MotorhomeCraic, Irelands longest running Motorhome Communities. https://motorhomecraic.com/rss.php en Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:47:58 +0100 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:47:58 +0100 CBACK Forum https://motorhomecraic.com/shared/syndication_gfx/touch_icon.png https://motorhomecraic.com/shared/syndication_gfx/touch_icon.png MotorhomeCraic, Irelands longest running Motorhome Communities. 144 144 10460_b9zc7p05 I guy's. Long Short. I feel in love with a camper and drove almost 5 hour's to buy it and drive home. All went well with chasis plate saying 3500kg. Then all of a sudden as i was trying to insure it to drive home the insurance company ( Dolmen said they can't insure us because the van is coming up as 3850kg on system). We quickly checked the log book and yes 3850kg along with a sticker inside hidden well in the cab. So left it there and came home heartbroken.. That following week the man who was selling it felt so guilty and such nice people he arranged to get it downgraded to 3500kg and paid for all new plates etc. Him and his wife even drove the 5 hours down to deliver it and got the bus back ( I think my broken heart was very visible and a few tears hahaha). So he brought the van to be weigted in and its 3000kg . He sorted all for plates to come directly here with the tax book. I will bring it for DOE ( empty) and please god they will re enter new details as … https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25960 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 03:02:05 +0100 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25960 Hello Jennyhen, Welcome to Motorhome Craic, Ireland's longest running motorhome community, why not introduce yourself here so we can welcome you properly. We hope you enjoy MHC and if you need any help using our website then just ask. Please add your location to your profile, if you have any questions then it helps other members help YOU, we only need a County not an address. Thanks for registering, The Craic team https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25959 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 02:38:33 +0100 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25959 Hello ireland007, Welcome to Motorhome Craic, Ireland's longest running motorhome community, why not introduce yourself here so we can welcome you properly. We hope you enjoy MHC and if you need any help using our website then just ask. Please add your location to your profile, if you have any questions then it helps other members help YOU, we only need a County not an address. Thanks for registering, The Craic team https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25958 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:37:52 +0100 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25958 Hello andyds11, Welcome to Motorhome Craic, Ireland's longest running motorhome community, why not introduce yourself here so we can welcome you properly. We hope you enjoy MHC and if you need any help using our website then just ask. Please add your location to your profile, if you have any questions then it helps other members help YOU, we only need a County not an address. Thanks for registering, The Craic team https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25955 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:39:29 +0100 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25955 One of my regulars has a burstner quest (I think its a quest) any way its a 2008 registered Ducato cab and his dash is faulty, fuel gauge registers empty, rev counter not working and temp gauge stuck in the middle. He has had the electrics looked at, not sure by who and it’s not a fuse. He thinks the dash is faulty he did get a second hand one but it is not the right one. Q1 any ideas as to what is wrong and how to fix? Q2 anyone know of a second hand dash/speedo/rev counter/ other gauges? Q3 he is based near limerick anyone other than Anchorpoint or Cara he could go to? https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25954 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:11:51 +0100 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25954 Hello bobbyluk, Welcome to Motorhome Craic, Ireland's longest running motorhome community, why not introduce yourself here so we can welcome you properly. We hope you enjoy MHC and if you need any help using our website then just ask. Please add your location to your profile, if you have any questions then it helps other members help YOU, we only need a County not an address. Thanks for registering, The Craic team https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25951 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:18:10 +0100 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25951 Anyone know where I can get some good quality GU 4 LED bulbs, I bought 10 a few years ago on Amazon but some are still working and the rest either died or went dull after a few months https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25949 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:55:39 +0100 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25949 Hello SanStan, Welcome to Motorhome Craic, Ireland's longest running motorhome community, why not introduce yourself here so we can welcome you properly. We hope you enjoy MHC and if you need any help using our website then just ask. Please add your location to your profile, if you have any questions then it helps other members help YOU, we only need a County not an address. Thanks for registering, The Craic team https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25947 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 15:26:04 +0100 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25947 Hello ChateauDucatto97, Welcome to Motorhome Craic, Ireland's longest running motorhome community, why not introduce yourself here so we can welcome you properly. We hope you enjoy MHC and if you need any help using our website then just ask. Please add your location to your profile, if you have any questions then it helps other members help YOU, we only need a County not an address. Thanks for registering, The Craic team https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25945 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:32:57 +0100 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25945 Hello jharvey555, Welcome to Motorhome Craic, Ireland's longest running motorhome community, why not introduce yourself here so we can welcome you properly. We hope you enjoy MHC and if you need any help using our website then just ask. Please add your location to your profile, if you have any questions then it helps other members help YOU, we only need a County not an address. Thanks for registering, The Craic team https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25939 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:30:16 +0100 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25939 Hello 2broads2dawgs1van, Welcome to Motorhome Craic, Ireland's longest running motorhome community, why not introduce yourself here so we can welcome you properly. We hope you enjoy MHC and if you need any help using our website then just ask. Please add your location to your profile, if you have any questions then it helps other members help YOU, we only need a County not an address. Thanks for registering, The Craic team https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25935 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:51:28 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25935 Has anyone brought an external windscreen cover from a company in Germany called Van comfort / Kantop or had any dealings with them. I am looking for one for an A class Laika motorhome finding it difficult to source one outside of the UK. Thanks Seamus. