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Tow Ed towing course


Did the TowEd course today. For those who have been wondering, we reckon it was really worth it!! 



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Good to hear the course is worthwhile.

Did it cover vehicle set up as well, or just the driving and road craft?



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Covered set up as in weight distribution, hitches, plug hook ups, mirrors, possible malfunctions. Good confidence building stuff for newbies. In saying that there was a couple of 70 yr old ladies who wanted to see Australia and a couple who had towed a camper trailer around oz now have a caravan and wanted the wife to be confident in helping out . 



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Yep, we did one a few years ago, good value.

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Did the course teach you how to reverse the van?...(apologies if you are already full bottle in that regard).

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I personally hadn't been behind the wheel towing the van until today. Was a great environment to get used to it. Still obviously have to practise a lot, but have the know how, how to go about it. Learnt to reverse using point eg rear van light as a reference , how to correct it going off track . Then reversed with your partner telling you to push or pull the rear to correct angle. Then learnt a simple method to reverse into a caravan site. We all did it!! Much to my amazement !!



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We did a 4X4 advanced driving with them and thats a good course to do

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It is a course that should be mandatory for all 1st time caravaners...(even experienced towers can learn a few things too)



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