Operation Manual

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Safety
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3.4 Towing
Push in fully the drive-on ramp and lock it into place before commencing
the journey.
Check tyre pressure before a journey or every 2 weeks. Wrong tyre
pressure causes excessive wear and can lead to damage or even to tyre
burst. You can lose control of the vehicle.
Before commencing the journey, distribute the payload evenly within the
vehicle (see chapter 4).
When loading the vehicle and when taking a rest from driving, in order to
load luggage or food, for example, observe the maximum permissible
gross weight and axle loads (refer to vehicle documents).
Do not exceed the maximum permissible nose weight on the caravan cou-
pling and do not let the weight fall below the minimum nose value. Load the
caravan accordingly.
While driving with your caravan, the towing vehicle must be equipped with
two external mirrors.
Before commencing the journey, ensure that all cupboard doors, the toilet
compartment door and all drawers and flaps are secure. Engage the refrig-
erator door securing device.
Before commencing the journey, close windows and skylights.
Before commencing the journey, close all external flaps and lock them.
Before commencing the journey, remove the external supports and retract
the corner steadies or steady legs which are fitted to the vehicle.
Before commencing the journey, crank the jockey wheel up as far as pos-
sible.
Before commencing the journey, put the antenna in park position.
During the initial journey and each time after changing a wheel, re-tighten
the wheel bolts/wheel nuts after 50 km (30 miles). Subsequently inspect
them at regular intervals in order to ensure that they are firmly seated. See
chapter 14 for tightening torque.
Tyres may not be older than 6 years as the material becomes brittle over
time (see chapter 14).
Lower the table of the round seating group at the rear and fix to the bench.
In order to do this, use the holding device fitted as standard.
Care is to be taken when connecting and detaching the caravan. Risk of
accident and injury!
No persons are to be between the towing vehicle and the caravan during
positioning for connecting and detaching.