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25933 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:01:09 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25933 Aldi have Caravan Stuff this Sunday, there is a folding step that might double as a drinks table beside your sun chair:thinking: :blush: https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25930 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:14:10 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25930 There's a single hob induction plate for sale in Lidl. Are these hobs safe when used with electric hook up ? Or are the kind of device which blows the fuses in a MH ? https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25925 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:05:36 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25925 SEE HERE https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25911 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 12:16:41 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25911 There are a few threads on here about driving Licence already, https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25747 , https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25514 and a mention here https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?p=224794#real224794 THIS PROPOSAL PAPER from European Caravan Federation (ECF) sets out the argument for increasing the CategortB license limit for Motor Caravans to 4.25t perfectly. The paper also contains some very interesting and useful information in its final two paragraphs referring to Caravanning as good for the climate and Caravanning tourism bringing an economic benefit of 23bn euros in turnover https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25910 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 11:54:19 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25910 Was wondering if anyone had ever used a dilute solution of algar killer - like Boss Devil - or would even a more dilute solution than reccommended for pathways etc still be too strong ? https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25904 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 21:24:55 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25904 10429_aboqtnzw https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25903 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 16:04:31 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25903 Hi all I am trying to find out how far do you need to drive onto a weigh bridge in order to get the weights of the front and rear axle. My local Doe centre says that the front axle is over weight by nearly 200kgs. It's a 2007 laika 170 a class gross weight 4000kgs. Van was completely empty of water, gas bottles never failed or had a problem before regarding axle Weights. Thanks Seamus. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25893 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:04:17 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25893 https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/doonbeg-cottage-with-attached-motorhome-site-perfect-for-happy-campers/a1414294462.html https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25881 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:48:12 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25881 This website and everything it entails, Facebook group (29k members), 9000 members on this website is for sale. 40 million!! Visitors!!! To the website alone! The first Irish dedicated motorhome communities. No reasonable offer refused, ideal for a business, motorhome dealer, campsite, club or an individual with the energy to promote motorhome tourism throughout Ireland. Ally will not be returning. Any offers should be emailed to ally@motorhomecraic.com If not sold by December 2024 it will be archived for future reference. Facebook presence deleted. No admin from TMI (total motorhome Ireland, the stolen FB group) or their associates are welcome to offer. Clauses will be implemented in the sale to avoid any TMI involvement in the future. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25880 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:18:59 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25880 When charging the battery on a 2018 Ducato, do you have to connect the charger direct to the battery terminals, or can the connections under the bonnet be used. Hope this isn't stupid question. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25878 Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:43:46 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25878 At the risk of being embarrassed I decided to post this just in case it happened to someone else,I was originally booked in and PREPAID untill 28 of Jan but I got a message fro the site that work was being done around the pitch I was on and had to move,i looked at the availability around the site but didn't like any of them,as i was told when booking in i could stay there I decided to move on,when i went to check out and collect my refund imagine my surprise and anger when I was refunded only 22 euro instead of the 276 I was expecting,the reason I was given is that there are different rates for longer stays but to me not going from 23 to 35 a night,but despite all my protestsi was told i had signed the tems and conditions,to say i was not impressed is an understatement, Anyway I left with a huge blow out an stormed off 2things learned, 1 book as long as you like but don't pay for anymore than a week 2 if they have your money they won't give it back Anyway for info guys. Needle… https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25877 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:37:37 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25877 https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/ Caravan club hacked in the uk. