I’m sure Angela had a lead role in the Matrix.👍👍

I’m a rusty single lady caravanner, you are helping me immensely with my confidence. Thank you

When I hitch-up as an additional check before lifting and securing away the Jockey wheel I wind the jockey wheel handle down until I see it lifting the caravan and car together. Thereby confirming the caravan is securely connected to the tow ball! Then continue as you instructed. Thank you for a very clear an concise video.

just a little note, you held the hitch lock open then pushed it down when you lowered the caravan via the jockey wheel, nauthy boy, you should lower the caravan and let the hitch lock on its own snap into place on the tow ball. then crank the jockey wheel to raise the caravan and car to confirm its locked into place, then raise the jockey wheel. hopefully aswell you didnt have the handbreake engaged while in storage, as this can cause brakes to stick. nobody's perfect, .... well, i am when the wifes not looking,.... many caravaners learn from your great video's hope you guys keep making them, informative and fun to watch.

I am hours away from hitching up for my first time ever! Excited and nervous, so just seeking last minute guidance from the master.

I've been caravanning for three years and I'm still learning! Thank you.

Another great video and clear explanations, much appreciated. Over the next few weeks, we will be going through many of your videos picking up your knowledge to aid us on our travels.

Really useful thanks. We return to caravanning very soon with a 'PowerMover'. We'll watch this video several times again (...& make notes!)

Another great video. As someone who is days away from collecting their first caravan, your channel is so helpful! Keep up the fantastic content.

I really appreciate your calm way of explaining things. We plan to head to Europe in 10 years to caravan and watching your videos is a fun and informative way to spend the evening. Cheers!

Nice video thank you. Already has asked my wife to watch carefully. 😂👍🏼. Looking forward to have a go ourselves very soon.

I wish I had seen this video before I tried going away with my caravan for the first time. Car and caravan parted company at the first turn 200 metres from home. Big adventure and huge lesson learnt. Fortunately no one was hurt and caravan was fine. All that needed repair was the breakaway cable (which did its job well) and the stabiliser thingee needed new friction pads as one pad was split (which is why, so the caravan dude thinks, it didn’t connect caravan to car properly. Live and learn.

Hi from New Zealand, great tips and hints on your videos. Thank you. Thankfully we have reverse cameras in the cars,i cant afford a divorce and pay for the caravan.

Thank you both of you. That's all been very helpful to this (old) newbie on his return to caravanning. I'll get the missus to watch this too!

nice info for everyone, can I just say that it's always good practice to check the hitch had located correctly not just by the green indicated button but by also winding up the jockey wheel to raise both the car and van this will show if the hitch hasn't located, better for this to fail now than when you drive off had to help many caravanner after this has occurred.

One of many fantastic , informative videos. We have learnt so much. Thank you for making them. Great. TTW!

Cheers for the information, we are new to caravaning and found your site, the details you provide are really helpful for us newbies... Keep up the good work 👍 Thanks again, Andy and Tina.

Brilliant video for us newbies 👌 Ive just come across this video but will be looking at your others. Thanks😊

Dan Thanks for the video, just seen this as both me and my girlfriend are looking at a caravan!! The hand signals you use are slightly different from the Emergency Response Driving Courses I have done, like you said they are what suits you and I think most people would get them also. Thanks again and loving the series so far!!

great video again I found fitting a reversing camera a must as my wife usually wanders off talking to everyone or stands behind the pillar so I cant see her lol

Great video...we love the reviews....a hugh from Portugal!!!

Have actually just bought our first caravan, collect it Sat week, Nervous but very excited, Many thanks for your advice

Very useful information ,ready for my first ever trip out on Friday ,hope it is as easy as you make it look.

When you have lowered the nose of the caravan to level it, it is worth remembering to raise it up again so that the hook will pass under the hitch snd not ram into it. Excellent video. I will show this to my wife and educate her ;-)

Thank you again, confidence building. Im a lone caravanned.

Another great video….. thanks for your help

i would be nervous with that FBI agent stood behind me, great informative video though

Just bought my first Caravan so enjoying watching your videos - Some really good info to be found for sure. If your car doesn't have a reversing camera, you can easily buy a wifi action camera (like a GoPro) from a well known auction site for about £15. This will have a suction mount so you can stick it to the tailgate and view the live video on your phone...But don't forget to take the camera off once you are hooked up !

THANKS SO MUCH :-) I'm just about to go off but haven;t used my van for about a year and I was feeling SO RUSTY! AND I have to do it on my own (my BF is not into it at all - and he's at work) so I was really nervous. You're both lovely as you make me feel it doesn't matter if I take a few attempts to get it right. I'm just going to take time.

Very useful for a newby. Thank you

Just 1 extra safely check I add to that.... Once attached to the car I wind the jockey wheel back up slightly to check the back of the car raises (only slightly tho!!!) Lol

Love the video 👌...I'm about to buy a caravan..🙂👍

Love you guys

For 14 years I have been just pushing in the13 pin plug to the car socket, not knowing that one should give it a 90 deg turn. I've just learnt this and will do it properly next time out...I hope. Also, on a manoeuvring course, the instructor twisted the cable until it "spiralled" and became shorter. I personally just use a shock cord to hold the cable close to the stabiliser.

