VANSafe Weight and Towing Masterclasses

Join Caravanning Queensland’s industry experts for daily masterclasses covering essential topics such as weight compliance, driver education, and the importance of correctly loading your caravan. These sessions are designed to equip you with practical knowledge and skills to ensure your towing experience is safe and enjoyable.

Dave Lewis: Caravan Weight Expert

Dave’s extensive technical expertise in weighing procedures and weight compliance offers valuable insights into the challenges caravan owners face in maintaining compliant rigs. As the former owner of the successful caravan weighing business Weightcheck and an avid caravanner, Dave brings both professional knowledge and personal experience to the table.

Gary Gardiner: Total Towing Setups

Gary has been involved with the caravanning and towing industry for 20+ years and knows all things towing. Total Towing Setups  will give you the advice and the products you need to  confidently set up your tow vehicle and caravan or camper trailer  for getting on the road, specializing in Weight Distribution Hitches and Sway Controllers.

Jeff Palmer: Getabout / Tow-Ed QLD

The Tow-Ed name has been in Australia for 17 years. Jeff  has been working with Getabout / Tow-Ed for 10+ years now. Jeff has been providing training within different industries for 30+ years and the last 10+ has been working with trailer full time. His relationship with CTIAQ and other industry personnel brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the driver training.

The Feel Good Family

G’day! We’re Kate, Paul and Jasper. We’ve been travelling full-time around Australia for 4.5 years.

Timetable

10:00am: Towing Masterclass – Weights, Vehicle Set Up & Combination Safety on the Road

Presented by Talking Towing

Dave Lewis provides a comprehensive explanation of all the compliance requirements related to mass and weight, detailing where each applies.

Gary Gardiner from Total Towing Setups addresses all the key issues related to correctly setting up your tow vehicle and RV combination to ensure safe operation on the road.

Jeff Palmer from Tow-Ed covers the “Safety Seven,” emphasising the importance of conducting a health check while on the road.

12:00pm: The Feel Good Family – OFF GRID, OFF ROAD MASTERCLASS

Presented by The Feel Good Family

1:00pm: Towing Masterclass – Weights, Vehicle Set Up & Combination Safety on the Road + Loading Effects on the Caravan

The Talking Towing Team will provide our audience a chance to volunteer to get hands on with the demonstration in this session! Try out loading the demo caravan and see, in real time, how loading a caravan will effect the on road performance.

Both of these sessions allow time afterwards to chat to the experts. Was there something you wanted to know more about from the presentation? Not a problem! Stick around afterwards to speak with Dave, Jeff or Gary about anything towing related!