Caravan Length
Submitted: Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 18:19
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oldpop
Hi
When a caravan is measured for length is it body length or overall from tow hitch
Regards
Oldpop
Reply By: Gone Bush (WA) - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 18:26
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 18:26
Usually it's floor length.
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Reply By: Member - DAZA (QLD) - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 18:27
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 18:27
I was told by a Caravan Dealer that they go by the Internal Measurement.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: oldpop - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 18:28
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 18:28
Thanks for that
Oldpop
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Reply By: Member - The Bushwhackers -NSW - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 18:33
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 18:33
Hi Oldpop,
I'm no expert, but I consider a 16' van to be the van only, then you have to add on the length of rear bumper/wheel carrier, and the A frame/tow hitch, to get the overall length.
I have just ordered an Avan, and their website and brochures tell you the 'external body length', interior body length, and what they call 'total garage length'.
There is about 4 feet difference between the 'external body length' and the 'total garage length' in the one we ordered, (12'11" - 17 ft).
Hope this is of some help, Dave
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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 18:51
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 18:51
Well we have a 754 which is supposedly 24ft 6in
It is 23ft or 7015mm INSIDE and outside is 7500, the total length is almost 30ft or 9.450 mt roughly
That is from rear of spare tyre to front of tow hitch, 9280 without spare.
Depends on the manufacturer. A lot use outside because it makes it sound bigger.
Our Roadstar was described as a 21ft 6 but was only 19ft inside.
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Follow Up By: Fred G NSW - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 19:48
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 19:48
I think you're right Graham. Bit like fishermen, LOL, caravan owners/manufacturers sometimes exagerate. You know, big is better LOL. I was told also it is usually the inside cabin measurement length.
Fred
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Follow Up By: Nomadic Navara - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 22:09
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 22:09
Most of them seem to be going for the internal, furniture or floor length. It sucks the unwary into towing something bigger than they wanted to.
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Reply By: oldpop - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 19:00
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 19:00
Thanks for all the info guys much appreciated
Regards
Oldpop
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 19:59
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 19:59
When you go and look Ask them and make sure Its the only way..
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Reply By: Member - DickyBeach - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 20:50
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 20:50
Bushtracker, for example, will tell you that their 18' (18 foot = 5.4m) has an overall length of 73m.
Hope this helps,
DickyBeach.
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Follow Up By: Fred G NSW - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:06
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:06
Dicky, it goes without saying, that 73m is one hell of a caravan :-)))))))))
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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:30
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:30
My BT (and I'm mixing Imperial & Metric here) is 20 feet of floor. The 1 foot or so of overhang over the spares gives 21 ft of internal space but it is still referred to as a 20 footer. Overall length is 8.3 metres, tow hitch to tail lights.
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Follow Up By: Member - DickyBeach - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:42
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:42
Yes Fred,
And can you imagine how easy it is to reverse with the
wheels being SO far from the back of the truck.
Jokes aside, I obviously "lost" the decimal place somewhere - should have appeared as 7.3m. Sorry about that slip.
DB
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Follow Up By: Fred G NSW - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:49
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:49
LOLO ? ! # % ? LOL..... we're gettin' on in years mate :-)))))))
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Reply By: dieseltojo - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:04
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:04
Hi all,
I think that Avan says they do not add the boot length into the sum either. That way it all gets to be in the eye of the beholder. Another win for the caravan manufacturers. No standard system and they can say what they like.
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Reply By: Axle - Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:17
Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 at 21:17
G/Day Ol Pop, ,,,,,You thinking of buying or selling one ?....LOl,
Cheers Axle.
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Reply By: Member - Carl- Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 07:06
Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 07:06
Just of 41 years ago we managed to put a man on the moon and since then we have not been able to get a uniform standard.
We have all sorts of trouble in caravan parks trying to explain how long the caravan is. It is kedron and with the long draw bar it equates to a much longer van. The tow truck and caravan are together 56 feet long. This is just 2 feet shorter than a semi trailer. Try backing this onto a powered site. Caravan parks have not understanding.
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Follow Up By: Member - John & Lil - Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 07:41
Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 07:41
When the caravan
park asks me how long my van is I give them the understood van size i.e. 16ft and also give them the total length.
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Reply By: blown4by - Saturday, Nov 13, 2010 at 00:11
Saturday, Nov 13, 2010 at 00:11
For Licensing purposes "overall" means just that. From one end to the other.
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