Thanks to all who advised me on the selection and fitting of our Powrtouch motor mover.
As I posted previously I got the HD fitted to our 5 Series Bailey Senator Arizona a couple of weeks back. With price matching I was able to get it fitted for £930 including the electric actuator. After a few hiccoughs when I found that the 'van battery was dead and Powrtouch sending out a second fitter to move the electronic box from behind the heater to a front bed box I was able to use the mover for the first time to get the 'van up our 1:10 drive and onto our sloping, narrow road for our Easter break. (This took a LOT of maneouvring when we had to tow it up.)
We stayed at Cae Mawr CC site on Anglesey for 10 days. I didn't bother with the mover for getting onto the pitch as it was an easy reverse but it was VERY useful for lining up the wheel with the receiver for the Alko Secure wheel lock. The mover really came into its own on our return home yesterday. We just stopped outside our gate unhitched the 'van and then used the mover to propel the 'van across the road and then down the drive FORWARDS. (Previously we had to spend a LONG TIME maneouvring back and forth to get the 'van into the correct position to reverse it down the drive using the car.) We then spent a lot of time maneouvring the 'van around to see if we could get both of our cars onto the drive behind the 'van. (We have to keep on car on the road.) We unfortunately were not able to fit both cars onto the drive but the mover made maneouvring the 'van, to see if the cars would both fit,SO EASY.
When we had finished positioning the 'van I was, again, able to use the mover to "tweak" the 'van to fit the Alko lock - again often a lot of pushing and temper-loosing had been involved in that procedure on pre-mover occasions. The 'van is now more securely parked, too, as it could not be towed out and it would take a lot of people to push it out UP our drive.
As others said we wonder how we managed without it. We are looking forward to using the mover on tight Continental pitches next summer and, also, being able to easily site the 'van for the best views.
Just one question do you other motor mover owners have pneumatic jockey wheels as ours solid wheel tended to "crab" a bit when turning it out of our drive on the tar/gravel road?
Tim
As I posted previously I got the HD fitted to our 5 Series Bailey Senator Arizona a couple of weeks back. With price matching I was able to get it fitted for £930 including the electric actuator. After a few hiccoughs when I found that the 'van battery was dead and Powrtouch sending out a second fitter to move the electronic box from behind the heater to a front bed box I was able to use the mover for the first time to get the 'van up our 1:10 drive and onto our sloping, narrow road for our Easter break. (This took a LOT of maneouvring when we had to tow it up.)
We stayed at Cae Mawr CC site on Anglesey for 10 days. I didn't bother with the mover for getting onto the pitch as it was an easy reverse but it was VERY useful for lining up the wheel with the receiver for the Alko Secure wheel lock. The mover really came into its own on our return home yesterday. We just stopped outside our gate unhitched the 'van and then used the mover to propel the 'van across the road and then down the drive FORWARDS. (Previously we had to spend a LONG TIME maneouvring back and forth to get the 'van into the correct position to reverse it down the drive using the car.) We then spent a lot of time maneouvring the 'van around to see if we could get both of our cars onto the drive behind the 'van. (We have to keep on car on the road.) We unfortunately were not able to fit both cars onto the drive but the mover made maneouvring the 'van, to see if the cars would both fit,SO EASY.
When we had finished positioning the 'van I was, again, able to use the mover to "tweak" the 'van to fit the Alko lock - again often a lot of pushing and temper-loosing had been involved in that procedure on pre-mover occasions. The 'van is now more securely parked, too, as it could not be towed out and it would take a lot of people to push it out UP our drive.
As others said we wonder how we managed without it. We are looking forward to using the mover on tight Continental pitches next summer and, also, being able to easily site the 'van for the best views.
Just one question do you other motor mover owners have pneumatic jockey wheels as ours solid wheel tended to "crab" a bit when turning it out of our drive on the tar/gravel road?
Tim
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