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Steamdrivenandy

re the garage space and crates
Our current crate obviously fits across the van and is 28 inches high and our two beardies have 3 or 4 inches clearance when sitting up. We then have 12 inches above the crate for puppy pen, folded grooming trolley and folded loungers etc.
I'm thinking along the lines of having one made to fit longitudinally with a door at each end. If it was about 2ft 3ins wide (our current one is 2ft deep) and circa 4ft long it should give the dogs roughly the same space.
Hopefully there would then be a gap of about a foot at the side to accomodate the rest of our stuff which currently goes on top.
Actually, I've just thought, that should give us a lower centre of gravity as a bonus.

b6x

With regards the awning, I'm still looking into that. It's basically another thing I didn't think of when ordering a silver van as it means I got to try and find a silver awning too. They are about, Fiamma F65 titanium, and the Omnistor 6002 - but both need the brackets drilling into the van, which I am reluctant to do. (last motorhome was a nightmare due to water ingress into the roof and don't want to go through that again)

Unfortunately I cannot answer the sliding door question as I've not actually taken delivery of mine yet. Got a couple of weeks to wait.

When it comes to colours, I think the silvers and the greys are much more the "norm" these days than previously. Not sure people are used to blues and reds just yet... although I for one am all up for it if the colour is right. We almost purchased a silver and orange Burstner. That looked much better than the white.

Regards,
Steve

Steamdrivenandy

Some near neighbours of ours had a pale blue and silver Delfin for a few years, that was very swish.
Mind you they seem to have just replaced it with a standard white Laika which just doesn't 'do it for me' like the Delfin.

Steamdrivenandy

We have a 2.5m Fiamma F1 Titanium awning which goes well with our grey and would suit silver as well.
Leaks are my pet hate as well, all last year we had major dampage in the rear garage. Only recently stopped by refixing the rear window curtains so they don't catch between door and seal.
When I was at the Horizons factory at Tamworth a few months back I saw a brand new Merc Sprinter in their yard, in a beautiful metallic mid blue, that they were just about to start converting (see Innovation 2 on their website). It looked superb except for the awning sitting up on the nearside edge of the roof on little stubby legs. It really spoilt the line of a great looking vehicle. I notice the website photo is of the offside.
Horizons only make the 'special' roof for SWB Transits. If you choose a Merc or larger Transit then you have to 'make do' with the standard manufacturers roof and an awning that doesn't fit flush.

Bessie560

Hi
W have the sister Van M model Based on the renault Master and have done 7000 fault free and enjoyable miles in it. It will presumably be up for sale at Brownhills shortly as i'm part ex ing it for a Bessacarr E560. No real reason just going up market a bit.
Hope it's as good as ours has been!
Barry

Steamdrivenandy

Having had to set up the beds in our van 22 times in the last year it's the ready made double in the back of the Twin that has real appeal.
It wouldn't be so bad if the nearside bed was like the offside e.g. press one button and it slides flat BUT the Innovation nearside rear seat is removable and is on a bare metal frame that clamps to rails on the floor. To erect the bed you have to undo clamps on both sides of the seat, wrestle it forward, reposition it on the floor rails and squeeze the clamps shut. It works, but you have to get out of the van to deal with the nearside clamp. No fun when it's sheeting down with rain, or doing the reverse in the cold light of morning.

Terrier

Hi guys we have just returned from our first weekend away in the Lakes in the new twin.

We had a great time despite the rain!

I have just measured the height under bed 26 + 3/4" we use a dog crate from doghaus called a dog bag (www.doghaus.co.uk) which is a nylon and mesh collapsible crate which folds into a rucksack when not needed, but is also soft enough not damage any interior surfaces! we put ours underneath the dinette table at some times.

Terrier.

Steamdrivenandy

Very glad your first weekend in the Twin went well.
26/27 inches should be fine for our beardies headroom wise. I wonder how much Barjo would charge for a crate made up to our spec for a Twin?
We had a Doghouse a few years back when we only had one dog, but within 18 months we had three and had to get a bigger Canine Camper soft crate for use at shows. It packs down flat but is still a fairly hefty bit of kit to drag around.
Our dogs are used to crates and live in wire ones in our utility room at night and when we're out and because they've had them from pups they regard them as their bedrooms and are very happy to go into them whenever we say the word.

b6x

Hi Terrier,

Another quick question if you dont mind... have you an awning on your Twin? If so, which one did you go for? Need to try and get one sorted but a bit reluctant due to fixing to the van and the general look.

Regards,
Steve

Terrier

Hi Steve

No we don't have an awning yet! we do plan to get one, I think the Fiamma
F65 370cm, they make a fixing kit that just bolts on to the roof rack mounting points, so should be easy to fit without any drilling!!!

Terrier