Why not place caravan on pitch with motormover
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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
I find it fairly easy using the camera to place the ball directly under the hitch so it can just be lowered onto it. However, with out a camera, slightly more difficult to get that degree of accuracy. Caravans these days are often close to or above 1.5 tonnes,
so manhandling, particularly on gravel is out of the question. Decades ago vans were lightweight by comparison and we were much younger ???0 -
Last week in Cornwall we put the caravan right across the back of the pitch (not a CC site) as the water hook-up and the drainaway waste were at the opposite ends of the pitch. It would have been difficult to get the van into this position by reversing it with the car - and I don't do pushing these days!
However if I'm on a CC site I often use the mover to get the van I the exact position, but when it come to leaving I can usually just hitch up and pull it off the pitch without bothering with the mover.
David
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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.
Where is the belittling. All I can see are disparate opinions. I personally am very impressed when I see someone reverse straight onto the peg. I do however take issue when that involves their tow car comming onto our pitch, within inches of our van, when
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All those excuses about not being able to reverse the towcar up to the tow hitch without crashing into the caravan does not hold water, unless you are holidaying on your own,-- There will always be a second person who can accurately guide the driver to position
the towball exactly below the caravan hitch.Likewise when reversing on to the pitch, that person can easily guide the driver when parking the caravan next to the peg. ( A Banksman or Bankswoman )
That's provided of course that the driver is indeed competant to drive an outfit.
K
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All those excuses about not being able to reverse the towcar up to the tow hitch without crashing into the caravan does not hold water, unless you are holidaying on your own,--
There will always be a second person who can accurately guide the driver to position the towball exactly below the caravan hitch.Likewise when reversing on to the pitch, that person can easily guide the driver when parking the caravan next to the peg. ( A Banksman or Bankswoman )
That's provided of course that the driver is indeed competant to drive an outfit.
K
I am glad you are so confident of this K. However, I fear it is not bourne out in practice. That's why I have a camera.
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You couldn't have got the caravan into the position I got it into this week without a motor mover. Even with the mover I had to inch it backwards and forwards. I wished I'd have taken photos now!
David Happy
Was it something like this David?Happy
Write your comments here...not sure you have parked to the peg there david
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You couldn't have got the caravan into the position I got it into this week without a motor mover. Even with the mover I had to inch it backwards and forwards. I wished I'd have taken photos now!
David Happy
Was it something like this David?Happy
Write your comments here...not sure you have parked to the peg there david
Looks almost as tight as the pitch we had in Spain this Summer and yes I did use the mover. I will post a picture just as soon as the forum software is upgraded, which I think is due in 2014 or 2015.
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All those excuses about not being able to reverse the towcar up to the tow hitch without crashing into the caravan does not hold water, unless you are holidaying on your own,-- There will always be a second person who can accurately guide the driver to position
the towball exactly below the caravan hitch.Likewise when reversing on to the pitch, that person can easily guide the driver when parking the caravan next to the peg. ( A Banksman or Bankswoman )
K
K - you obviously haven't met my wife
. I'll stick to using the mover if you don't mind.0 -
You couldn't have got the caravan into the position I got it into this week without a motor mover. Even with the mover I had to inch it backwards and forwards. I wished I'd have taken photos now!
David
Was it something like this David?
It was something like that David except we had a lot more room either side. It was fencing at the back and strong railway sleepers dividing the pitches which are at slightly different levels, this ensures that each individual pitch is level. We had much more room either side, but you needed them over to get it up against the fence at the back. We have this particular pitch because it is really large, but the downside is that the drainaway is in the left corner and the water connection is in the right corner. I you pitch CC style it means there is a lon reach from the van to the water connection.
By the way, this is not a CC site, so no need to worry about the peg.
David
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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.That's exactly the same as we do, Corners......each operation only takes 2 or 3 minutes.....
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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.That's exactly the same as we do, Corners......each operation only takes 2 or 3 minutes.....
Surely it's faster & easier to take the car to the caravan rather than t'other way round ........
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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.That's exactly the same as we do, Corners......each operation only takes 2 or 3 minutes.....
Surely it's faster & easier to take the car to the caravan rather than t'other way round ........
not quite, its easier to place the van with the mover over the towball on the smooth tarmac road that the gravel HS
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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.That's exactly the same as we do, Corners......each operation only takes 2 or 3 minutes.....
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Men on the other hand, at least among my caravanning friends and I, prefer to reverse the van on to the pitch using the towcar. (That's what the towcar is for after all.) Most of us experienced
drivers can complete the manoeuvre to the peg every time.And I thought that having paid the best part of £1,000 to have a MM fitted it was for moving the van into position. Well I never
Smart men use the mover. No point in having a dog and barking yourself.
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not quite, its easier to place the van with the mover over the towball on the smooth tarmac road that the gravel HS
Is it? I've always managed to take the car to the caravan & hitch up quite easily no matter what we're pitched on, whether grass or HS
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We saw several units pitched sideways like the pictures above in France this year.
Must take a huge amount of effort and what is gained? The ability to stare straight at your neighbour. Quite bizarre.
Nothing bizarre at all Ian if the alternative is staring at a hedge or having your back to the view if there is one maybe the sea or mountains whatever , its called using the space allotted to you in whichever way you want without the assistance of white
pegs or dinky toys .But David, in the picture, that caravan is looking straight at a hedge......and possibly peaking at their neighbour over the hedge.
As I said, quite bizarre to make a huge effort to look at a hedge rather than the view.
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As I said, quite bizarre to make a huge effort to look at a hedge rather than the view.
If it is hot weather and you are living outside, the best view needs to be out of the awning
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