Engaged Motor Mover

I wouldn't have thought so as the tyres carry the weight of the caravan constantly. I often leave mine on when on site.

An interesting thread, I've always disengaged the rollers on site, but perhaps I don't need to? Will save a lot of effort and time.

The weight of a vehicle sitting on tyres is distributed over a flat surface.  A motor mover roller makes a concave indentation in the tyre, bowing out the sidewalls a bit.   Not a good idea for the cords inside the tyre.

A basic principle of good engineering is to not stress anything you don't need to.  So I don't even leave the handbrake on.  Four solid big chocks do the job.

Hi,

I understand they can carry the weight but to have pressure applied in one area for any length of time is probably different, ie when leaving caravan stood over the winter some people advise removing the wheels or moving the van slightly so as the tyres are not left with the weight on one spot.

Cheers.

I always apply handbrake , chock wheels, legs down, disengage mover and if on the level disengage handbrake. I tend to leavo handbrake on if on a slope.

extract from a well known mover manufacturer user manual

– After manoeuvring, always apply the parking
brake first, disengage the drive rollers
from the tyre and block the wheels
(especially on sloping surfaces!). The Mover®
is not suitable for use as a parking brake
for the parked caravan.

When our motor mover was fitted i was told to disengage after use as it can "stress" the roller bearings as the are  not designed to be stationary "under stress"

Just wondering what all those that never leave the caravan's handbrake on for fear of it sticking on do with their car's handbrake (automatics exempt 😉)

I always disengage my mover if I've had to use it.

Most car hand brakes are well used ,whereas a caravan or for that matter a motor caravan hand brakes can "stick" because of under use

My tow cars' 'hand' brake gets used very infrequently .... MOT & steep hills .... and Ive yet to get a stuck on brake in the 20 plus yrs I've driven an auto. Ironically, the handbrake of the car I use for work went through a phase of sticking if left for a few days.