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DISCOVER GLOSSARY
Timberland
CASSETTE BLIND – Roller blind fitted HARDSTANDING – Pitch that has a NOSEWEIGHT GAUGE – Device for
Manufacturer of motorhomes
as part of the window assembly, giving a hard surface made of gravel, asphalt, measuring noseweight
Timberland MotorHomes, Limber
neat installation concrete etc instead of being grass
NOSEWEIGHT LIMIT – Value of
Road, Kirmington, North
CASSETTE TOILET – Toilet where the HIGHTOP – Motor caravan where the
noseweight which must not be
Lincolnshire DN39 6YP
waste holding tank can be accessed and base vehicle manufacturer or converter
exceeded. Towing vehicles, towbars
removed from outside the caravan, used has added a (fixed) raised-height roof to
Tel 0845 0099998
and caravan hitches all have
almost exclusively on modern caravans a panel van
noseweight limits
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co.uk
CERTIFICATED LOCATION – Low-cost HITCH – Mechanism that allows a
OUTFIT – The caravan and its towing
alterrnative to Club sites, limited to a caravan to be attached to a towball
vehicle considered as a unit
maximum of five caravans or
VanMaster motorhomes at any one time. Most
HITCH HEAD STABILISER – Form of
PITCH – A designated area of a caravan
stabiliser built into the caravan hitch,
Manufacturer of caravans
commonly on farms or land belonging to
site allocated for the use of one outfit
and which works by applying friction
VanMaster Touring Homes Ltd,
a pub, country house or other rural
location
directly to the towball
REGULATOR – Safety device fitted
Unit 5, Martland Park, Wigan,
between the gas cylinder and the gas
HITCH LOCK – Security device which
Lancashire WN5 0LE
CHASSIS – The structural frame on top
system of a caravan or motor caravan,
prevents the caravan hitch being
which controls the pressure of gas being
Tel 01257 424999
of which the habitation area of a caravan
or motor caravan is built
connected to (or in some cases,
released from the cylinder
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removed from) a towball
CHASSIS CAB – Common type of base
ROAD TAX – Caravans do not currently
vehicle on which a motor caravan
HOOK-UP – A facility on pitch to
pay Road Tax. Motor caravans below
habitation area is built
connect a caravan or motor caravan to
3500kg gross vehicle weight are taxed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
the mains electric supply
at the same rates as cars, while those
CHEMICAL TOILET – Self-contained
toilet, where the waste material is held
JOCKEY WHEEL – Small wheel at the
over 3500kg are taxed as private heavy
front of a caravan used to support the
goods vehicles
A-CLASS – Motor caravan where cab
in a sealed tank for periodic emptying
forward end while it is not hitched up
and habitation area are fully integrated
SANDWICH CONSTRUCTION –
CL – Commonly-used abbreviation of
KERBWEIGHT – The empty weight of a
Method of making caravan body panels
A-FRAME – Triangular part at the front
Certificated Location
motor vehicle as defined by its
where the inner and outer skins are
of a caravan chassis, in between the
COACHBUILT – Motorhome where the manufacturer
bonded to a core of insulating foam.
