Haha great story! 😂 Yes I can really see the value for money in the Bowlus RV, it’s built to an enviable standard.

I wouldn't mind buildind a teardrop caravan in a similar style. 🙂

Thank you, yes the Pebble is amazing! 🤩

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I think it would be the Bowlus for me. I’m sure you could ask them! 😂 There used to be a company called Watling Engineers who made towbars for anything. Sadly they ceased trading during Covid, but they made a custom towbar for a classic Rolls Royce that I had once.

I get that they’re really expensive, but I think they’re better value than your average caravan at £35-£55k, when you consider the investment in technology. Obviously it’s out of the reach of most of us, but it would be nice if some of those ideas could find a way of filtering down into other cheaper models.

Absolutely, 100% this ☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼 I’ve been saying this for years. There’s an interesting article I have in a caravan magazine from the early 1960s that compares rubber torsion (“new fangled”, as it was then) to leaf springs and springs/shock absorbers. They completely dismiss rubber torsion, claiming that the payload on your average caravan isn’t high enough to reap the benefits of the design, unlike on a lorry trailer, for example. Every caravan that they tested with it fitted was noted to be bouncy and agitated on the road, and they noted the tyres having to do a lot of the work to absorb bumps. I think a rethink of the chassis is needed. The La Mancelle caravan that I reviewed had an Alko chassis that was extensively modified. It not only had a more expensive Alko Delta axle, which promises to give the road handling characteristics of sprung suspension (is that an admission from Alko that it’s superior?!), but they also fitted rigid steel sections across the width of the caravan to strengthen the chassis and floor, very much in the same vein that caravan chassis used to be 50+ years ago.

I agree, and wind resistance / drag coefficient could certainly also need an update.

Haha no worries - I’ve been called far worse on KZfaq before now 😂

@@NotAnotherWhiteBox 😂🤣😂🤣

I would have completely agreed with you, but research into aerodynamics shows us otherwise. Something that disrupts the airflow can be just as effective at aiding aerodynamics as a rounded smooth shape. As Knaus confirmed with their recent Yaseo range that was a result of a lot of aerodynamics testing, there’s a terminal velocity to how much wind resistance a caravan can overcome, due to the sheer physics that it’s a wider and taller object than the tow vehicle. So it becomes a balance of aerodynamics counterbalanced with interior space. All research points to the corners of the caravan are far more important when it comes to deflecting the wind than the actual front panel. By that logic, the Bowlus is the perfect shape.

@@NotAnotherWhiteBox Thanks for the detailed reply. I guess it needs something big to tow it, which would itself deflect a lot of air from the front.