My 2014 overland Jinmy project is here!

I've found out why you couldn't reverse with the sankey too...

Useful Sankey Article wrote: To reverse the trailer you have to manually place a steel collar over the neck of the towing eye to stop it operating the brakes.

Ah, just like in the good old days before we had decent trailer brakes!

Well that's fine I have 350 kg spare

I would love to see a caravan getting dragged through some half difficult green lanes

Personally I wouldn't go down the trailer route if your planning on off roading

A RTT would be alot more convenient on the roof in my opinion

Busta wrote: I've found out why you couldn't reverse with the sankey too...

Useful Sankey Article wrote: To reverse the trailer you have to manually place a steel collar over the neck of the towing eye to stop it operating the brakes.

Ah, just like in the good old days before we had decent trailer brakes!

I had the brakes disabled... I had reversed down a driveway and then I had to reverse around the corner and up a small incline

I started burning the clutch in 4 low and gave up... grabbed a mate unhitched and pushed it up the hill

JerseyJimny wrote: Well that's fine I have 350 kg spare

I would love to see a caravan getting dragged through some half difficult green lanes

Personally I wouldn't go down the trailer route if your planning on off roading

A RTT would be alot more convenient on the roof in my opinion

850kg, which is more than a sankey is rated for.

I don't think a roof tent would fair much better on an overgrown green lane. At least you can drop the caravan off at the campsite before going laning. I don't know of anywhere in the UK where you need to go down a green lane to get to a campsite?

This whole 'overland' thing is a bit silly in Europe if you ask me. We have good roads and campsites. Why not just chuck a tent in the boot like everyone else? Or tow a caravan....?

"Your Sankey going to be the best part of a ton by the time you stick a tent on top and fill it with the same stuff the caravan already has in it."

Clearly you down understand areas like Pryeness mountains, Iceland and the Alps... All with in reach of the UK

But I agree if your never leave the UK why even bother about a Caravan? Chuck a two man tent in the back and off you go every site will have nice green soft grass to pitch on

Two different world's

I did an 'overland' trip in Iceland in October, as you mention it. I took my tent, clothes, food, kitchen and my own vehicle; 30kg all up...



They have grassy campsites there too, and in October they are all free because it's 'too cold' for tourists. I wouldn't bother shipping a car and trailer over there for the trip though. You'll see it all in a week. Plus you can't legally drive offroad anywhere, and if you try you will get stuck in the ridiculously soft mud and they will all laugh at your teeny weeny tyres...

The F-roads are just gravel, in summer you can do them in any 4x4.