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I have a new Conway Crusader and I would like a motor mover put on to it.... It has an Alko chassis which seems to come to a "V" shape on the axis just where the motor mover would go. This makes it particularly low to the floor.

Will this present a problem?

If not, What sort of Motor mover could I use?

Any advice would be helpful as no one has given me a definitive answer including the shop I brought it from. 

Hi, contact powertouch they will send you out details of how to measure and provide them with sufficient information.  They told me that because sometimes the chassis if different from crusader to crusader (including same year manufacture) that sometimes it is regarded as a special but the bottom line is that yes you can get one, you may just have to pay a bit more.  Worth researching their price match and getting quotes elsewhere to give you a good base price to start with beofre you start adding extra's/special fitting etc.
Bolan

Hi

I took my CarverTruma motor mover off our previous caravan and fitted it to our Crusader. It fitted without any problems and we used it for  3 years. I did not need special drop plates though as Jan says above I needed a couple of metal spacers (strips of steel 8cm by 2cm by 0.5cm) one on each side to provide a bit of clearance under the chassis. Don't let them charge you more than a couple of pounds for these, they are simply because the gauge of metal used in the Crusader chassis is slightly thinner than that used on caravans. It fitted behind the wheels. I also had a cross-over actuator. There was plenty of room for it underneath the Crusader. We have taken the Crusader on Norway and Ireland car ferries, and over several fiord ferries in Norway, without any problems of it fouling the steep loading ramps. The motor mover would easily move the fully laden Crusader and was ideal for hitching and for putting the Crusader on a leveller, and would go up quite steep slopes. It would work off an 85ah or 110ah battery

I fitted the control box next to the mains charger and took the power cables direct to the battery. Whole thing took a morning to fit myself and an hour to remove when we sold the Crusader.

Our new unit has a Powrtouch mover which is frankly much the same as the Carver, only I do not like the soft start as it is too slow.