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25875 Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:04:20 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25875 I’ll let everyone know the process I followed based on Sprinter and the original poster whose name escapes me at the moment. Going from 3650 to 4250 https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25873 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:32:30 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25873 I have All the Aires France North & South 3rd edition (2019) books available free to anyone interested. I got the latest edition as a Christmas present. Also have the 2023 ACSI books. Good for planing a trip or to see if 2024 would be useful. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25871 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:49:22 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25871 Hopefully travelling to France/Spain this May/June. Looking for recommendations for a campsite down as far as Tarragona(or a little bit further) in North East Spain.I have the ASCI card. Looking at them on their app but mixed rewiews and hard to decide. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25870 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:27:51 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25870 Current bid £1600. 2018 Mobilvetta in need of a bit of TLC https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/77079113/2018-mobi-city-bike-colchester 10398_hrrlqmbk https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25869 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:00:12 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25869 Some of you will know I cracked my windscreen in Greece last year. It was proving difficult to get a replacement there so we headed home early. Through our insurance with Dolmens we went to their approved windscreen replacement company and ordered a new one the end of November whilst we still on the road. We had a call saying it was ready to be fitted on 4 of January but we had it done yesterday instead. I had to take the MH to Ennis it took 4 hours. Cost well so far nothing not even what I thought was industry standard of €100. Good service from Dolmens. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25867 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 09:16:09 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25867 I don’t think I’ve ever seen this place as busy, the aire itself is full, overflow car park is full about 4pm daily and vans leaving and move on as no space. The volume of motorhomes has increased dramatically and the big difference we see is that there is virtually no British vans at all. 10375_g0zqxmee https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25865 Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:38:53 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25865 Hi all. I'm glad to be back on the forum again having thought it had gone. I have a lot of catching up to do but looking forward to it. So, for now, a very Happy New year to you all. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25862 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:58:29 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25862 Is there any M/H parking for the RDS 26-28 Jan ? https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25861 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 11:25:14 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25861 Here's a van conversion without the swish bang side door and 15 yr water ingress guarantee for anyone thinking of downsizing https://www.wingamm.com/int/camper-caravan/city-pro/ https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25858 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:09:28 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25858 https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/12/31/new-year-to-get-off-to-unsettled-start-with-yellow-wind-warning-issued-for-four-counties/ https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25855 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 17:51:39 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25855 As this place seems to be up and running again I 'll continue my speciality of asking dumb questions ! As the Dethleff is parked on my property in rural Waterford with hook up, is it ok to plug in a small oil filled electric heater ? Water drained etc. Seems logical to be ok but MH's are a world onto themselves. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25851 Sat, 23 Dec 2023 07:13:43 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25851 I have recently erected a carport for the van which obviously prevents the solar panel from getting any sun. I am looking at fitting a 100w + panel to the shed and in turn connect this to the van. Can anyone recommend a supplier for a panel and ancillaries locally eg not posted from UK or elsewhere. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25849 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:04:20 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25849 We got our ACSI 2024 ID card the other day, but not the books yet. We also for a bit extra buy the app and last year for a bit more the app includes Aires. We also used Camper Contact when away this year. We automatically pay ACSI direct, I know some get it in Anchorpoint or Vicarious Books (?) in UK. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25847 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:46:06 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25847 Anyone heading away for Christmas and if so , where , are there good places to go ?? https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25842 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 22:16:29 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25842 As above hoping to head over on the 19 December sailing,just wondering if anyone else is,Peter. https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25835 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 21:35:55 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25835 So, first impressions of the new ferry (Santoña) is that it’s a big upgrade over the older ship. Firstly, the absence & level of noise & vibration is very apparent. Virtually gone is the resonance and shaft noise you get on heavy oil powered boats…. and me being sort of interested in this sort of crap had to find out what they’d done to achieve this. Turns out that this ferry is powered by LNG (liquidified natural gas) and produces a much smoother power train. Heavy oil engines (and older diesels) known as CI types have a very pronounced power stroke due to high compression ratios and the LNG is only a fraction of this. This makes the experience much much better, less noise less vibration. Also it rolls much less than the other ship and is more stable. Tried to blag a visit ‘downstairs’ to the power plant but they were having none of it ! Restaurants/bars/club lounge still offer the same type of fare although access to the club lounge is now €96 per person. Was only €42 last yea… https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25834 Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:37:11 +0000 Motorhome Chat https://motorhomecraic.com/topic.php?t=25834