Tag: Caravan

Swift Sprite Major 4 EB off-road edition

We decided to get ourselves a caravan as a shelter on our plot as long as we do not have anything else to hide in. And yesterday, it arrived.

We decided for a Swift Sprite Major 4 EB, which is a caravan with a separate bedroom, living/cooking area and a toilet and shower in the middle of the caravan.

However with a total length of approx 7.5m and only a single axle, it only has limited ground clearance (with limited meaning really limited).

The route (from OS Maps)

Sneak preview: we made the 450m in roughly 4 hours whiche equates to an astonishing 0.1125 kilometer per hour. In the image above you see the route we took.

Due to heavy rains in the last couple of days, the whole track was pretty soaked, so we had to use the TeleHandler to pull the caravan. However, the 50mm ball -hitch on the Tele was way to high for the caravan (ca 65cm above the ground), so the effective ground clearance of the caravan was even less (actually less than 10 cm).

I really did not find to take many pictures and videos (too occupied with the whole operation). But you might get at least some impressions of the undertaking.

The bginning of the journey
Plenty of ground clearance
Steeper than it looks
After the fence we have to turn left onto the ramp
Not only steep downwards but also steep sidways
Who needs a whinch?
Already getting dark – the final meters
Arrived at destination

Though we used plywood at the bottom the caravan still got some scratches at the rear. But still in one piece.

We will probably wait, before we move it next time …