RV FEATURE

When I first started to explore this country , I did it towing camper trailers . I had towed them all over Australia , including remote areas and long outback tracks . I thought I had a fair amount of towing experience . When I finally bought my first caravan , I quickly realised all that experience meant diddly squat !

We were bringing home our new caravan , an 18ft single-axle offroader , from Springvale , Vic , all the way to Craigieburn during Melbourne ’ s notorious peak hour traffic .

I wont lie to you . It was a pretty scary experience . I ’ d never used extension mirrors before and they took a while to get used to . With the van being wider than the car , it felt like we had a jumbo jet behind us . I thought every car and truck in the lanes next to us was going to hit it .

Marty ' s first caravan .

But the thing I was completely unprepared for was just how desperately every other driver seemed to want to get ahead of us , and they would take every risk to do so . It scared the daylights out of me .

Obviously today , after 10 years of towing caravans , I ’ m completely used to it and know to anticipate what other drivers do , but I wish I was more prepared for it that day we towed our first caravan home .

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