Euro Travel (again)

[_Rusty_]

Once again we are visiting Europe and I thought I'd post a pic or two of motorhomes and campers along the way. Petrol today (Holland) €2.089/litre and diesel is €1.899/litre.

 

[Kirk]

In Australia the majority of people who RV go into the outback and make the US boondockers look like amateurs.

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

Petrol today (Holland) €2.089/litre and diesel is €1.899/litre.

And folks in the USA complain at $3.50 per US gallon. Less than half of European prices.

 

[garyb1st]

California prices have been increasing and are now approaching $6.00 at some stations.

 

[_Rusty_]

This is what the "strong arm" tow hitch looks like on the automobiles..

 

[_Rusty_]

Fuel in Luxembourg today at Esso Station.

 

[Oldgator73]

This is what the "strong arm" tow hitch looks like on the automobiles..

Looks like an ED commercial.

 

[TonyL]

This is what the "strong arm" tow hitch looks like on the automobiles..

You have to remember that European caravans (travel trailers) are much lighter than American units. Nose weight (tongue weight) normally Max's at around 100Kg and gross trailer weight around 1800/1900 Kg.
Our brakes are overrun type, not electric, and quite often the stabiliser is built in to the receiver on the trailer.

 

[_Rusty_]

You have to remember that European caravans (travel trailers) are much lighter than American units. Nose weight (tongue weight) normally Max's at around 100Kg and gross trailer weight around 1800/1900 Kg.
Our brakes are overrun type, not electric, and quite often the stabiliser is built in to the receiver on the trailer.

I saw a Volvo station wagon towing a 2-horse trailer with one horse passenger last summer in Switzerland. Same type of hitch.

 

[TonyL]

I saw a Volvo station wagon towing a 2-horse trailer with one horse passenger last summer in Switzerland. Same type of hitch.

Our horse boxes are smaller as well!

 

[Tulecreeper]

You have to remember that European caravans (travel trailers) are much lighter than American units. Nose weight (tongue weight) normally Max's at around 100Kg and gross trailer weight around 1800/1900 Kg.
Our brakes are overrun type, not electric, and quite often the stabiliser is built in to the receiver on the trailer.

I'm assuming that means surge brakes.

 

[Tom]

I'm assuming that means surge brakes.

Overrun brake - Wikipedia

 

[_Rusty_]

Today we are headed to Coppenhagen Denmark. The autobahn took us to a ferry and here we are!

 

[Onyrlef]

And folks in the USA complain at $3.50 per US gallon. Less than half of European prices.

In the 70's in Germany we were issued gas rations ( we bought them on base). They were pages (stamps) from a ration book that were accepted at any Esso station in Germany. This was after the oil embargo so gas for us was a whopping $.50 a gal., for the German at the pump next to us it was $1.50 a gallon equivalent in DM's. Some of the German's were resentful of this. A carton of Marlboro cost us about $3.50, $20.00 off base, a fifth of Jim Beam cost us about 1/4 what it cost them. There was a thriving black market which the CID didn't bother too much about as long as electronics ( stereos, televisions, speakers, etc) weren't involved and selling gas rations would get you in hot water before quick got ready.

 

[Onyrlef]

You have to remember that European caravans (travel trailers) are much lighter than American units. Nose weight (tongue weight) normally Max's at around 100Kg and gross trailer weight around 1800/1900 Kg.
Our brakes are overrun type, not electric, and quite often the stabiliser is built in to the receiver on the trailer.

Real entertainment back in the 70's was watching we Americans navigate our battleship/cars through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small towns around the many US bases in Germany. Germans would grab their children and rush them off the sidewalks. ( Back then if you were above a certain rank the military would ship your car over from the States)

 

[Oldgator73]

In the 70's in Germany we were issued gas rations

Our son was issued gas rations in Italy when he was stationed there in Air Force in the early 2000’s. In England we purchased our gas on base or if you had to off base at the same cost the British paid. But we did get ration cards for purchasing alcohol and tobacco on base. It was supposed to deter black marketing. As far as I remember we didn’t get gas rations in Japan either.

Back then if you were above a certain rank the military would ship your car over from the States)

In Japan we purchased a car when we arrived. Foreign nationals could not purchase new cars but there were a plethora of used cars to be had near the base. I had a car and a motorcycle shipped to England but most folks purchased theirs on the economy. I sold my Harley in England. I got pretty much what I paid for it but had to a 25% tax to the British.

 

[Onyrlef]

But we did get ration cards for purchasing alcohol and tobacco on base. It was supposed to deter black marketing.

Not a problem, they just bought the rations from the guys in the unit who didn't drink or smoke, bought cigarettes and liquor on base and sold it to gasthaus owners in town.

 

[Oldgator73]

Not a problem, they just bought the rations from the guys in the unit who didn't drink or smoke, bought cigarettes and liquor on base and sold it to gasthaus owners in town.

Wouldn’t work in England. At least with the AF. We were issued ration cards with our names and units on them. When you purchased alcohol or tobacco the cashier stamped your ration card. You were allowed so much per month.

 

[Onyrlef]

Wouldn’t work in England. At least with the AF. We were issued ration cards with our names and units on them. When you purchased alcohol or tobacco the cashier stamped your ration card. You were allowed so much per month.

That's why you AF guys were always broke. The Army and American way is he makes the purchase and you buy it from him at a slight mark up, then sell it for a nominal profit.

 

[_Rusty_]

Stopped in Roskilde at the viking museum and also cathedral. There was a dog show in progress on the grounds of the museum, but I don't know what their standard is here (like AKC). Petrol is in "chroners" (7 DCC to 1 USD).