Quote: Originally posted by Nickybear41 on 19/11/2017
What price am I looking at. There are LOADS of different types and it's a bit overwhelming 😭😭. Our caravan is lightweight and the amount we can row is no much. Van weighs 825kg MET 1200. Car can tow max 1120kg
If funds are tight, you don't have to buy new. They come up regularly enough on ebay - just avoid really old versions. In my case the unit was perfctly serviceable but it did have some rust so I stripped it down and had it re powder coated - went on looking like new.
I have a motor mover for my steep and narrow drive, some say you have more control with a pneumatic jockey wheel. I found it didn't make much difference and also had to make sure it was correctly inflated. I've been on a couple of very wet grass sites where 4 x 4's couldn't pull their vans off but the motor mover got me off the grass onto solid road no problem.
Have been quoted £725 for a powertouch (I think that's what it is) fitted, does that seem like a fair price?
Do they lower the ground clearance of the van, will it hang too low? (No rude replies please)
As I said in another post after years of shoving and swearing, got a motor mover (powrtouch) would not be without one now.Mine is now on its second van.
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As a wife who always ended up heaving and straining when arriving or leaving pitches - I wouldn't want my OH to be without his! I can walk the dogs and come back to an outfit set up and ready to go. Bliss. No (alright, fewer) arguments too.
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I bought my caravan without a mover as a complete newbie in 2014 - it's only 1.4 tonnes all up and all the bumf I read said it would be easy to manoeuvre by hand.
Ha! It might be true on a ballroom surface, but gravel, mud or unevenness makes it a back-breaker.
As soon as I got back from my first weekend away I had one installed. Never regretted it, money well-spent.
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Topic: Motor mover or not?
