Eriba Man

  One quirk of the Puck is that there is limited storage for most things. The plate and food lockers are tiny, the clothes wardrobe is short, and the remaining cabinets although generally adequate, do need a bit of careful planning, especially if you want to a) minimise faffing, and b) enjoy some comforts! I initially wanted to find better storage for the bed poles and the TV aerial mounts. The bed poles normally rattle around under the seats, and the aerial poles just get stuffed under the rear bench. This is not good, as when I want to watch TV, its normally when I'm set up and probably have loads of stuff on the table. Getting to the two poles is like a solo game of 'Twister'! The small area between the wardrobe and the outer door is one of the few areas in this Puck with free space. An ideal location to stash the poles and fix them whilst in transit. No more faffing trying to dig them out either. I got a bag of PVC coated clips of an auction site. These were a perfect f...

  I've owned a Puck before, in fact it was the first Eriba I had. I then progressed onto a Familia 320GT, and then a Troll 530GT, finally ending up sort of where I started, with another Puck. The Familia and the Troll both had equipment that the Puck lacks. They both had washrooms, and they had heaters. The Familia and the Troll both had transverse beds, the Troll's being fixed. There were a few modifications I'd done to my first Puck which I intend to do to this one. I changed all the internal lights to LED, and also replaced the bulbs with LED on the awning light. I replaced the 'melted' original lens with a smart grey framed one from Hymer. The original lenses on the Puck were notorious for melting if you increased the wattage (or installed the wrong wattage) of the small halogen bulbs. I then fashioned a shorter table from an old coffee table, and installed with a new wall hinge and table leg, meaning that I can still take the enormous original table on trips to...

Another Eriba has joined my family. Not 'my' family of caravans, but my brother now owns an Eriba. My brother had been looking out for a suitable Eriba, and we'd both been keeping an eye on the various online sources on a regular basis. I subscribe to an Eriba forum, and I noticed an attractive sounding Puck in the 'For Sale' section. I quite fancied another Puck, but this one looked like the ideal caravan for my brother. He's never towed before, and he hasn't owned a caravan. A Puck would be his ideal starter. I contacted the seller, and arranged to visit to see the van. So, on Friday, 18th Jan 2019, we set off at 0400 for a planned 6hr drive to Derbyshire to view the van. For winter, the drive was perfect. No hold up's, good weather, and we arrived almost bang on our predicted arrival time. The van was a cracker. A 2003 Puck 120GT, one owner, always garaged, and virtually unmarked. The bodywork and, more importantly, the chassis were both in grea...