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Has anyone got the Pathfinder and a garage with an opening of exactly 7 feet?  (the garage is 9 feet wide, but the doors arent!)  Having come into a little windfall we are in the position of being able to buy a new folding camper and I really love the Pathfinder.  Only the garage door opening is standing in our way.....and living in a flat we have nowhere else to store one.  Has anyone else got a pathfinder and a narrow opening..if so what are the pitfalls to watch out for?

We used to be able to put our pathfinder into a garage (when we had one). Being a heavy object (850-1000kg) there was always the danger of the unit twisting as you pushed it in. Someone on here suggested hanging old carpets at the sides so if you did catch anything it wouldn't damage the unit. It worked for us.

Karl

Thanks Karl.  The garage is 9 feet wide so thats no problem, its the door thats creating the trouble - its only 7 feet wide, metal framed.  I think hanging carpets would wedge it there!  I was wondering more on the line of what parts of the Pathfinder would be at risk from damage.

Jenny

We are in the same position - we are going to get a Pathfinder in Winter (won't be able to use it this year due to prior commitments, but next year ...!!) and our garage (where it will live) is 10ft wide, but the door is about 2 inches wider than the stated size of the Pathfinder.  I am most concerned about catching the transit cover on the metal frame of the door, and clobbering the wheel arches if the thing twists.  If things get tight, I may drape old carpet or some other protective material over the unit itself rather than hand it in the garage (garage walls are padded in places anyway to protect previous big cars).  If your garage is only just long enough (like ours) consider padding the back wall to protect the Pathfinder's pretty, but plastic, rear should you push it in with a bit too much enthusiasm!

Happy camping

Thanks Scampi!!  The garage is long enough, about 17 feet....its just that darned width...   The guys at Highbridge who move these things around on a daily basis reckon that its just the hydraulic bits that would be the testing point....they think the rest of it would clear the sides easily. Only they aren't too willing to loan me one to test it out......

I had the idea of having a couple of boards with a track on them to get the wheels to run in a straight line.....only the old man thinks I'm being a bit too ambitious....

Jen

I think if you can line it up straight well in front of the garage you will be ok they move fairly well on concrete tarmac etc once ours is straight it goes back in line easily in storage. I think looking at ours the gas struts are the widest points.

Thanks Jan P.  I did forget to mention the fun bit....the garage is uphill (only a slight gradient though) and there is a drainage gulley across the full width of the block.  Hence my idea of having two planks with tracks on them.  I'm with you on the gas struts though, and I think if we protected them for the few precarious inches then we'd be okay. 

Jen

looks like iam gonna have same probs with the pullman. THANKS