We bought a 6 birth twin axle last year, and it’s much better to tow than our old single axle. It doesn’t get dragged about by passing lorry’s as much. It’s been ok taking it along narrow country lanes as well so far. I wouldn’t fancy towing those 8 foot wide vans though.
If you’re new to towing. Try holding the bottom of the steering wheel when reversing. Left to make the van go left etc. That helps.
I agree with garage-dweller about distractions whilst reversing. The trouble is with kicking the kids out means that they are legging it about all over the place, which is even worse.😀