Hummingbird!

Our second-hand Triton (our first caravan) came with a Reich mover already fitted and we wouldn't be without it. It makes manoeuvring the van into the garden and on site so much easier - but they are an expensive luxury.

If you can afford a mover and live with the reduction in stuff you can carry in the van, buy a mover. You won't regret it.

A winch is fine - and cheaper - if your drive is straight. The thing is, you can't use a winch when you're away on holiday.

People will say that you don't need a mover on site.They'll say that if you're a halfway competent caravanner you ought to be able to manoeuvre it into position with the car, and if not, the van is sufficiently light to be able to move it using the handles and a couple of pints of sweat.

You can do it that way, but if you can afford not to, boy does a mover make it easy. There's no point being hair-shirted about it if you don't need to be.

You simply rock up to your pitch, unhook the rig, press a few buttons on a remote control and Robert's your mother's brother. No heaving, no slipping, no sliding, no muddy knees, no worrying about a hernia. No shouting and frantic waving of arms, no peering in mirrors, no cooked clutches, no 'left a bit, right a bit, left a bit...whoa... no, I said WHOA...'

And no free sideshow for the other punters. Well, until you get the awning out, at any rate.

Do it.

Get a mover.

And one last thing. You can drive the caravan from inside it using the mover. You can see were you're going through the net curtains, but people outside can't see in.

Triffic

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Quote: Steamdrivenandy wrote in post #8

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On that last bit Pete, that's fine and good for a laff, but don't for heavens sake wander passed the centre of the van without the steadies down. Otherwise you risk the van swivelling on the axle and smacking the rear onto the ground. That WILL give the watching punters a larf and could do serious damage to your van and your pride.

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