looking for sizes & weights

Hi all, Looking at older Dandy trailer tents to tow behind our Smart for-two. but, I need to find sizes & weights first! so I'm hoping someone here can help! also, were they all fitted with brakes?
Thanks
Geoff

Hi Warbird, do you know the towing limit of your car. All Dandy's are braked. The lightest have a max weight fully loaded of 500kg or 10cwt. Unladen they are lighter.
1980 range catalogue shows unladen weights:
Dart or 4 - 5cwt
Delta or 4/5 - 5.5cwt
Discovery or 5 - 6cwt
Destiny or 6 - 8cwt

1996 brochure shows ex works:
Dart - 250kg
Delta - 275kg
Discovery 300kg

All give 2 double beds, the dart is 4berth, delta 4 + small child, Discovery/Designer 5 berth. Presumably there will only be 2 of you.

 

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Thanks for the info folks, I'm looking at a unit that a friend of mine has, should tow well behind my Smart car at that weight, I'm thinking that its a 4/5 Alco plate is saying 1982
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Is it a 4/5??
Cheers
Geoff

A guess here but i would have thought 4,it may have a narrow bench but only narrow   

Hello and welcome, I agree with Mike as it has outboard wheels too butthere is no absolute definite with any Dandy as they did what the customer wanted   

Hi and   

We would say its a 4 too. Looks the same size as Phoenix.   

If so will be 4 foot across the tub.

Is there an actual listed towing weight for your car.

It must be possible but you need to be sure of the numbers

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   the dandy looks great I agree with all     

Thanks for the welcome & the info, I thought it may be a 4/5 as there is room for the trailer triangle between the rear lights & the door frame. There are pictures of outfits with the triangle above the same lights as it wouldn't fit between the light & the door frame so I'm thinking those are the 4's. I hope I'm not wrong!!  

navver wrote:Is there an actual listed towing weight for your car.

It must be possible but you need to be sure of the numbers

750Kg is the kerb weight so it seems.

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No listing in this country for Smarts as far as I know! That picture looks like it was taken in the States! love the 'Moon' discs.  

My guess would be 4/5.

If the manufacturer's don't give any tow weights, can you legally tow in this country?

navver wrote:My guess would be 4/5.

If the manufacturer's don't give any tow weights, can you legally tow in this country?

I don't see why not, I'm not going near the kerb weight of the car so I think its going to be OK. I'm having a look at the unit tomorrow & will do a test tow before I buy it, If the car feels strained then I will walk away.

This is the tow bar, most of it is behind the plastic bodywork, electric socket is in the boot, I can't mount it on the bodywork as it removes for servicing the engine!

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Woo Hoo! Picked it up today in Poole, the tub is just under 5' wide so I think that makes it a 4/5. Towed it back behind the Smart car, hardly knew it was there! kept an eye on the engine temp all the way back to Bristol, stayed in the normal so its not putting much extra strain on the engine.
Now starts the fun, I don't think I can live with the blue paint, will maybe go for cream or something like the car colour, then a full rewire as the wiring is terrible!

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Cream would be a good colour for a Dandy tub or brown, they were never blue originally   

 

What colour is the dandy PVC

 looking good can't wait to see your photo's think it would look good matching your car   

navver wrote:What colour is the dandy PVC

Tis Brown!

Caz1960 wrote: looking good can't wait to see your photo's  think it would look good matching your car   

I shall be looking for paint as close to the car colour today! (will not be metallic though!) not sure what I'm going to do with the blue cover though short of getting another made up in grey so as to look silver.

Helen wrote:Cream would be a good colour for a Dandy tub or brown, they were never blue originally   

 

No, the Blue has to go!!   

I like blue normally, tis one of my favourite colours ..... but not with a brown Dandy   

Just been to my local Awning repairers & they are going to make me a new trailer cover in light grey with two burgundy/brown stripes which should be a nearer match colour wise to the Smart car.  

For those who cant wait for a piccy I think it's probably this one.

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It certainly was! but I've known Chris for years so I got 'mates rates!'

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Now going through a colour change! (better than the Blue!) also a new trailer cover is being made for it in a light Grey.