Motor mover or not

I would not be without mine. I use it every time, yes i can reverse but the Motor Mover puts it exactly where you want it.

Yes as above, best invention for the caravan ever. 

There is literally pinpoint accuracy and you can get your van exactly where you want it either on the 'peg' or directly over the tow ball. It also means that hitching and unhitching can be done alone with out any second person. You use the mover to bring the van to the car and then use it at the other end to put the van on the pitch. I often do this now as my wife still works, I leave early and collect the van, drive and pitch up, she arrives later in the day.

If you are thinking of getting one look into the automatic roller engagement.

Our drive is on a slight slope added to which there is a lamp post in the way so manoeuvring the caravan whilst still attached to the car is impossible so has always had to be done by hand, so to speak. Getting it out meant using a winch anchored across the road, (not really a good idea but it worked). However, after my heart attack 9 years ago SWMBO said that unless we got a mover she wouldn't go caravanning any more so the incentive was there. I have to admit that it is the best thing I've ever bought for the caravan. I can get the 'van out and park it up again without help and without effort. Hooking up to the car is simplicity and accuracy itself as the 'van can be nudged millimetre by millimetre.

Yes, they are relatively expensive but can usually be transferred from caravan to caravan. The other downside is the weight loss from the available payload. Our Powrtouch Classic is 33kg so we just have to be a bit more careful with loading and put more into the car.

I couldn’t manage without a mover. No matter how good you are at reversing it would be impossible to get my caravan back into position at the storage compound without pushing it or using a mover, there just isn’t the room for a caravan and tow car, and as I’m on my own now pushing a fully loaded caravan getting on for 1800kg is out of the question.

When I had a 4.3m internal length caravan I could tow the caravan right in to the driveway with sufficient room to unhitch the caravan and take it past the caravan to store alongside a garage behind the home. Moving it by hand on my own on level hard surface was not a problem. When I bought a 1.2m longer caravan that was not possible due to the width of the road outside despite a fairly wide entrance. Because sections of my drive are sloped and the gradient on the dropped crossing at the front of the drive it would need several helping hands. I did try it once and the next time I took the caravan out was to get a motormover fitted. 

I was happy with manual engagement with cross actuator as with the motormover slides properly lubricated and properly adjusted it is a doddle for me to put on and off despite arthritis. When my previous 10 year old one packed up on holiday I got a replacement fitted at a dealers near our next site. I could not park up without it. 

I uprated my MPTLM by 49kg on present caravan which more than covers the weight increase.

Hi, I eventually decided to get a motor mover after the neighbours were having too much enjoyment watching me try and reverse my caravan on to the drive. Ordinarily I'd be fine but it had a tricky access from a narrow road etc. (That's my excuse anyway!)

Also when we went to France last year we found that reversing on to a pitch was not always suitable due to the pitch layout  being better suited to their caravans having their door on the opposite side to us. The best orientation for the caravan was always the opposite way round to how we would normally pitch.

For the UK, you'll find you have many more options on where best to pitch it when it's all done from a remote control in your hand.

Also I recently bought a new caravan and the dealership transferred my motor mover over for free so you won't lose it if you invest in a new caravan in the future.

I'd recommend you invest in one and you'll never look back.

yes fit one I drove artics for many years and yes I can put the van in most place's but not on  my drive,

It's not just on sites & tight driveways. Motor movers are also a godsend if you use a storage site, as most of the rows of caravans are too close for you to hitch up & pull the van out of it's bay without the back end damaging your neighbours caravan.

Best thing ever- I can reverse my outfit with no problems, but the level of fine control you get with a mover just makes it so much easier. As other posts have said, also very useful if (for whatever reason) you want to pitch with your van facing the opposite way to normal - you would have to do this by hand without a mover. Finally, again as per other posts, it makes hitching the van to the car so much easier.

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