Rear Steadies

If you have a motor mover fitted, are you able to store it front end in first and then you can put the rear steadies down.  The jockey wheel will keep the front steady.

I would put the steadies down just before you reach the wall and then lower the front using the jockey wheel to get them clear of the ground and then push it the last couple of feet into position. You can then raise the jockey wheel to put the caravan back onto the steadies.

I would put the steadies down just before you reach the wall and then lower the front using the jockey wheel to get them clear of the ground and then push it the last couple of feet into position. You can then raise the jockey wheel to put the caravan back onto the steadies.

Excellent thinking !!! well done, that man!!!

As you are unlikely to be in the van for very long while it is in storage I'd just forget about steadies.  Will save a lot of faffing about replacing themwhen you forget they are down and tow away.

I questioned a Dealer about steadies - as I was looking round a whole lot of vans without steadies down - they were not in the least concerned and said it didn't matter.  Mind you that is a dealership I wouldn't trust with a wheelbarrow so possibly not relevant here.    I don't bother with steadies when I stop on a journey but perhaps that is wrong too.

I don't bother with steadies when I stop on a journey but perhaps that is wrong too.

Neither do I, it's not going anywhere while its still hitched to the car ....... but a different problem than the OP has posted 

Maybe it is a different problem - but maybe it isn't?  What do corner steadies do if the caravan is in storage and not in use?   I always thought they were there to protect the whole body of the van when in use?

I would put the steadies down just before you reach the wall and then lower the front using the jockey wheel to get them clear of the ground and then push it the last couple of feet into position. You can then raise the jockey wheel to put the caravan back onto the steadies.

Excellent thinking !!! well done, that man!!!

Just remember to lower the Jock wheel again before pulling forward and then widing up the rear steadies.

As you are unlikely to be in the van for very long while it is in storage I'd just forget about steadies.  Will save a lot of faffing about replacing themwhen you forget they are down and tow away.

Write your comments here...with only about  70 or 80 kg noseweight in a caravan it would only take slightly more than that weight at the back end of the caravan to make it tip backwards, ie  if two people found themselves towards the back of the caravan at the same time.

My girlfriend and I must be both much lighter than the bathroom sensor indicates!