been thinking about a motor mover one that has caught my eye is the purple line enduro 2 which is addvertised at £559 and includes vat delivery and installation at an address of your choice that looks like a good deal to me by the way this is when ordering on line.
has anyone got any info on these movers if you have it will be much appreciated.
I have one of these and it's been very good since I had it fitted (touch wood!) It cost a bit extra for mine as I needed a drop plate which cost an extra £90 for supply and fitting.
thanks for all your replies that has made my mind up check the purple line website click on proucts then enduro click buy now when the price comes up click on buy now again and you will see the deal i'm on about .
I made the mistake of going for an all singing, all dancing automatic mover.
I should have stuck with the Enduro 2 that I knew and liked, but ill health made me decide that the auto one would suit me better.
It doesn't.
It is slow, over complicated and prone to jamming, with the consequence that I spend most trips lying on the ground dismantling the cover to get at the gubbins to un-jam the bloody thing.
Now wish I had saved my money and gone for the one I used to have.
thanks for all your replies that has made my mind up check the purple line website click on proucts then enduro click buy now when the price comes up click on buy now again and you will see the deal i'm on about .
allan-d
i would call them first as it looks like an error. If you look at the top is says SUPPLY ONLY in capitals and then further down says includes installation.
so would mine be.. it does seem a little too good to be true.. but you never know.. he he
they are chinese made movers but that but dosnt matter.. the cheapest powrtouch would be around £750 fitted.. 200 quid cheaper than that sounds a bit too good.. :)
China is the new Japan. People in this country would once take made in Japan to mean shoddy. We soon learned a hard lesson. If everything made in China was shoddy then firms like Apple wouldn't be having their products made there.
My old purpleline mover is still going strong. It was under £600 when i bought it.
Easy to fit.
One thing i did that wasnt in the instructions is fit the connectors to the motors off the van and squirted a good blob of silicone sealant around the wire to protect it from the elements.
Just like to warn fellow caravanners of my experience of buying a motor mover :(
"Move your twin axle van with ease!”
Simple to use remote control, directs the caravan into any position required. Rotate the caravan through 360° degrees. Works on most surfaces in most conditions. Control when going up or downhill, control when hitching, control when unhitching."
This was the description of the supplied and fitted Twin Enduro on both the Purpleline and Autowfix websites that caught my eye and offered a solution to my problem of how to manoeuvre a Bologna twin axle caravan weighing 1500+kgs.
Autowfix came and fitted it and I was unhappy with it then. I insisted on another engineer coming out as I felt it must have been fitted incorrectly. The next engineer assured me it was correct and the mover was behaving how it does on a twin axle caravan ("ideal for hitching and unhitching" were his words). After using it on a couple of occasions I am still of the same opinion, IT IS USELESS!
Rotate the caravan through 360 degrees - Yes if you have a large area to do it or are willing to shunt it backwards and forwards for a couple of hours!
Directs the caravan into any position required - Yes if it is nearly in a straight line!
Works on most surfaces - Yes if going straight is your aim!
I now have a mover that is "not fit for purpose" and does nothing that I can't do with my car. I don't need a mover to hitch and unhitch, I want to be able to manoeuvre it. I have tried all the suggestions like lift the jockey wheel and drop the jockey wheel which makes no difference whatsoever.
I have sent several emails to Purpleline (none acknowledged) and also to Autowfix. The response from Autowfix is that this issue is Purpleline’s problem. I have now sought advice from Trading Standards and am now looking at the next option.
So, if you want to manoeuvre your twin axle caravan, buy very carefully.
The problem with twin axle caravans is you are trying to push the wheels sideways on a turn. If you use the jockey wheel to lift the non driven axle clear of the ground you can use it like a single axle
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