The car is more than capable max towing weight of 2300 Do you ever feel the need for a mover ? we have a mover atm but don't use it very often but with the car and the van being long i was concerned about manoeuvring onto tight pitches (trees and posts )
we dont have a mover on ours and have yet to find anywhere we would need it, but if you find it hard to push a van by hand a twin will be even harder to push round a bend, so it may help in this case
I had the same type of concerns, but now after 3 years with the twin I am well converted. They are more stable, they reverse easier, they have more space.
But
levelling on sloping sites is a little trickier, and they are not easily manouvered by hand.
But for me the twin is best, if I can't push it into place with the car, then it's not going there.
We have had 5 caravans over the years the present one a twin axle (11 years) and its been the most stable and the easiest to reverse. and totaly agree with Steves comments above.
When it comes to moving the twin axle i have used a mr shifta very good on small caravans didnt work on my twin and cant take it with you. motor mover, good for back and forwards movement, does not work on deep gravel, takes ages to turn caravan.
4 motor,motor mover adds to mutch weight and is expensive.
By FAR the best i have used has been the front detatchable Front tow bar £150 when i bought mine.
they are fitted off set so you gan see down the side of the van when pushing and very easy to use.
Have a look at the video on you tube for watling tow bars.
Love my twin 2 bits,only thing i did notice about it is, the nose weight is heavy so a jeep is the business.Dont tour anymore so my citron just pulls it from the yard to a pitch..
We use a front pushbar ( from wattling ), but I use it with the towball mounted low to get the van down our drive. If I use the towball on the back of the car the back end of the van grounds due to combination of slopes.
We have just changed from a single to a twin, only towed it once so far back from the dealer it seemed to be more planted on the road than the single, but that may just be in my head. As for moving we decided to go for an awd motor mover as where we store it I need to turn it tightly to get it into our storage spot. The mover seems to cope very well, I haven't tried spinning it yet to see what sort of turning circle it has though.
we love our twin axle , i do have a mover fitted but its never used only for leveling the van , i do have a front towbar as well but i have only used that twice , much safer to have 4 wheels in contact with the road i think
With our drive being on a steep slope the van has to be hitched to fit alko secure locks. it feels much safer having 2ΒΌ tons of car holding it back as well as chocks. My heart was always in my mouth when using the mover on our last van just in case the rollers slipped. They never did though.
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Topic: from single to twin ?
