Why not place caravan on pitch with motormover
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the MM is often the only way of placing the van other than using several people to manually push & pull!
For quite a few years now caravans have been constructed in such a way the only safe place for people to pull (or push) in on the teeny grab handles. This is a dificult concept to explain to over eager volunteers.
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Having just pit hed a couple of hours ago I have to admit to not using the motor mover. In this case I had the pitch to the drivers side and could get tge cara van on resonably quickly. Using the mover would have ment going into the caravan getg out the
lever to set it, getting the control unit, opening the battery box to switch it on and then moving it. I had the caravan on the pitch far quicker than going through all that so the people waiting had less of a wait.Possibly it is not always the quickest option and picking when you use it makes more sense.
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Like many others, I generally, when access to the pitch is easy, quickly reverse the van to roughly the correct place to get it out of the way of other arrivals, then unhitched and do the precise positioning with the mover while OH moves the car off the road.
Our mover is quick to engage.....unplug from car and plug into socket on van hitch, push button to engage rollers and off we go.
For hitching up I always use the mover to take the van to the towball, much safer for the car!!
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Thats a good point K.
There is only a few mm between the hitch and the rear bumper. I don't know what a repair cost would be if you punctured it with the hitch but it would be substantial so I use the mover to hitch up.
...No reversing camera on the car? how not cool is that
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Thats a good point K.
There is only a few mm between the hitch and the rear bumper. I don't know what a repair cost would be if you punctured it with the hitch but it would be substantial so I use the mover to hitch up.
Probably less than £200
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I'm tempted to get a mover, but I keep thinking about the best part of 1000 pound, I do think it is good to only use them when necessary, I'd like to think reveresing keeps me in practice, if you have to turn round in a lane, but they are a brilliant thing
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Wait until a claims management company sees a front mounted towbar which is non standard and non complient with NACAP pedestrian safety no matter who fit it.
Write your comments here..what about a front mounted winch ? I have seen many on Landrover Defenders and front mounted tow hooks, very useful things, and as long as your Insurer is informed.
I towed my car behind my motorhome on an A-frame, Insurer was CC for both Car and Motorhome, CC was told that both had been modified to do so, and would be used together as an outfit. No problems. Still think motor movers are the best way of posistioning a caravan though, no more pushing and straining.
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Most front hitches uses a replacement cross member with a built in towball socket ( like the removable towballs at the back, on some vehicles you may have to cut a 50mm x 50mm hole in your bumper cover and a plastic cap is provided to use when the towball
is removed.They are designed to have no impact on the structure of the vehicle. The only downside is they are only rated to 350kgs and thats on largeish 4x4s, so a heavy single axle caravan may lead to damaging front suspension.
And as for the comments on ooooh I hope you've told your insurers etc etc, c'mon people we're just talking about moving your caravan in ways that suit us, lets not get into legal mumbo jumbo and make another thread as boring as many others.
Be happy
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Come to this quite late, so apologies if this has been said before.
We unhitch on the site 'road' and use the mover to put the van onto the pitch. As soon as we can we move the car onto the pitch out of the way. When leaving we use the mover to get the van onto the car, usually by moving the van onto the site road rather than hitch up on the HS gravel.
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I am interested in the frequent mention here about the pressure to get on pitch as quickly as possible to get out of the way of following outfits. Is life on club sites so frantic? I thought they were supposed to be an oasis of peace and calm
Isn't this rush to get off the road compounded by the one way system - if our local street is blocked I just go the other way!
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Most front hitches uses a replacement cross member with a built in towball socket ( like the removable towballs at the back, on some vehicles you may have to cut a 50mm x 50mm hole in your bumper cover and a plastic cap is provided to use when the towball
is removed.They are designed to have no impact on the structure of the vehicle. The only downside is they are only rated to 350kgs and thats on largeish 4x4s, so a heavy single axle caravan may lead to damaging front suspension.
And as for the comments on ooooh I hope you've told your insurers etc etc, c'mon people we're just talking about moving your caravan in ways that suit us, lets not get into legal mumbo jumbo and make another thread as boring as many others.
Be happy
GK, the insurance angle is certainly worth a mention as some people will not realise the need to tell the company about the modification and the previous poster was being helpful. I agree that we don't need to hold a debate about it.
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Assuming there's room, I normally reverse on to the pitch, as close to the peg as possible (can't claim to get it spot on every time!
