If you breathe in I think it will fit
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325625)
Rockingham, Australia
September 24, 2018 8:38am CST
The photo is of the top of our car with the caravan on behind. It’s a bit of strange angle but I wanted to show you how little room there is each side of the caravan when it is backed into the shed.
We won’t be needing it till November so we’ve put it in the shed. We’ve had it in the shed once before so we know it will fit but isn’t it rather a tight squeeze? 
Apart from the narrow opening, it is difficult to line the caravan up at right angles to the doorway so it gets quite tricky. I stand at the back and watch the left-hand side. If the caravan is getting too close (ie less than four inches from the door-frame, I have to yell ‘whoa’ very loudly. The camera in the car beeps incessantly because it thinks there is something much too close to the car to be safe and this, combined with Vince’s deafness, makes a very loud yell essential.
I’d be surprised if the neighbours didn’t hear me although they’re half a kilometre away. But it took half as long as last time so we must be improving and there wasn’t one cross word between us so all is good with our world.
Apart from the narrow opening, it is difficult to line the caravan up at right angles to the doorway so it gets quite tricky. I stand at the back and watch the left-hand side. If the caravan is getting too close (ie less than four inches from the door-frame, I have to yell ‘whoa’ very loudly. The camera in the car beeps incessantly because it thinks there is something much too close to the car to be safe and this, combined with Vince’s deafness, makes a very loud yell essential.
I’d be surprised if the neighbours didn’t hear me although they’re half a kilometre away. But it took half as long as last time so we must be improving and there wasn’t one cross word between us so all is good with our world.28 people like this
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@wolfgirl569 (95082)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Sep 18
No cross words is the great thing. Hubby and I have that problem a lot when I am directing him.
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@wolfgirl569 (95082)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Sep 18
@JudyEv I try, but it is impossible sometimes. 
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@JudyEv (325625)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Sep 18
@wolfgirl569 I know the feeling and as I said it's taken 47 years and we still don't always achieve harmony when we're pressured with something.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
24 Sep 18
The caravan should be clean once it's in the shed...the dust will have been brushed off as it passed through the narrow doorway.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
24 Sep 18
I remember well when we had our caravan, m husband was actually quite good at backing it up since he is used to go backing up with his boat.
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@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
25 Sep 18
@JudyEv To reach the main road from our garage, we have to go through our pretty narrow private road, that is between two hedges. The car beeped all the time and it was impossible to know if there was an obstacle or if it beeped because "something was too close".
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@Marilynda1225 (79668)
• United States
24 Sep 18
That really is a tight squeeze. Holy mackerel!
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@moffittjc (118425)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Sep 18
That is definitely a tight squeeze! You should put an opening on the back side of the shed so that you can just drive straight in to the shed instead of having to back the caravan in.
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
24 Sep 18
Nice job for your man. It's okay to yell a bit loudly. He did it anyway.
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
25 Sep 18
@JudyEv yes if just yelling the instructions. Not anger yell
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@JudyEv (325625)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Sep 18
@Mavic123456 No anger this time. Just instructions.
@JudyEv (325625)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Sep 18
It was important that if I yelled he could hear me so yell I did!
@Juliaacv (48389)
• Canada
25 Sep 18
I can relate to seeing items parked in tight spaces.
Growing up I remember my Dad having garages built, but as soon as he'd start moving equipment in, it was always interesting because he usually had bought newer equipment, which meant larger in size. I remember he had one large workshop/implement shed built for his new combine. When he finally went to park the new combine for the first time at the end of the harvest season, he found that the ramp leading up to the far door hadn't been packed down enough (that was his excuse) and he had to let air out of the tires to get the combine into the garage. It had nothing to do with the gravel being too large a stone on the incline into the garage, it had everything to do with the door not having enough clearance for that monster of a machine. The next time he went to upgrade that, he had a company in to take down the second and third levels of the old barn, and convert it into a huge garage. Mission accomplished!
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@Juliaacv (48389)
• Canada
29 Sep 18
@JudyEv They encounter that with the farm equipment. They have to be ready to buy accessories to tow the large wide headers that take up 2 lanes of the roadways. When my Dad was alive he figured out how to make a type of towing device for a corn or wheat header for his combine. He loved to weld things from scratch without a pattern, and once he had one, he had a lot of other farmers asking him where he got it and how much he spent on it.
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Sep 18
@JudyEv - Wow! Vince is an excellent driver to be able to do that! I'm afraid I would knock the shed down!
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@DeborahDiane (40053)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Sep 18
@JudyEv - The two of you sound like my husband and me. He would think of it as a challenge; I would be biting my nails the whole time! 
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@JudyEv (325625)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Sep 18
@DeborahDiane You've got it exactly right! 
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@dgobucks226 (34343)
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26 Sep 18
That is a tight squeeze. You could help direct drivers in the U.S. who find squeezing into parking spaces a challenge
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
24 Sep 18
Precision is what was needed for this trapeze act.
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@JudyEv (325625)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Sep 18
No I guess it isn't - but there are plenty of other problems from time to time that need to be overcome!
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Sep 18
That is a tight fit! Hats off to Vince for the driving. Even with someone watching that would be iffy.
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@JudyEv (325625)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Sep 18
Not far out from the shed is a bit of a bank and you need to keep to the one side or the step digs into the earth so that makes it all a bit more difficult. But Vince is very good at backing. I think he is quite proud of his prowess really as we never seem to pull up anywhere except that we have to do a bit of backing.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Sep 18
@JudyEv I would be pleased with skill like that too.
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@jonnyartist (437)
• Anchorage, Alaska
25 Sep 18
it looks like it's a tight fit. but it looks like you have it set up good enough.
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@jonnyartist (437)
• Anchorage, Alaska
25 Sep 18
@JudyEv sounds good. good luck keeping it lined up properly.
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@JudyEv (325625)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Sep 18
The first time was the worst as we had an endless chain (winch affair) hanging from the middle beam and it caught on the awning. I was so busy watching the sides I forgot to look up. Luckily it didn't do any damage. We took the winch down after that.
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