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Quote: Originally posted by Greendemon315 on 10/2/2014

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It only happens when you have your foot, on the clutch. You need to be sure to step right off it as soon as you are moving.
Jim

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Quote: Originally posted by Grampian91 on 10/2/2014Its nto more common with a diesel car. Quite the opposite in fact.

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A diesel car will have more low down torque than a petrol car. So you can take your foot off the clutch at a little over tickover speed with a diesel where a petrol car may require more revs.

You need to use a few revs as possible. And not slip the clutch.

You motor mover should cope with mud. Going back a few years we were camped near Bude in Cornwall. It rained constantly. Massive hill behind the campsite and ran down to a small stream at the bottom.

My caravan sank upto the depth of the tyres sidewalls over the week. The movers had no problem pulling the van out and onto the driveway.

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Quote: Originally posted by Spanish5 on 10/2/2014

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Tommo799 - In answer to your question, I have experienced a similar problem with a burning clutch when reversing a caravan with a Focus 1.6 diesel.

I towed my new caravan from the sales centre back to my house with no problems. My clutch started to burn when reversing the caravan onto my property. It took nearly a week for the burning smell to disappear. The clutch seemed to be fine with normal motoring (minus caravan). My first trip with the caravan was towing it from Spain to the UK, some 1500 miles! All the way back, my thoughts were with the burning clutch, but we arrived in the UK with no problems.

I decided to store the caravan in the UK, instead of towing it back to Spain. Needless to say, the car did the reverse trip of 1500 miles, again with no problems.

My car has just completed 60,000 miles so the clutch has already been well used.

Hope my experience gives you more confidence with your clutch

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