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09/3/2011 at 12:56am
Location: NW of Glasgow
Outfit: Sterling Searcher 2008 Volvo XC90
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Quote: Originally posted by Defender on 07/3/2011
We live on an incline (can't really call it a hill) and the drive drops down onto the kerb (think downhill then 90 degree turn left, then steeper drop) Our drive is 20mm shingle/stones. Would any of the motor movers cope with these conditions? Jennifern, would be interested to know how your mover copes with the 1 in 10 incline. Our 'van is 1750Kgs MTPLM.
Our Mover works well on our slope. It is a plain 1 in 10 off the street on average, but also a slight slope across the width of the drive as the street slopes. However, it is block paved so very easy to move on, your gravel would make it much more difficult.
We do not need to do any sharp turns either. We do move the van through 90 degrees, but we have the width of the drive to manoeuvre on....it's 10 metres wide....so the van swings round gradually, then goes back a bit onto the pavement and takes another swing, and so on until it is in position.
We don't have much leeway on the length, as the van is only 5 cm shorter than the drive, but we can run the hitch a short distance up the path at the side of the house.
If you need a tight turn, you would be best with a 4 wheel Mover. It would also do better on the gravel.
Ours does what we need, and we prefer not to carry the extra weight of the 4 wheel ones.
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09/3/2011 at 2:56pm
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I think that is a very sweeping statement, and incorrect.
You need to look firstly at whether you have the payload available for the mover, and then what you need the mover to do.
I would not dispute that the 4 wheel ones are better, but not everyone has the weight spare for a 4 wheeler.
For us it was the weight that was the deciding factor, not the cost, the difference of about £350 was not significant in the overall spend.
Without the mover, we could never get the van onto our drive. We would not consider storage, so without the mover we would not have a caravan.
We use it for getting on and off the drive, positioning on pitches, and hitching up.
It does what we require,and what we expected, we had no unrealistic expectations, this is not our first van or our first mover, and we consider it money well spent.
Post last edited on 09/03/2011 15:15:10
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