New legs for our caravan
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381971)
Rockingham, Australia
September 3, 2019 7:00pm CST
We’ve been waiting on a couple of online purchases and one arrived today. It’s four new legs for the caravan. When we park the van to camp overnight, there are four stabilising legs that help keep the caravan steady. The ones on the van are slow and cumbersome to wind down so we’ve bought new ones which will drop down and we’ll only need to wind them down a tiny bit. That’s the theory anyway. Haha
So they arrived by courier this morning and after lunch we went down and Vince has now welded them in place. Next week we take the caravan in to have the front resurfaced. We are hoping that the wood under the current surface won’t have water damage. If it does have, we might be up for a whole lot more expense.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
4 Sep 19
hopefully those new legs work well fer ya. seems our camper legs 're purty quick'n easy to place. sure makes 't nice to get 'em leveled'n secured. i've fingers crossed there'd be no damage 'nder there, hon.
i'm waitin' fer the hubs to get better steps fer ours. 'tis quite the climb to the bottom step.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
4 Sep 19
@JudyEv that 'twas most kind 'f him! i shan't hold my breath'n this end, 's ya know he says he's gonna, yet lacks the follow-through. the steps fer this'un need to be wider 'n 't least one more step. that 'r i'm gonna need a step stool to get in/out. the pups've a tough time, too.
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@JudyEv (381971)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Sep 19
@crazyhorseladycx Is it a motor-home (one unit)? We have a four-wheel drive vehicle and caravan is towed behind. Here it is with the annex set up. The car hitches up on the left.
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@JudyEv (381971)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Sep 19
@valmnz I hope you enjoy it. From what I've heard of WA people hiring motor-homes in NZ, they find the roads a bit intimidating - a bit more winding, narrower and very steep in some areas. But it's great to have a 'home on wheels' and you'll save a small fortune in meals and accommodation.
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@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
12 Sep 19
I keep telling you and Vince that you might get visitors at any time. *shake my head* You have to leave the "other" activities at home! 
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@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
12 Sep 19
@JudyEv I hope everything goes well with the inspection of the wooden part of the caravan, Judy. I'd hate to think you wouldn't be sharing as many interesting things this next year if something were majorly wrong with your house on wheels!
I'm sure you are. 
I apologize for trying to be funny by putting a slant on what you were saying. 
I apologize for trying to be funny by putting a slant on what you were saying. 1 person likes this
@JudyEv (381971)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Sep 19
@DaddyEvil No problems. Hopefully the repairs will only take a few days unless something 'bad' is found.
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
4 Sep 19
That surely make the van steady. Anyway, what's the caravan about?
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@JudyEv (381971)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Sep 19
Are you familiar with caravans? We tow the caravan when we go travelling. It has a bed and kitchen, a toilet and shower so if we want to camp for free we can do that. We think it is cheaper than having to stay in a hotel.
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
4 Sep 19
Ha ha, I'm sorry my understanding of caravan is like trade fair or exhibits of things of products. This is what we do here when we say caravan.
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@JudyEv (381971)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Sep 19
@ilocosboy So do you have my sort of caravan in your country?
@JudyEv (381971)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Sep 19
They'll just make a bit less work but that will be welcome. We really are starting to feel our age in some ways.
@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
6 Sep 19
It's so nice to have a caravan. I wish I had one so that when visiting parents, we could park it in front of their house.
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@JudyEv (381971)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Sep 19
It's very handy on lots of occasions. Sometimes we'll take it to a concert and sleep in it overnight.
@wolfgirl569 (135690)
• Marion, Ohio
4 Sep 19
Hopefully the new legs work great.
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@Marilynda1225 (91069)
• United States
4 Sep 19
Hoping the new legs are a breeze to work and you don't have to struggle winding them down.
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@moffittjc (128832)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Sep 19
Even with the new stabilizing legs on there, I still have to say, "if the caravan's a rockin', don't come knockin'!" haha
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@moffittjc (128832)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Sep 19
@JudyEv I like the way you think Judy! Rock on!
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Sep 19
You are ready to "roll" again.
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@RasmaSandra (97991)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Sep 19
Glad you got the new legs at least and hope that everything else will be just fine.
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@JudyEv (381971)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Sep 19
Good point. Hopefully once this new issue is fixed, it will be right for a while.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 Sep 19
I hope all works out and no water damage.
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@JudyEv (381971)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Sep 19
That would be good. It's pretty expensive just what we're having done so we're hoping there won't be more expense.
