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I've just booked a Transit van for transporting our camp equipment to and from the site.
Can someone please point me at a picture of a Transit so I get some idea of how big it is - I've visions of turning up to collect it and discovering that our camp stuff won't fit into it.....
Can someone please point me at a picture of a Transit so I get some idea of how big it is - I've visions of turning up to collect it and discovering that our camp stuff won't fit into it.....
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We recently hired one to go eventing, taking with us 7 out of character tents (most of which were just dome tents, but there was one bulky ish frame tent), 5 3mx3M gazebo's, 1 21ft medieval wheel tent (2 segment 7 ft centre pole, and 'spokes' going out of it), a roulette table and wheel, a patio heater, assorted in character camp kit (sheepskins, clothing etc) 4 2x2x3ft wooden boxes filled with 'stuff' and 'misc kit' for 12 people.
We filled about half the van. OK, so it wasn't easily usable space, but we could have easily taken half as much again with a little more creative packing (and putting things away 'properly' when we broke camp).
I remember having the whole 'no way are we going to fit all that in there' moment, and was surprised to find that all I ended up with in my car was munchies and drinks for the passengers I had. (oh, and a LARPs sword that someone forgot to stash in the van).
Incidentally you probably want to check if you have a long or short wheelbase transit - they come in several sizes:
http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/transit/-/-
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I'm thinking a Luton van is the way to go - in addition to all the stuff I've listed above we're going to have bags and bags of food to take as well. And yes, I know I could order it online and have it delivered to me/the site, but I couldn't cope with possible random substitutions for camp.
We're also going to have programme materials.
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