Poorly written articles in caravan magazines.

I'm probably opening a can of worms with this post, but I've had enough of poorly written articles.

Let me give an example, please, if you thing i'm wrong let me know.

'Caravan & motorhome Essential Caravan, caravan tips &techniques #7' Sorry I couldn't find a date but I purchased it a few days ago so I presume it's this months magazine.

The article on 'loading the van' really got up my nose.

It ignores basic OH&S principles, ie holding the edge of a block of wood with thumb and forefinger (no control) instead of using a vice. Using a rusted old hitch to demonstrate a measurement, it looks rusted out and not fit to be on the road. Without any hints my wife looked at the picture and thought old and rusted out.

Who is the article aimed at? I would have thought it might have been a general article,but aimed at the newcomer, but after reading the article and some of the terms used it left me wondering.

Here are a few quotes from the article "The towbar itself should have marked its horizontal and vertical limits" perhaps the writer should have explained what that actually meant so that newcomers did not have to scratch their head.

Another one "This is the weight of the unloaded trailer and caravan (sitting on the Trailer"

The 8 steps taken to cut a piece of timber to weigh your van would confuse a genius let alone the average caravanner.

The pictures that support the article also leave a bit to be desired.

Part Two of the article states that "A WDH will reduce the weight on the towball by around a third. They are not required if your towball weight is within (eighty percent of) the vehicles limits, but ideal for when the towball weight is a little excessive for the tow vehicle, or if the van causes the rear suspension to drop more than 25 mm"

I always got the impression from other articles that a van with a weight above 750kg would benefit from a Weight Distribution System, never a mention of 80%.

On page 34 of the test a finger was pointing at a gadget on the coupling. It wasn't until page 40 that they mentioned the gadget, but no reference to the picture. It was a towing load indicator.

The tyre pressure test.

"We started our test........at 29 to 30 psi,...........When we hit the dirt we lowered the pressure back to 29psi to test the theory that lower pressure causes higher running temperatures that could lead to tyre failure"

They seriously think that the temperature will be significantly higher with a 1 psi pressure drop?

The above are just a few examples of what I think are wrong with the article.

Perhaps I'm getting old and gumpy but I was very disappointed with the quality of the articles

I feel better now.