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25/6/2007 at 11:24am
 Location: Hitchin
 Outfit: Penine Pathfinder
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Hi,  we have a Penine Pathfinder and would like to fit a powrwhhel caravan mover to it as our lane is very narrow and no room to manouevre out of our driveway.

Has anyone fitted one of these before and if so do I just require the standard mover or does it need to be a custom fitted one.  I have been asked to measure chassis depths etc, but have got a bit confused-   pleas help

 

Maggie



25/6/2007 at 12:08pm
 Location:  south yorkshire
 Outfit: Bailey phoenix
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Hi i have a powerwheel fitted to my conway crusader, the only thing different was it had to be fitted to the rear of the wheels, instead of standard fitting to the front of the wheels , due to the chassis on the floor around the toilet area having extra supports getting in the way for clearance , the mover is standard kit ,with some drop plates added which the fitter brought with him , have found it brilliant for getting up my drive and leveling on site , takes all the worry out of returning home and negiotiating driveway 

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25/6/2007 at 1:58pm
 Location: Hitchin
 Outfit: Penine Pathfinder
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Thanks for that, I have spoken to Penine and they said its a standard chassis but thought that it might need to be plaaced behind the wheels, but the people at powrwheel didn't seem to know much just kept asking for chasssis depths etc.

I think I will go for the standard one and hope the fitter is more knowledgeable

Now all i need is it to be fitted before I go on holiday.

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25/6/2007 at 5:24pm
 Location: Herefordshire
 Outfit: pennine pathfinder 2003
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No its not quite that simple we had to crawl around under ours and decide if the chassis was straight or L shaped ( ours was L shaped). There is no right answer they vary. Ours needed spacers, I have no idea what they are but the man had some. Ours is behind the wheels and is the basic model. It is great.

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25/6/2007 at 5:36pm
 Location: yorkshire
 Outfit: Pennine Pullman F. camper
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Have you considered a mover that fits in the jockey wheel socket?

They need far less engineering and are removed for towing.

We did look at some when we had caravans but we dont need one with the Pullman.



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25/6/2007 at 8:30pm
 Location: north wales
 Outfit: Sprite Quattro FB
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"Have you considered a mover that fits in the jockey wheel socket?"

I think thats what a powrwheel actually is, as can be seen here.  The powrtouch is the chassis mounted mover.  Can a hitch mounted mover really be worth £600 when you can can get a proper mover like this for £699.



25/6/2007 at 9:08pm
 Location: Hitchin
 Outfit: Penine Pathfinder
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It is the chassis based one that I was looking at, didn't realise they had a lot of different names for each product.

 

Maggie



26/6/2007 at 7:20am
 Location: Wakefield West York
 Outfit: Swift Basecamp+ Fo
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Powrtouch for a Pathfinder - I can certainly recommend.  Like you we had to manoeuvre within a ver limited space - fantastic bit of kit with a 5 year guarantee - had ours moved onto the caravan.

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