Caravan clinic

TWO QUESTIONS

1) I have a Sprite Tourer SW and when I store it I jack up the caravan with all four jacks so all the tyres are off the ground. I have been told this is a no-no, as the jacks are only to level the caravan and not to raise it off the ground.

At some camping sites to get the caravan level I sometimes have to raise one wheel off the ground. I believe that some caravans may have weaker chassis than others and by raising it on a corner it could distort the caravan?

2) In the last issue of the magazine, I noticed some of the new caravans don’t have Chevron boards on the back. But the picture of Jurgens resuming production showed all the new caravans with Chevron boards. Some time ago I took my old Romany van for COF in Empangeni and they insisted I fit a Chevron on the