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I wouldn't be towing 700 kg with a little 206 unless the trailer was braked
Caravans always are. Unbraked trailer weight limit will be what, 3-400kg for that car.
I'm trying to work out if this has turned into a troll 🙂
That caravan is probably around two tonnes, once hooked up to a 206 your exhaust will probably be touching the floor. Its even got an air conditioner on the roof ffs! Then you say you are just planning to use it as a trailer?! You said a 700kg caravan, not a 700kg trailer with 500kg of stuff in it.
This is a 780kg caravan. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FREEDOM-JETSTREAM-200-CARAVAN-2-BERTH-FIBREGLASS-10-/260774229958?pt=UK_Campers_Caravans_Motorhomes&hash=item3cb75af7c6&clk_rvr_id=235929666602
Get a trailer, just not one of those crappy Erdes 🙂
I hadn't realised that (and in theory any trailer up to 750 kg (gross) doesn't need brakes) - but I suppose you always want a handbrake on caravan anyway. I haven't checked but I'd have thought that the unbraked limit for a 206 would be higher than 400kg but probably not 700kg.Caravans always are. Unbraked trailer weight limit will be what, 3-400kg for that car.
Personally I think I'd sell the Pugeot and trade it in for a van - you can always convert that to camper van if you want the nomadic lifestyle...
I'd go with a box trailer if it is to shift gear, no load weight lost to sinks, cookers, cupboards and crappers that you don't need. Will also allow for a smaller trailer that'll be more efficient to tow (or more stock carried at full weight limit) and can be secured more easily.
Small stock trailer? Quite a few small holders around here with family cars towing trailers that'll take a dozen sheep/couple of pigs/quad bike.
A van's no good, cos the OP said he wanted to store stuff in the UK, which would mean leaving the van parked up.
Nobody has mentioned the clutch yet, its gonna get battered
Needn't be an issue. 2000 miles of motorway isn't going to hurt it that much.
once you're moving it won't make any difference, but starting and stopping will take its toll, even on slight inclines.
It's a very small clutch on that, my missis used to have one.
Well he's not tourin' the lakes, is he?
Not a troll spooky, I live in Spain and need to uproot and relocate in the UK. I'm looking at alternative ways of getting all my things moved from Spain to the UK. Different solutions will provide me with different quantities of stuff I can carry, but I can be ruthless with regard to throwing stuff away, think pictures- do I take the picture and frame or bin the frame and just take the picture? Or even bin the picture too?
I'm now thinking that a big roof box for clothes and computers, tow bar rack for 3 bikes and various odds and sods inside car.
Clutch comments were something I was waiting for, 250,000kms and the original clutch...
The van in the picture looks nice and is listed as 750kg, but looks way too big to be 750kg, unless it's made from balsa wood.
Just for transport & storing stuff, I'd go with a trailer, caravans are too prone to damp ingress over time. A purpose made "U-Haul" type trailer might be better. Storage of caravans in remote/rural locations also runs a risk of rodent infestation
We limit what we store in our 2010 Swift caravan to reduce risk of damp & attraction to rodents.
I suppose a compromise may be a caravan shell but with all of the unneccessary kit removed - don't know what an insurer would make of that though.
You might consider shipping. I had basically a palette's worth of stuff shipped to Finland for 800 euros or something - less than the cost of a trailer.
But not much actually, come to think of it.
A caravan's payload will only be 150-180kg anyway, which isn't much when you're moving house.