hi guys and welcome back today we're at
the caravan I'm going to show you how to
hook up your Caravan to your car so a
correctly attached Caravan to your car
is really important so the first job is
to check the handbrake so come like me
admit with me and we'll check that now
so check that the handbrake is on and
that the jockey wheel is fully down you
don't want it up here in any position
you want it all the way to the floor
make sure that you candles are both
tight slip when you take the legs up it
will hold the caravan we're gonna whine
going around to the legs we're gonna
wind those up let's bring the legs up
instead of using your manual ones
because we're a bit lazy he's one of
these just the general trim I'm one of
these this has got a leg attachment I
just like any normal drill bit whizzes
on that finds up whine your legs next
drop one the caravan up cuz we're quite
low on this pitch it's not gonna be high
enough to sit under the ball so it days
we use this is the jockey wheel and we
race the caravan up on the cut on the
jockey well so that will sit under the
cup of the caravan don't need to go too
mad just enough just enough and that's a
that's the bike right there
so let's hook it up now I'm gonna show
you what happens in the car as well and
how we bring it back onto the table
right so bringing the car back now nice
every saw pitch is high the jockey
wheels up dad's filming in the car how
we using the reversing camera usually if
you didn't have a reversing camera you
bring him back one hand down the middle
by the hitch like that and you just
bring him back like that
and then when he gets close to bring the
hands together and when the hands are
like that you know your back because
he's using the reversing camera I'm
still here to make sure he's okay
in case anything goes wrong so I'm just
gonna bring him back now bring him back
now and that's perfect a little knock
and he's gonna go forward a little bit
just when we go forwards a couple inches
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hook it up first job is to hook the
breakaway cable up that means if you
ever have to take that handbrake off if
the caravan rolls backwards he'll only
go as far as the breakaway cable so I
keep mine around the jockey we'll just
remove that and you might think cuz I've
got the carabiner style we upgraded ours
put a little hook under that and I can
just clip that on there you can't
because that is not as strong better
metal and also my breakaway cable is
it's long enough but isn't really long
enough so unfortunately we have to put
mine round here and put it back on
itself no if I leave it like that it
could just jump off like that so what I
do is I pull mine tight at the start so
that means it's got less chance if this
ever came off what you won't or
shouldn't put less chance of pulling off
all right
it's what the breakaway cable does it
for this Caravan comes off it pulls the
handbrake and then snaps next job is to
wind the caravan down
so we've got the Alko hitch the older
type and we pull the stabilizer up till
it clicks pull the black handle up a bit
clicks and then we wind the caravan down
on the nose so that it'll meet the car
and it should click now you may see
we've got a green indicator there just
there but never ever trust that green
indicator always either try and I never
do because trying to lift the caravan
which is not a good idea
some people do I don't but I raised the
car on the jockey wheel so it's actually
winding the car up and I then you go to
then wind the jockey wheel down until it
sets that's what I tend to do is I just
slacken the handle off a little bit just
to make that life a bit easier and then
use your hand
just some Forks in there they meet up
last time and undo the handle pull it
all the way up and then tight make sure
that yeah handles type and your handles
tight next job is to plug the electrics
in now as you see we've got the 13 pin
plug if I was just to plug that cable
straight in there you can see that's
gonna drag along the floor so what we do
take our stabilizer down a little bit I
got the electrics my plug them through
the electrics okay from there pulling
them through and with the 13 pin plug
depending on your electric is
installation you take it in at 9 and we
twist it like that then what we do we
then shut stabilizer down being careful
not to drop the cable like that all
right
it's enough slack them whatever fit a
car all right
next job and the last job just take the
handbrake off and that we've got the
euro overrun system comes off like that
for the last job
we've got out Co ATC on this Caravan and
if you can see their path showing green
right
it's the carcinogen beyond check the
breakaway cable is attached electrics
are in they're not on the floor the
stabilizers down the green is showing
but we never trust that hand brakes off
the jockey wheel is up it's a clearing
the floor handle is tight
where your and the front Locker which
I've already checked because we've got
the tummy control next obvious check the
lights will be off indicators and I give
him the thumbs up to tell him that the
lights are good which had the bright
lights and lastly that's just getting
them out now she's getting his towing
mirrors out
we used the Malenko safety plus mirror
not the usual Aero mirrors they've got
the arrow heads and I was strapped quite
simply we put D and a pee on each so we
know which ones which they fit on the
Cougar quite nicely
they just strap over a pullin type now
that you know always you need these on
all vehicles and like I say these are
the mirrors they sit nicely they don't
wobble which is nice and yeah they sit
really nicely
so that's the caravan on the car like
say done I'll walk around we've got the
mirrors on I'm safe that it's hooked up
and yeah rock me so now that's just
gonna drive the caravan off the pitch
and I always check what's he's driven
away
that's the everything's running good and
that the caravan is Coe he's waving to
five people and that there's no chocks
left on the pitch the everything is
running
good nothing's been left off so then
what I would do is I always have a look
on the pitch check that nothing has been
left and the caravan right guys so as
you can see that rubber Gator is pushed
up that means if I unhook to the caravan
now it will jump into my bumper that's
what I need to do pull the handbrake on
like that and dad is gonna jump in the
car and he's gonna pull the car forwards
so that that rubber Gator is open
quite simply jump in the car
but it Bo it's until I shout wave and
you can keep going keep going keep going
keep going
and that does perfect see that's now
white and that won't jump off if I take
it off so you broke your perfect pitch
or your Caravan so Jackie will undo the
climb like so don't drop it all the way
down to the floor there's a good reason
for that if you arrive at your perfect
pitch and it slopes down and you've got
a dry put your jockey wheel down will
only go as far as the jaws so remember
if you take the jockey wheel halfway up
should not I do it all the way Titus the
free movement is easier wind it to the
floor finish
make sure to clout than up tight next
job tip the stabilizer off and that just
pulls up by that undo your 13 or put in
plug or your 12 pin 7 pin sorry not just
bad hooks
the opposite way like so and remember
don't just leave on the floor plug it in
your socket holder there cuz that means
no watering grass can get in it
alright next job sit the hitch handle up
and twine to the jockey wheel up so that
it clears the car mine doesn't there we
go let's clear out a car it's gonna wind
minor bit higher and the last job is to
sand brakes on release the breakaway
cable and remember also don't leave that
on the floor because that could be
tripping hazard so all I do is I just
put my Miranda the jockey
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