just picked up our twin axle van with a powrtouch twin axle mover fitted.is it normal for it to be a swine to turn in either direction,it really struggles but goes great backwards and forwards.i notice the jockey wheel slides across the tarmac without really steering as its a plastic one.im going to try the pneumatic tyre version to see if it improves things at all.
forgot to say its only driving the front axle..im also wondering if i drop the front of the van real low the back axle will have less resistance and so should enable it to turn easier...in theory.
on our TA the mover was on the back axle and we were advised by the guy who fitted it that when turning it was better to turn and then straighten it up abit before turning again. It is a pain but it does get there eventually
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Quote: Originally posted by bev+jon on 01/8/2009
..im also wondering if i drop the front of the van real low the back axle will have less resistance and so should enable it to turn easier...in theory.
I have read (somewhere) that this is recommended - if the mover is on the front axle, drop the caravan nose; if fitted on the rear axle, raise the van nose - to the degree that the non-driven wheels are barely (if at all) touching the ground....
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Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 01/8/2009
I know this may sound really stupid but are you sure your jockey wheel is down clear of the two grooves that it houses into when it is retracted?
It sounds stupid but I did exactly the same thing last year and wrecked the jockey wheel. The plastic wheel split in two!
We have a similar mover, Truma TE, also on the front wheels. Lowering the nose will help.
To turn , the outer wheels go and the inner ones "pulse" to save too much tyre scrub, so it does take a while to turn. You can help by leaning on the appropriate corner.
Turning one way forward, then going backwards a bit the other way will get you round in less space.
I wouldn't want to try picking the axle up on the jockey wheel. There is a lot of weight in the axle and the chassis is not designed to have the axle hanging from it, it is designed to sit on the axle. Similarly with the mover on the rear wheels, you would probably get the jockey wheel off the ground before the rear axle was clear of the ground.
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