). Then unhitch, move car and do final positioning with motor mover. But only very rarely use the mover when leaving; just reverse up as near as possible to the hitch and then we manhandle (or should that be personhandle?) the van into the right position. Occasionally may have held a couple of folk up for a couple of minutes or so - that's life I'm afraid! 
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How many people actually check they have sufficient payload to fit a motor mover? When I put our last caravan on a weighbridge loaded for holiday I was shocked to find it was well over the mtplm. It wasn't excessively loaded either as the awning and chairs
were all in the car. I had the caravan replated but even then a motor mover would've been a no no. I often wonder when I see all the gear being unloaded from caravans on a site if they are within the legal weight limit.0 -
Thats a good point K.
There is only a few mm between the hitch and the rear bumper. I don't know what a repair cost would be if you punctured it with the hitch but it would be substantial so I use the mover to hitch up.
Probably less than £200
Don't know but on a Land Rover nothing is cheap and who needs the hassle?
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Thats a good point K.
There is only a few mm between the hitch and the rear bumper. I don't know what a repair cost would be if you punctured it with the hitch but it would be substantial so I use the mover to hitch up.
...No reversing camera on the car? how not cool is that
No reversing sensors either JVB, just a fixed flange towball that does the same job for nowt.
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If I happen to be pitching up or leaving a pitch and hold some one up , that is what is to be expected ,so I just acknowledge their presence and carry on ,whats the rush we are on holiday
It's not that long back that we heard of someone blocking the road for 45 mins while they faffed about hitching up. On holiday or not, they might have somewhere to go & be there on time.
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People have been successfully hitching up caravans for decades. I was surprised to read that there are those nowadays who are unable to reverse their towcar safely to the caravan hitch without crashing into it.
Good driving involves driving backwards safely as well as driving forwards. IMO.
K
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Assuming there's room, I normally reverse on to the pitch, as close to the peg as possible (can't claim to get it spot on every time!
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Then unhitch, move car and do final positioning with motor mover. But only very rarely use the mover when leaving; just reverse up as near as possible to the hitch and then we manhandle (or should that be personhandle?) the van into the right position. Occasionally
may have held a couple of folk up for a couple of minutes or so - that's life I'm afraid!If in a busy area of the site and there is room to do so, I use the mover to move the caravan wheels to the back of the hardstanding, so the back end is overhanging the grass. This then allows hitching up on the pitch and we can take our time. I find no
matter how much I try not to be affected by it, I am conscious of holding folk up and possibly rush / miss things.0 -
I haven't read all nine pages because life is too short. A motor mover is a great tool. However there are plenty on here who can't reverse and use the mover as an excuse. There are many many times when reversing is simply quicker. So if you prefer to
use a mover then fine but don't try a belittle those that can reverse because you can't.Ps I would class my reversing skills as barely adequate.
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I have cameras all over the car and one even gives a "birds eye" view but even so I cant be sure just how close I am to a very expensive bump into the "bumper" that I think would be hugely expensive.
I backed X-Trail into an unseen end rail on a fence and stoved in just under rear reflected on radiused plastic section. A bit like it had been hit with a lump nammer. Local Chips away guy sorted it about 3 years ago for £180
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I have cameras all over the car and one even gives a "birds eye" view but even so I cant be sure just how close I am to a very expensive bump into the "bumper" that I think would be hugely expensive.
...If you are unable to judge your distance when a reverse camera is fitted and could still damage your car ,I think i would consider whether i should be driving?
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Thats a good point K.
There is only a few mm between the hitch and the rear bumper. I don't know what a repair cost would be if you punctured it with the hitch but it would be substantial so I use the mover to hitch up.
...No reversing camera on the car? how not cool is that
No reversing sensors either JVB, just a fixed flange towball that does the same job for nowt.
..Oh you mean when you feel the bump ,you know you are somewhere near
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Quite often on sites I see a caravan being positioned onto pitch using a motormover. Often the driver has several attempts to position close to the peg. Often when reversing to his nearside he cannot see the peg which makes it harder even if OH is 'guiding'.
I have seen drivers sometimes making 8+ attempts and taking well over 5 minutes. Then often the driver puts on the motormover to line up the Alko Wheel lock or to level across etc.Given they are going to engage it anyway why not just use it to pitch?
I always use the mover!
David
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