I am considering having a motor mover fitted to my Bailey Pageant caravan, as there are so many on the market could anybody recommend a particular model for my van.
Ours is a Truma and seems fine. I haven't really got anything to compare it with though, but it does the job and is a heck of a lot better than pushing it.
had ours over 5 years now and the warranty is as good as they say,any problem sorted within three days.would i buy another? yes.pity the warranty has run out on ours.
why do people buy a mover for ?, surely its better by horse power.
i am sure i can think of better ways to spend £700+
There are situations where there just isn't room for car to
reverse the caravan. There are also situations where it just isn't worth the wear & tear on the clutch. There are also many situations where its just easier so if we can why not.
So no - its not always better with horsepower.
Hi roizee09, have the Reich mover with remote engagement,great peice of kit, not the cheapest,no quibble if needing repair,£1250 6years ago, though they are down in price now.also very handy when grass pitch is wet and car wheels slip, just engage mover,no problems.
Hi, gregg495, i got mine as had heart opp. and unable to push or pull van,(no mover no caravaning),also have narrow road and driveway,and can never get room to reverse van onto drive.
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why do people buy a mover for ?, surely its better by horse power.
i am sure i can think of better ways to spend £700+
My husband has MS, and my drive is on a funny angle even with a car you can't get it in as good as a mover, plus without a motor mover we would have to give up caravanning , that's why!
If we want to make our lives easier why not.
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The road can be tough and rough,but what you put in you get back 10 x more.
Fully agree with millermicm and murano, and my Powrtouch direct from Powrtouch was no where near £700. We had to rely on having family and/or friends to help us get the van in and out of it`s parking place, as we are well into our 60`s I think it was money well spent 4 years ago.
We got ours well under £700. If I recall correctly, it was under £500, albeit a few years ago. It is a Powrtouch Model 3 which was pricematched against an Enduro about 3 years ago. There was a long thread here about the same time with people comparing price matched items and showing the best prices to match against. UKCS must have cost Powrtouch a lot of money on the price match, although if it had not been for UKCS, many of those who bought a Powrtouch would have bought other movers instead, so it's swings and roundabouts.
I bought ours on PowrFinance and fitted it myself. The repayments were less than I was paying for caravan storage and the mover allowed me to store it on the drive, so I effectively got the mover for free.
The main reason people were buying from Powrtouch is that the customer service was at that time exceptional. However, I am not convinced it is any better than any one elses now. I Spoke to them a few months ago when I was looking to change our caravan to ask if I needed any fitting kits to transfer the mover onto a BPW chassis, but when they finally answered the phone, they were unable or unwilling to give me a straight answer other than to say that kits were available to fit almost any chassis.
thanks to each and everyone for your kind replies, I will be considering all the options you have given me.
Also a message to Gregg495
I was a HGV driver for well over 40 years and can reverse a caravan to within inches of where i should be, But due to multiple strokes i can no longer push and pull the caravan by hand which you sometimes have to do, therefore to my way of thinking £700 + is a small price to pay for the convenience of that.
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