Caravan is the term for a trailer intended for living in throughout the United Kingdom as well and I would guess New Zealand and probably South Africa and a number of other old British colonies. We don't use the term that way here in Canada though.
----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Jobs I Have Done on The Caravan Hi Ray and Clifford, What Ray has described is what we call a pop-up trailer. His sounds similar to one that we had many years ago. It is interesting about vocabulary. When we visited Australia at the airport someone offered to get a trolley for us. Again here most trolleys run on tracks and carry a lot of people. We now have some that look like buses. When the individual brought over the trolley for us it was what we call a flat bed cart. Ray, if your trolley has two wheels and you tilt it back when loaded that is what we call a hand truck. Lenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "clifford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Jobs I Have Done on The Caravan Dear Ray: I am not sure I understand, but is the Caravan a travel trailer? In the U. S., a Caravan usually refers to a minivan produced by Chrysler Corp. While there are some minivans which are equipped with fold-out tents and or slide-out sections, to give more sleeping room, I did not think that you were describing one of those units. In all events, it sounds as though you are ready to hit the road for your favorite camping locations. Our home is located near a number of camp sites, both in the mountains and on some of the larger lakes in the area It sounds as though you have tackled a rather complex set of repairs, so go forth and enjoy the fruit of your labor. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Boyce To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 5:44 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Jobs I Have Done on The Caravan Hi All We have what is called a expander caravan which has two double beds which pull out at each end and the roof winds up via a winch mechanism . I have made a mounting bracket for the extendable Television Arial which has been drilled through the sub frame of the van and through the 4 inch channel , there are two clamps which when tightened should hole the areal secure. Last year we found we needed an awning over the front entrance so we got one made with lots of eyelets along both sides and along the front so I have just finished putting eyelets which match the eyelets in the awning in tarpaulins we bought to close in the sides. Then I put in special hooks which when hammered together go through the eyelets so it can b quickly hooked up. I changed the winding controller which winds up the dome in the roof because the winding control was stripped. This involved removing the screen over the hole inside the van and then removing the winder and replacing it with a new winder. While I was at it I replaced the seal around the hole so it should be water proof. I also made a swing out arm with a water tap on it so it could swing out from the draw bar of the van and out clear of the bed so if we want water at the front of the van we now have a tap there. It has a support arm under Neath so if we need to hang a bucket on the tap it will support the weight. I also have just finished making a trolley with wheels on it, for use under our extra fridge which we are taking this year. Ray [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3188 (20080615) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links __________ NOD32 3188 (20080615) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1503 - Release Date: 6/14/2008 6:02 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
