Towing checklist Print it, fold it, keep it in the door pocket, and tick it off in order every time you hitch up. Before you hook up Licence, both licence discs and booking confirmation packed Code B up to 750 kg GVM, EB above Caravan GVM not over your tow vehicle's tare Caravan licence disc current, gas certificate seen Tread visible across every tyre, not at wear bars Tyre pressures cold to the caravan's plate, spare too Both red rear triangles present and clean Heavy items low over the axle, everything latched Nose weight between 25 and 100 kg Gas valve closed, appliances off, fridge on 12 V Hitching Tow ball is the size the coupling wants Coupling fully down on the ball, handle locked Lift test: coupling must not come off the ball Breakaway cable through its guide, clipped to towbar eye Not around the jockey wheel, not over the ball Safety chains crossed under the coupling, slack for turning Jockey wheel fully up, swung clear and clamped Plug in, cable cannot drag or snag Helper checks indicators, brake, tail and number plate lights Before you pull away Caravan handbrake fully off All four corner steadies up and pinned Chocks out, step in, door locked Extension mirrors fitted, clear view behind both sides Bakkie combination: 100 km/h sign on the caravan Plan on 100 km/h or less, whatever you drive At every stop After the first 20 km, touch every wheel nut Feel each hub: one hot hub means stop Coupling still locked, breakaway cable still clipped Tyres looked over, stones out after gravel Mirrors still set, nothing shifted or leaking inside Wheel nuts again 50 km after any wheel work Arriving Walk the stand, then reverse on while fresh Handbrake fully up, chocks at both wheels Level side to side first, still hitched Unhitch, then front to back with the jockey wheel Steadies down until they touch; they are not jacks