I'm just starting out, been out once managed to do great at reversing but as on gravel we needed to just pull it manually struggled so I'm go to get a square piece of wood to put under the jocky wheel hopefully then no problems 🙂

Hi Dan: Greetings from Pittwater, Australia. As you alluded to a better connection point for the breakaway cable may I suggest that the connection point should be totally independant of the tow bar/ball fittings in case you have a catastrophic seperation of the towbar from the tow vehicle. This is mandatory here but few carravaners take heed of the requirement. A friend recently had his 4WD serviced and 10 of the 12 bolts securing the tow bar had sheared off!. Admittedly he does dirt roads with a heavy van.

Dan, great video.. I am fortunate enough on my current car (Honda CRV) to have a reversing camera that means I can connect on my own. Previously we did the caravan club towing course, and they teach the 'bringing the hands together'. It is very useful.. For the guy having problems with caravan not going low enough. I have found that on sloping sites, and have had to stop, put front legs down, re adjust the hitch lock to a different position and then wind down again. I have another comment about packing the caravan, but will post on that video..

Great info cheers

SAFETY WARNING The green indicator highlighted at 8:12 is NOT an indication of secure hitching, it is a wear indicator for the friction pads in the hitch-head stabiliser. Also, I would not recommend wrapping the wiring cable around the bellows, but would retract enough cable back into the a-frame to leave enough slack for manoeuvring.

when i hitch up i just use mirrors to get aligned then reverse till my sensors say u are close [but il always stop so im further away so no damage done] then il use me caravan brake and its a good brake and manually move the caravan into position then lower down and this is on a down facing slight hill, never had a prob yet, i could ask mum to guide but she wont b like angela and might not kno how to tell me to turn so its best i do it and she fills caravan like angela [but i distribute it for weight] and i do outside checks etc but things like my mirrors go on last then we set off after final checks, also i check my lights, sidelights and fogs then indicators and brakes i have a pole i put onto my brake pedal [to check brake lights] ignition on but not engine so no danger then i can check all ok after all driver responsible for the load etc so driver knows all is ok, great vid sorry to go on

We always use the motor mover - two reasons - we park with the nose up against the garage as this puts the door adjacent to the back gate - we dont have arguments. Another reason is we have the AL-CO wheel lock which has the space between two spokes millimeter accurate to fit which is easier to do with a motor mover

We are new to Caravaning and just had our first tow from dealer to secure storage. All went well till it came To un hitching. The al-ko stab leaver was so stiff son had to use a wooden hammer handle as an extra brace to . Release it. Can u by chance tell us (pair of oldies in our late 70’s) what we shoulddo please we have learnt a lot from your videos. Thank you for doing them

Great video again, but just watched your safety video with you saying you check everytime that the hitch is attached to the car by lifting up the hitch. Or pulling up before the stabiliser is locked down.

Hi Trudgians, thank you so much for your videos, I really like and learned from them so far. I am a beginner and I really miss videos from inside the van. How you connect the fridge, the stove etc. So are there any? ;) H. Maria

Just watched this video & on the whole it's very good however just two points I personally would never put the electric cable around the hitch bellows for fear of crushing the cable under heavy breaking & I would always wind the jockey wheel back up slightly to double check the hitch is fully engaged even with the green indicator showing, Keep up the good work tho :-)

do you recommend that the corner steadies are up or down ?

Hi im new to caravaning and will be picking my van up next week. But im not sure of nose weight, i have a kia sorento 14 plate and ive been told the car towbar nose weight is 100kg ?. Also im not sure about the nose weight of the caravan, it a 2009 bailey pageant provence series 7? So when i pick it up its going to be empty , is that going to be ok to tow safely to tow to the storage facility .

Shown to my wife 🤣

I have learnt everything from your videos! Just a quick question. At what stage in the sequence did you lift the corner stabilisers? Thank you. 🙂

Help newbie caravaner,van been Stationary for 2 years,brake was not on,went to move it today fine going forward,but would not reverse

Hi Dan. Another good video. I notice that you have a motor mover. Why not just use that to move the van to the car?

You forgot to turning up the wheel upwards to see if the car is going up as well, the geen indicator alone is not 100%...

Why do you not need a safety chain as well. If caravan breaks away comply it may cross the centre line before it stops- i.e. worn break pads etc. i have seen how narrow some of the smaller roads are in G B

Hi, thanks for the video. What is the problem when the caravan hitch won't go low enough to drop onto the tow ball? I don't have too much weight in my boot and I end up trying to get the car higher than my caravan.

Is it wise to put your cable around the belows because when you brake that area will compress and possibly trap the wires?

I'm in New Zealand and have recently bought an English caravan with connector exactly as shown in this video. However the red button on top of the connector does not pop up! Why is this?

Hi Guys, I'm wondering if you could tell me how one goes about getting a number plate for the secondhand caravan we just recently bought, the two previous ones we had was bought from a dealer brand new and was attached on collection so a little in the dark.

Great video but no lift test

Just use a reversing camera it is so much easier!

First time every time Why? because I have a reversing camera 😁I can see the tow ball and hitch 👍

What happened to the unit ching 😢

Is Angela actually Neo?

Hi Guys,???the stabilizer `green indicator` ..that shows the `hitch` is connected?????...does it?? [your words]...the `green indicator` [on hitches that have them] shows this doesnt it....the green indictor on the stabilizer indicates the stabalizer is connected??...slightly confused//...wrapping the electric around the `bellows`..could that not get trapped when [if] you reverse]??

Great, but what if you you don’t have an Angela or Mary with you, what if you’re on your own?

Well, at least you got the jockey wheel up out of the way - but the rest of the connect-up was a fail. Seek professional advice.

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Is Angela permitted to speak?????