Recovery Insurance

We are going to France next month and always took out 5c's Insurance from the Caravan Club. Stuart's have told me that I am covered for recovery back to Ireland but I'm wondering if I still need to take out the 5C's Insurance? It would be good to know what other folk going to France do?

Betty, do you have a contact number for them please?

Thanks a million for that.

I,am also towing a trailer too so need to check that out. Stuart Insurance Recovery is only up,to,500 euros.

Most traditional tow trucks are based on 7.5 ton trucks which weight at about 3.75 ton empty. It easily seen how a recovery job for a van weighing more than 3.5 ton puts the tow truck over weight. However now most new tow trucks are based on a 10 ton chassis. This has became necessary because in the last few years the larger commercial vans often exceed 4 tons.
I reckon the question that you need to ask your insurance company is, if in the event of a breakdown and you ring the phone number provided, can you order a larger tow truck, eg 10 ton capacity, on your standard cover.
I suspect that you are like the rest of us, saying your prayers and hoping that you will never have first hand experience of the above.
Malcolm

Jack, that cover was for a 12 month annual policy. They are a club apparently and not a business.


As for the trailer, please hold off before committing, as I have an English print out of their terms and there is a weird issue with trailers, I think it is the distance between the 2 axles of a twin axle trailer.

I will be towing a Hyundai i10 which becomes a trailer. The weight is fine, but the distance between axles is just over their maximum, so we've agreed to unhook if there's a breakdown.

That's the only negative I've found with their membership. I can let you see the English version of their terms if necessary, we are both Co Antrim based.

forum/topic.php?t=2341

This is the link for the English version of ADAC policy that Ally posted when the question came up earlier in the year.

I,got the who;e outfit including the PRG Transporter tandem axle trailer and Motorhome covered with the Caravan and Motorhome Club for a whole month for £120. I'm more than happy with this as the cover is excellent. Tried ADAC but could not get through to them. Thanks for all your comments.

I used the number you gave me but could not get through to them I tried at least a dozen times and it rang each time for about 2 minutes then everything went dead.