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Hi Howard, As Paul says, it is a fiddly job done in a confined space.

If I had been doing the job myself, I would have used my Engine Lifter Crane to lift the camper onto wheel ramps to give myself and extra foot or so of ground clearance.

Yes he fitted brackets that are a copy of the bottom section of the chassis rail and are, as you say, bolted onto the chassis. These I think are over priced at £75 a pair. £10 a pair would be a fairer price but what is fair these days?

The points where I had to help the fitter that did mine were holding the spanner while he used the wrench on several awkward nuts and bolts as he bolted the motors in place and also with me holding the 10mm measure between the cast motor wheels and the FC Tyre while he positioned the motor mover.
And yes, he used my trolley jack to take the weight of the motors.

I am actually quite surprised that motor mover fitters do not have more specialised tools.
A dedicated motor mover jack would be a lot safer than balancing such an unweildy item on a trolley jack and an adjustable height wise 10mm motor wheel spacer would save the necessity for someone lying there for 30 minutes while the fitter fiddles about trying to tighten all the nuts and bolts.

As it was, the fitter had to use his body to hold the motor mover onto the trolley jack while attempted to fasten all the bolts roughly in place which in turn then helped to balance the motor mover. But then to finally tighten everything in the exact place really did need 4 hands.

While the 2 films on U-Tube (part one - mechanical., part two - electrical) are excellent at showing how a motor mover is fitted, these are being done to a caravan which is on a ramp and so everything is very straight forward and there is oodles of space to lay everything out before and during the fitting.

Ahh now if I had a ramp in my workshop. Och dream on Lobey!!!!!