excessive clutch wear on mazda 6

[unclefesta_5095119]

Last year bought 1st caravan bailey senator 9000, twin axle - the beast! After quickly burning out clutch attended maneouvrability course and purchased a single axle bailey paegant mosselle.

using the 85% rule my mazda 6 could just pull it. our 1st outing this year saw us visit sunny, no sodden keswick!

on returning van to storage , the van next to us had parked at an angle making access to our plot difficult. we tried unhitching and moving by hand but the jockey wheel dug in about 2 - 3" of the dolomite hard standing.

we had little option but to rehitch and maneouvre the van with the car. this did little to enhance my marriage! and the clutch complained bitterly.

a motor mover is not an option as the jockey wheel will still bury itself and not sure if I would benefit in these circumstances if i replaced jockey wheel with pneumatic type.

anyone any suggestions as i cannot even see benefit of replacing car but cannot afford to replace clutch each year.

thanks unclfesta

 

[cris_408518]

Have something such as a piece of wood or good sturdy rubber mat to put under the jockey wheel to prevent it sinking in !

 

[Royston]

Hi Uncle festa,

After owning two Pneumatic wheel assy, the first with a plastic hub lasted just one trip with a motor mover, the second purchased a alko with a steel hub which lasted one season even though i kept both inflated at 30psi developed a punture which i found was impossible to remove tyre from hub, replacement tyre and hub complete was

 

[Damian]

I have a move fitted, and replaced the hard jockey wheel with a pneumatic one. It is the best thing I have purchsed, and with the softer tyre makes moving the van even on very wet grass and mud easy.

I did suffer a puncture and having the steel hub made fixing it easy, the use of tyre levers soon had the tyre off, patch applied and tyre reseated and reinflated.

I would strongly recommend a mover, and one way of avoiding the jockey wheel digging in is to have it as the trailing wheel when moving the van, ie back the van into difficult places.

 

[unclefesta_5095119]

Have something such as a piece of wood or good sturdy rubber mat to put under the jockey wheel to prevent it sinking in !

thanks for that but the distance the van needed moving and pivoting would make it impractical. I would need to carry 6' x 6' board!

 

[unclefesta_5095119]

Hi Uncle festa,

After owning two Pneumatic wheel assy, the first with a plastic hub lasted just one trip with a motor mover, the second purchased a alko with a steel hub which lasted one season even though i kept both inflated at 30psi developed a punture which i found was impossible to remove tyre from hub, replacement tyre and hub complete was

 

[unclefesta_5095119]

I have a move fitted, and replaced the hard jockey wheel with a pneumatic one. It is the best thing I have purchsed, and with the softer tyre makes moving the van even on very wet grass and mud easy.

I did suffer a puncture and having the steel hub made fixing it easy, the use of tyre levers soon had the tyre off, patch applied and tyre reseated and reinflated.

I would strongly recommend a mover, and one way of avoiding the jockey wheel digging in is to have it as the trailing wheel when moving the van, ie back the van into difficult places.

thanks for that.

we do have to back van in at storage, as they are parked back to back, but interested to hear you love your mover, still not sure if that is answer here due to sinking jockey wheel - would need boarding to cover area 6' x 6'.

 

[cris_408518]

We just have two smaller pieces that are used on soft ground and swap one for the other as we move the van ;-)