Arrival On Site; Exterior Door; Aks 3004 - Swift Tourer Owner's Handbook Manual

ARRIVAL ON SITE

Note: Check and observe site regulations.
Manoeuvring your caravan by hand
Note: Care must be taken when manoeuvring
your caravan into position. Pressure placed on
unsupported parts of front and rear GRP/ ABS
panels may cause surface damage/ cracks to
appear. Use the grab handles provided.
1. Selecting a pitch
Do not pitch in such a position that your outfit
will obstruct others coming in.
Try to choose an area which is dry, reason-
ably level and preferably with a hard base.
If you have no alternative but to pitch on a
slope ensure that, for when you leave, you are
facing down the slope.
It is good practice to chock the wheels of the
caravan when parked on a slope even though
the caravan brakes are applied.
2. Levelling the caravan
Levelling must be carried out in both directions
in order for the refrigerator and other
equipment to function correctly. This should be
done before unhitching the caravan. Levelling
boards (Fig. C) can be used to raise one side
of the caravan by driving or reversing the
caravan onto the boards. Apply the handbrake
and chock the wheels.
The positioning of the jockey wheel can be
used to help level the caravan.
Lower the corner steadies until they are in firm
contact with the ground.
DO NOT use the steadies as a jack they are
only a means of stabilising the caravan.
Levelling pads or boards should be used
under the steadies where the ground is soft or
uneven.
In extreme cases where it is necessary to raise
a wheel off the ground for levelling purposes,
further adequate support should be applied so
that the steadies do not take any undue strain.
A R RIVA L ON S IT E
Fig. C Levelling board

EXTERIOR DOOR

To prevent distortion of the body, the caravan
must be always correctly sited and levelled.
Failure to site the caravan correctly may
prevent the exterior door from closing properly.
3. Unhitching
Before applying the handbrake ensure the
hitch is fully extended and not compressed
behind the tow vehicle otherwise the hitch will
not release from the tow ball.
Apply the caravan handbrake.
Lower the jockey wheel to the ground.
Disconnect the breakaway cable and road
lighting plugs.

AKS 3004

Release the stabiliser by lifting the large
handle. Then lift the exposed small handle
forward until it clicks up, at the same time
winding down the jockey wheel, to lift the
caravan clear of the towing vehicle.
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