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Topic: Motor Movers and winches (and also gravel drives!)

FoldyCamper

28/5/2016 at 4:17pm
Location: None Entered
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Does anyone use a motor mover?
We went to look at a 2002 Pennine Sterling (

) today, and the only thing that puts us off is having to move it round our driveway, which is small pea shingle. The current owner has the larger shingle, and says it's impossible!
I was also considering a winch...!

parky15

28/5/2016 at 11:26pm
Location: E Sussex
Outfit: pennine pathfinder

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When we bought our pathfinder we were told that we wouldn't need a mover. Lighter than caravans etc etc.

Towed it home to our slightly sloping fine pea gravel driveway, and the two of us (both fit and less than 45 years old at the time) could not push it one inch.

Might be a different matter if your pea gravel is flat, but any form of slope and it's a no go.

I considered a winch, as we rarely need movers on site, but have a funny dog leg drive, so movers were the only option

Rob and Tina

29/5/2016 at 7:39am
Location: Royal Forest of Dean
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I had a problem with our fc sinking in to the lawn which is on a slight slope, it got stuck so that I couldn't move it at all and as the grass was slippery I fell over and amused the neighbours. I found a sheet of plywood in a skip and cut it in to strips about 30 cm wide which I placed under the tyres to spread the weight and help me move the trailer fairly easily. This would work on gravel but it depends on how much manoeuvering you need to do to park it.

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silvertopsandra

29/5/2016 at 8:21am
Location: North Devon
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we didn't have a mover on our sterling.
However, could have done with one when pitching on wet ground as the car struggled to reverse and we got wheel spin when trying to pull off pitch when the grass was wet.

Because of age and hubby's shoulder injury we upgraded last year to a pathfinder, larger than the sterling, but it has a mover and gas struts.
The mover is amazing, takes the stress out of pitching - no more worries about wet grass-, reversing into its storage place at home is so easy.

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Rommli

19/5/2017 at 6:17pm
Location: Surrey
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Can you fit a motor mover to a Conway Crusier?
We have just bought a 1998 one which had only been used three times...Then getting it home our garage is on a hill !! Heavens heavier than we thought.

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