main body and the coupling
habitation area is built on a chassis cab
Used for most side and floor panels on
LAYOUT – The arrangement of furniture
ABS –Type of plastic sometimes used
caravans and coachbuilt motor caravans
CORNER STEADY – Jack built into the and fittings within the habitation area
for exterior body panels
corner of a caravan chassis, used to
SPACE HEATER – A (usually)
LEISURE BATTERY – A 12V battery
ACTUAL LADEN WEIGHT (ALW) – Total
stabilise the body of the vehicle once
gas-powered appliance to heat the
which powers the 12V lighting, water
weight of a caravan or motor caravan
you're set up on a pitch
habitation area of a caravan or
pump(s) etc in the caravan
and its contents
motor caravan
COUPLING HEAD – See hitch
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS –
APPROVED WORKSHOP – Caravan or
SPARE WHEEL – Motor caravans are
motor caravan service agent and
CRiS – Caravan Registration and Fuel used to power the fridge, water
supplied with a spare wheel as
repairer who has been assessed and
Identification Scheme. A voluntary heater and space heater in most
standard, but for caravans this is often
approved under the terms of the
scheme similar to motor vehicle
caravans, when mains electricity is not an optional extra, although strongly
Approved Workshop Scheme
registration
available. Two types are commonly used recommended
– butane and propane. Usually
AQUAROLL – Proprietary fresh water
DINETTE – Pair of facing seats with a
abbreviated to LPG
STABILISER – A safety device which
container whose name is often used as a
table in between. Usually convertible to
helps prevent instability by controlling
generic term for such devices
a bed when needed
LOW-PROFILE – A form of coachbuilt the ease with which the caravan hitch
motor caravan which does not have an can pivot about the towball
AWNING – Tent-like structure of fabric
ELEVATING ROOF – A feature of some
overcab bed
over a supporting frame, which can be
smaller motor caravans, providing
TOWBALL – That part of the towbar to
attached to the side of a caravan or
greater headroom on site but giving a
LUTON – Term sometimes used to which the hitch attaches
motor caravan
lower profile when travelling. Can make describe motor caravan area which
parking easier includes a bed above the cab
TOWBAR – The framework added to a
AWNING CHANNEL – Slot around the
towing vehicle to support the towball
periphery of the caravan side into which
ESSENTIAL HABITATION MASS IN RUNNING ORDER – Mass of
the awning is threaded
EQUIPMENT – Items required for the the caravan or motor caravan equipped
TOWING BRACKET – See towbar
safe and proper functioning of the to the manufacturer’s standard
TOWING MIRRORS – Additional rear
B + E DRIVING LICENCE – Category
caravan’s equipment – includes things specification
vision mirrors added to a towing vehicle
of driving licence required to tow
like the leisure battery and gas
large caravans
cylinders, plus water contained in the
MAXIMUM AUTHORISED WEIGHT
to provide a greater width of view to see
(MAW) – The maximum weight for
past a caravan
BASE VEHICLE – Vehicle on which a
water heater etc
which the caravan or motor caravan is
motor caravan is constructed
USER PAYLOAD – Difference between
EX-WORKS WEIGHT – Weight of the
designed for normal use when being
the maximum technically permissible
BERTH – A sleeping place, usually used
caravan or motor caravan as new, with
used on a road fully laden
laden mass and the mass in running
in the context of ‘number of berths’ – eg
standard fixtures and fittings as stated
MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT –See
order. Payload includes essential
‘this is a four-berth caravan’
by the manufacturer. Also known as
unladen weight
Maximum Authorised Weight
habitation equipment, personal effects
and optional equipment
BLOWN-AIR HEATING – Warm air
MAXIMUM TECHNICALLY
circulated through ducting to all parts of
FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER – Form of
PERMISSIBLE LADEN MASS
VAN – An abbreviation of caravan.
the caravan or motorhome by a fan
caravan which is connected to its towing
vehicle by means of a coupling similar
(MTPLM) – Takes into account specific
Often used to refer to both caravans
BREAKAWAY CABLE – Thin steel to those used on articulated lorries
operating conditions including factors
and motor caravans
cable linking the caravan handbrake to
such as the strength of materials,
VAN CONVERSION – A type of motor
the towbar
GAS CYLINDER – Pressurised
loading capacity of the tyres etc. The
caravan based on a panel van rather
container for the storage of Liquefied
heaviest condition at which the vehicle
than a chassis cab
BUTANE – Type of Liquefied Petroleum Petroleum Gas
should ever be operated
Gas commonly used in caravans and VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY – See Road Tax
motor caravans
GAS BOTTLE LOCKER – Compartment
MOT – Caravans do not currently require
for the storage of gas cylinders
an MoT. Motor caravans require the
WARDEN – Caravan Club employee
CARAVAN CLUB MAGAZINE – Largest-
same MoT as a cars
(and Club member!) who is in charge of
circulating caravanning magazine in the
GREY WATER – See waste water
a Caravan Club Site
UK, supplied free to Caravan Club GROSS TRAIN WEIGHT – Also known MOTOR MOVER – Trade name of a
members as part of their membership as combined weight particular type of electric device for
WASTE WATER – Water which has
subscription Maximum permitted weight of the outfit caravan manoeuvring
been used in the kitchen or bathroom
area. This should be collected in an
CARAVAN CLUB SITE – Over 200 high- HABITATION AREA – That part of NOSEWEIGHT – That part of the weight internal tank or external container
quality places to stay, in a wide variety of the caravan which comprises the of the caravan which is supported by the for later disposal at a designated
locations all over the UK living space rear of the towing vehicle via the towball emptying point
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