Posted on 12/06/2018 17:20
Hi,
Could anyone please tell me if it advisable to leave a motor mover engaged onto the wheel but with isolator switched off whilst the van is parked at a site, I have seen this only a couple of times my guess is that it helps stop any van creep or used like a handbrake but is there any chance that it may damage the tyres if left on for a week or longer.
Thanks.
PJM.
Posted on 12/06/2021 19:45
Do any of you know please, if the motor mover is left on touching the wheels, for a few days like that, can it do any damage?
Reason I ask is this was the case with ours, we never noticed it was still attached on wheel and had been for a few days, hubby was able then to get it moved off but since it won't do anything, not even a peep out if it, won't go back on at all.
Thank you
Maureen
Posted on 28/05/2022 19:00
I have a similar conundrum. I have an Al-Ko wheel lock. Each time I disengage the motor mover having set the handbrake the caravan moves. I don’t want to put lateral stress through the wheel lock. Any one have an idea to stop the caravan moving as I disengage. Will chocks be enough on a gravel hard standing?
Posted on 30/05/2022 07:43
The subject title tickled me and I wish the mover every happiness for the future! Maure, I think your question has been answered in earlier posts. Back to James' question. Position caravan using mover, block wheels, hand break on, steadies down then disengage mover. Caravan should not move. Reading through discussion I have an auto car, use hand break when parking on public roads but 'P' when on level drive at home. On caravan rarely use hand break but have both hitch lock and wheel lock (not Alko one but a Milenko that goes over the wheel) and always disengage mover when positioned caravan.
On the subject of movers. We are currently in Italy; on the morning of leaving home for tunnel I tried to move caravan using the mover to get caravan out of drive; one of the movers failed to work! It had worked ok 3 weeks earlier. Swore at it tapped with hammer but still no go. No time to get an engineer to look at it so decided to go anyway. Neighbour helped to push caravan and attach to car. Two days later on a site in Luxembourg tried mover and it worked and has done since. So fingers crossed. 
Posted on 12/06/2021 19:45 by MaureDo any of you know please, if the motor mover is left on touching the wheels, for a few days like that, can it do any damage?
Reason I ask is this was the case with ours, we never noticed it was still attached on wheel and had been for a few days, hubby was able then to get it moved off but since it won't do anything, not even a peep out if it, won't go back on at all.
Thank you
Maureen
Posted on 28/05/2022 19:00 by James351I have a similar conundrum. I have an Al-Ko wheel lock. Each time I disengage the motor mover having set the handbrake the caravan moves. I don’t want to put lateral stress through the wheel lock. Any one have an idea to stop the caravan moving as I disengage. Will chocks be enough on a gravel hard standing?
Posted on 30/05/2022 08:27
A very good question we had the same problem and the only way we found is to chock the wheels then put on the Alko lock then disengage the mover.
This with the fact that it was so fiddly to get the lock aligned is the reason we changed to a Milenco Wraith, fitted in literally a minute.
PJMEG
Caravanner from West Yorkshire