RIB Hibernation

timw · 19 October 2003, 21:38

Here's Snapper getting ready to go home for the Winter

timw · 19 October 2003, 21:40

Another view

timw · 19 October 2003, 21:41

Final resting place until the spring

whitingiom · 19 October 2003, 21:43

Aw....it's only Autumn still.....

Tigger had a nice new blue tarpaulin fitted today....after my wife had used it to transport garden rubbish to the tip!

Twigs everywhere I ask you!

It'll have to come off if the sun shines and the sea is flat!

timw · 19 October 2003, 21:49

Snapper was sad to go to bed so early, but his owner couldn't afford any more petrol this year and has to save up for next year.

Biggles · 19 October 2003, 23:32

Couldn't you get a number plate for the trailer ????

timw · 20 October 2003, 08:48

I tried to get one of those stick on ones, but Halford's told me they aren't available any more and you have to get a proper one made up. Apparantly you need to provide all the paperwork from the car to get one made.
...So I just wrote on the number with a marker pen.

Garygee · 21 October 2003, 12:46

WIMP

Have my next planned winter out when the sea freezes over during the next ice age.

Just built myself a little front cubby to keep kids & me warm and dry if we stop or the kids want somewhere to shelter if it turns nasty while underway.

Note This has nothing to do with me having no trailer or anywhere to put the RIB over winter

Regards Gary

Rene · 21 October 2003, 13:58

just a thought

Wouldn't it be a good idea to put some wooden blocks under the trailer, to take the load of the wheels.

Maybe you have all ready done this but I couldn't see this off the picture

Regards
Rene

andy cooper · 21 October 2003, 19:05

If you put wooden blocks under the trailor to lift the wheels off the ground ,then you may as well remove the wheels.
lock the wheels up to make your rib more secure.

timw · 21 October 2003, 20:58

Do I really need to lift the wheels free of the ground for just a few winter months? I put hard boards down so the wheels don't sink into the ground.

I will put a lock on the trailer, but doubt anyone will try and nick it as it's in a wood deep in the heart of Sussex miles away from any road.

(and I am a bit of a Wimp not using it during the Winter, but none of my friends want to come as they'd rather be playing golf)

Bern Hanreck · 22 October 2003, 08:19

I did the caravan club course and we were told that you should rotate your tyres through 90 degrees every six weeks maximum or you would indeed put flats onto the tyres causing potentially serious problems. I also favour completely removing the wheels and storing them flat in the garage.

timw · 22 October 2003, 10:30

Hmmm...good advice.

As it's miles away from where I live, I wasn't planning on visiting during the winter months, but now I'll make the effort to go there and rotate the wheels every now and then.

Cookee · 22 October 2003, 10:50

Bloody caravans

Red Fox · 22 October 2003, 22:02

Nowt wrong with caravans...it's the old fogies that drive the cars that are to blame

Richard B · 22 October 2003, 22:14

No, all caravans should be burnt.

- and those motor caravan things that drive along at 20mph and just stop in the middle of the road to do a bit of map reading.

Bill S · 23 October 2003, 08:32

Quote :- No, all caravans should be burnt.

Well there speaks the voice of reason! A very well reasoned and somewhat 'imflammatory' statement. You might just as well say 'All boats should be burnt!' or 'All trucks should be burnt!'.
Slower moving (slower than you that is) traffic always has been and always will be a pain in the butt, whether its a caravan, an artic, or a RIB on a trailer! Chill out man - if you burnt all their caravans, they might use the insurance money to buy a boat, and get in your way on the water as well as on the road.

I have to go with Red Fox here.... its the buffoons at the controls to blame. Good drivers (whether of caravans or boats) dont give folk hassle - but its the British way - assholes all over the UK have the right to be using the same bit of highway as you - so chill out - live with it - and thank God that you can get out in your boat away from it from time to time.

Cookee · 23 October 2003, 08:44

Bill - you wern't taking us seriously were you? Or are you a closet caravan owner?

By the way I agree it is the people that drive the cars that tow them - it's just that people who tow ANYTHING else tow faster and don't stop in the middle of the road to read maps etc etc!

Richard B · 23 October 2003, 10:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Bill S
'imflammatory' statement..

Nice one!
Caravans seem to be mostly made of plywood, so they would burn quite well. Trucks and boats are made mostly of either steel or GRP so there would just be an environmental disaster setting fire to them.

Red Fox · 23 October 2003, 13:16

...Or are you a closet caravan owner?

Who tows a closet around?

Hey Bill, he thinks your van is a closet!
What a cheek!