easier. keep the nose weight up of the caravan. Look up the max towbar load for the car and max nose weight for the caravan. Pick the lowest of the two and don't exceed it and get the nose weight upto this weight. It will make a big difference to the tow. You may need to adjust tyre pressures on the towcar.
Keep an eye on oil levels if your pushing the engine hard. Idle the engine for a couple of minutes after stopping before turning off. It gives chance for the heat to be removed from the engine and turbo rather than turning the engine off and cooking the oil.
Its great to see a young person with a keen passion for caravanning and a talent for video making :) Keep the videos coming!
Thanks for watching and commenting,
I have done the noseweight checks as I'm thinking of creating a video on my findings. The Max unfortunetly for me is 55kg and 5% of 995kg is 49kg so I am always loading up to 55kg on my noseweight gauge.
I shall give that a try in terms of idling the engine after towing. Luckily I have never experienced the temperature gauge going over normal which is good and my recent service came back all good :)
I'm glad you enjoy my videos, I certiainly enjoy making them!
Thanks for watching, Oliver.
Thanks for sharing Olly 👍
Hi Oliver, absolutely fantastic video well done, find your videos really helpful thank you, I'm the same love my caravan, happy caravanning 👍
Thank you Martin, I’m glad the video help😊 Happy Christmas, Oliver.
Good video Olliver... great to see you out and about solo caravanning. I did my first solo trip the other week without Clare and Mike... felt strange. Not sure about 25mpg being good as I get 27 - 29mpg towing with my heavy 4x4 and twin axle caravan. Having said that the setup you have is fantastic to gain experience and at your age you are keeping the running costs ie: insurance down. Best of luck to you in your adventures. Ian...
Looked the bees knees when you drove off the pitch and out of the gate Oliver. If 25mpg is average then that’s not bad at all. Keep on touring. Cheers, Rob
Great video Oliver 🙂
Good video informative too. Found it interesting and it's made me convinced I don't need to change cars , not bad economy either. Well done Oliver . Eamonn
Brilliant!! Well done Oliver… I don’t know any people your age doing this. Just fantastic. Great job 👏🏻 😃👍🏼
Thanks Guys! I would love to see some more people caravanning at a young age which is why the Young Caravanners Facebook group is fantastic. Cheers, Oliver.
Amazing work
Interesting video, thanks for sharing
Hi Oliver,
On my first solo trip out with the Freedom Jetstream and the Ford Puma, I got some 'pitching'.
I'd inadvertently left the Truma water system full of water !
Second trip out, I ensured the system was drained and I'd stuck more 'stuff' in the car boot.
I'd also removed the heavy freestanding table (which I had no plans to ever use) to the wardrobe at home !
Much better 😉
I like the Channel Oliver and the videos. I have watch some of your videos but you should be proud of yourself and I have put a like in as well.
Cheers James, glad you enjoy the videos👍🏻
I tow a twin axel abbey with a Ford s max and I get looks on site, it tows really well, completely legal, you get people who think you need a range rover for twin axels. Glad your enjoying your car and caravan and congrats on the job.
Your quite right Andrew, it doesn’t always need to be a 4x4 or Volvo Estate! Thanks for commenting, Oliver
No harm in stirring the box and reving the motor, I did exactly the same many years ago with my 1.6 Vectra 90 bhp and my Swift Classic Corvette behind. Thanks for sharing Oliver.
Wow a 1.6 with 90hp and my 1.0 has the same! Show's how times have changed. Glad you enjoyed it, Oliver.
Hello, I think the caravan I just bought has a capacity of 850-900kg; I towed it with a seat ibiza 1.4 85 hp 6j vehicle. My impressions are that the vehicle can be considered sufficient, but a powerful car is better. Of course, I will continue as my economic situation is sufficient for this at the moment, it is necessarily a bit challenging, especially on steep slopes. Still beautiful 😉
Really nice video. We are going to start caravaning. 😊 Andrew
Thanks for watching! Good luck with purchasing and starting caravanning😁
Well done Oliver
Cheers Barry, glad you enjoyed it👍
I like that bike rack!
Great video 👍🏼 I’ve watched all your videos on your D4-2 me and my partner love them so cute and stylish, am looking to get a D4-2 hopefully soon 🤞🏼 and I also have a 1 litre is a Nissan Juke 2021 if you have any advice on car or D4-2 I’d be grateful ☺️
Firstly great choice on the Discovery! Such a brilliant caravan, I've got no experience unfortunately we your car but if you have any D4-2 questions please do let me know. Thanks for watching, Oliver.
