fao watson(johnG)

[colin-yorkshire]

thank you for your reply re: motor mover yes it was very helpfull especially the bit about the wiring for the isolator switch I would not have thought of that?.

seeing as how you have used the truma mover a couple of questions spring to mind if I may ask:

1. was it any good??

2. how did it work in operation was it fast, slow, smooth ect,

3.what space did you set the rollers to. the book says 20mm but you would need muscles like big arnie to engage them?? I have set mine to 35mm seems just about right to me.

4. do the sliders require any maintainance!!, grease ect the book says no but they look prone to rusting because of the diferent metals used and are exposed to wheel spray ect.

and finaly because of all the pipes ect I have had to fit it in front of the axel instead of behind (not enough room or clearance)I don't have shocks on just yet but want to fit some later will they fit ok with the mover in place as the motor looks awfully cloe to the 3 mounting holes in the chassis.

thank you once again

colin.

 

[WatsonJohnG]

Hi Colin

Glad to be of help

1. It was good enough for 7 years but I did get some clonking from one motor that seemed incureable and the control panel failed after 2 years when out of warranty!

2. It didn't have soft start so it could jerk a bit on start up but it wasn't geared down like the Powrtouch so it was a little quicker .Generally it was great and coped with the Oklahoma at 1500kg

3.I had the rollers set at 20mm (as they are also on the Powrtouch)as slippage can occur in the wet.

Have you got an extending wheel brace to get the leverage

4.I used to spray them with Tri FLow Tefol spray but grease would be OK

I did have shocks fitted and there was just enough room on 3 different vans

You may need to move the rollers slightly inwards towards the van centre.

Mine were adjusted at a service and the M6 bolt on one mover cut into the plastic sleeve on the damper so I moved the mover back in a litte and sawed the excess threads off the bolt!

Its normal to fit in front of the wheel as the motors get less spray

Hope that helps

One final tip its better to hold the remote so that its pointing in the same direction as the van rather than as shown in some adverts pointing at the van I have found

Do you realise the for turning you can use front left right rear buttons or front right left rear so that both wheels are turning but in opposite directions.This makes for a tighter turn when going though 180 deg and also helps to stop the stationary wheel from damaging grass and scuffing tarmac.

Regards

 

[colin-yorkshire]

hi john

thanks for that I must admit I had not considered slipping of the rollers on wet muddy tyres I will reduce the gap down to 20mm and worry about a brace later.

baring in mind I have never used a mover so all this is new to me. I asked about the manoverability and speed as in order to get the van into the garage it has to go in front first up a slight slope round a 45degree angle and there is only 2" of clearance through the garage doors so obviously I am conserned as to what it will handle like. (it is quite easy to get in with 4 people pushing it?? trouble is there is not always 4 people on hand to push it hence the mover).

I will let you know how it goes when its been tried.

thanks again

colin