We got given a Bailey ranger 460/2 which is about 1000kg. I've got a 2019 SEAT Leon with a 1.5 turbo engine (130Hp, 200nm torque at 1500 to 4000 revs). Watching this video has given some confidence in shouldn't have any real issues as it seems approximately equivalent to this setup, slightly bigger car but slightly heavier van
Hi There, sounds like a good match just double check your towing limit and kerbweight to insure your safe and legal but sounds all good.
I have a kia ceed sw 1.0 with turbo and 120 horsepower pulling an adria adora 542 ut with out any problems
Great video Oliver, I was concerned whether I needed to change my tow car, when buying a slightly heavier caravan, I think you've alleviated some of my fears.
Glad I have helped Glen. As I mentioned in the video just make sure you all safe and legal! Cheers, Oliver.
Hi, I have Suzuki celerio 835kg 67bhp 1-litre, it's only allowed to tow 400kg braked, I've seen a trailer which weighs 100kg and want transport a 100kg trials bike, so would be within the limits, do you think it would be feasible regarding hill starts etc? Thanks
Thanks for this Oliver. How heavy is your caravan?? I was surprised to hear you only get 25mpg. I was thinking of getting a Fiesta 1.0 ecoboost as we currently tow with my husbands 4x4 truck and I thought this might be more economical, but perhaps not then. Good to know. Also, i was considering an automatic Ford Fiesta, do you think this will be worse for towing? Thanks!
Hi Claire, my Discovery is 995kgs for daily use it’s reasonably economical but for towing not so. I personally wouldn’t go out to buy this car as a towcar as I only use it as it was my then current car. I now tow with an Auto and it’s really good but not sure on how good the Fiesta Auto is. Thanks for watching, Oliver.
Hi there, how did you manage to get the nose weight low enough for the fiesta when you had it as I know most caravans are nose heavy, especially for smaller cars, thanks Liam.
Luckily for me when Bailey designed the Discovery is was made purposely nose light to accomodate the bike rack so I never had an issue.
I tow with my ford fusion 1.4 tdci 2004
I more likely be getting a Skoda Kamiq 1.5 tsi as my first car (if I drive) & I'm thinking about getting a caravan same size as you but I will more likely buy a much older short wheelbase caravan for less than a grand. & I think you might be able to drive a caravan certain length without taking additional test
The B&E test was removed last year you can now tow any caravan upto the weight of 3500kg with any tow car on a standard licence. Hope they helps, Oliver.
@@CaravanningwiththeCoxs Thank you very much. I will definitely start with a small caravan as it's easier to tow & I will also only be using just for myself & I will more likely ask my parents to teach me some basics. Keep up the good work 👍
pull a caravan with a 1 liter turbo is not a problem i drive a polo 1.2 bluemotion with a big homecare easely
1 min in and I’m already writing a comment… when emptying the Wastemaster if you open the cap nearest the handle it empties much quicker and no gluggling.
Do you know... I never thought of that. Will try that in two weeks time. Cheers David.
@@ForTheLoveOfCaravans only needs to be half a turn to let air flow in, makes all the difference
Very interested David, I shall invesigate that next time I am out! Thanks for watching, Oliver.
Fiesta is only rated to tow 900kg and the MTPLM of the van is 995kg. How do you make sure your under 900kg?. I can see you have a bike rack on the van, that alone may put you over 900kg.
Hi there and thanks for the comment. Might be worth checking out my Towbar fitting video and seeing my Vin Plate. My Fiesta can tow 1000kg👍🏻 th-cam.com/video/TcZNIfE8HcU/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching, Oliver
@@CaravanningwiththeCoxs good to hear you're pushing the limit without issue. Always reading about weights and limits and I always thought it wasn't advisable to run so close to max weights?
Not sure how your climate control is. But my 14 when towing you could have open vents so all the vents were open and I’d have the heat on on with the sunroof open.
I never saw the needle climb at all.
Was it needed ? Eeehhh idk cause I always did that so again never saw the need climb.
My 14 fiesta with a 1.6 got 23mpg American.
Worst I got was 19 but it was no joke 50mph headwinds the entire time. That was towing 1k with all my winter gear and clothes for a week in the car.
Blimey 25mpg I get 20-25mpg from mine!
haha... is that down hill wind assisted and out of gear Damo?
Towing it is not the main concern, the main concern is with breaking and maintaining stability. Now the licence limits have changed, I definitely recommend using a heavier vehicle.
Hi Rich, I have since changed my car if you watch some more of my videos👍 however, breaks were fine and as good as my current car and stability was fine and if a snake occurred it could control the caravan absolutely fine. Thanks for watching, Oliver.