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05/5/2012 at 10:51pm
 Location: Cheadle cheshire
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Hi Members can anybody using a Bigfoot motormover please answer a question for me.I have just purchased said mover and it comes including a bracket with towball attatched,our van is a Sprite major 6 2012.When the mover is used in conjunction with the bracket does it just lock in to the hitch with power wheel attatched? Are there any members using one near where i live in cheadle cheshire, that might demonstrate how it connects to the van.

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06/5/2012 at 9:47am
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I have a Mr Shifta, which has a towball on it, I just take the van off the car using the jockey wheel/brake, then lower the tow hitch on the caravan onto the ball of the Shifta, - brake off again, and go. The Bigfoot can work the same way, but you need to connect it to your leisure battery to operate it.

With the Bigfoot it can be used the same way, or you can take off your jockey wheel (whilst cvan is still attached to your car) and replace it with the bigfoot, connect to your leisure battery and off you go. This methos depends on whether you can access the jockey wheel from the outside of the towbar.

Found a few instructions for you.bigfoot instructions

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06/5/2012 at 10:31am
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Cheers Jax365,will have a look later as we are all off to family wedding in Chester today.We still need to know what spare bracket does.

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07/5/2012 at 8:59pm
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Caravan movers are for girls.

Spend some money on some proper tuition on how to reverse your caravan properly instead, and then brag about how you are such a professional.

Wait a minute......I did when I took my HGV1 in 1995.

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08/5/2012 at 9:40am
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Much easier here to use a Mr Shifta, I live on a narrow lane, with a bank opposite, which would involve a 25 point turn/reverse at least, before I would get the right angle to get back into the drive - whilst holding all the traffic up and burning the clutch out. Not to mention that twice a day the road is gridlocked by parked cars and traffic from the local primary school three doors away...

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08/5/2012 at 5:41pm
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Cheers for your assistance Jax,Thanks for tip quinny.I am booked on manouvering course to get those professional qualifications and tips,mover is supplementry due to constraints of my road access.

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08/5/2012 at 6:05pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Quinny on 07/5/2012
Caravan movers are for girls.

Spend some money on some proper tuition on how to reverse your caravan properly instead, and then brag about how you are such a professional.

Wait a minute......I did when I took my HGV1 in 1995.


It would certainly seem that movers have removed the art of reversing a trailer which was also one of the best bits of entertainment on a site, but there are occasions when a mover can place a caravan in positions where it just would not be possible to put it with a car.


08/5/2012 at 6:08pm
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They also are a fantastic bit of kit if you are disabled too.

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08/5/2012 at 6:45pm
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murano,excellently put point!!.One that i had quite overlooked(well said)

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We have quite a tight turn up a slope to our garage. We bought a Bigfoot locally through ebay and it certainly helps this retired old git with heart problems get the TT over the concrete lip and into its resting place.


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08/5/2012 at 11:05pm
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Hi Ian did you by any chance get a bracket with towball attatched when you bought it?,if you did how does it fit.See my post.

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08/5/2012 at 11:54pm
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Hi suemart. No, ours didn't come with the towball bracket.

You can see the bracket being used in the picture at the top of Jax365's link. It is fitted to the hitch with the bracket underneath the A frame parallel to the hitch handle and the Bigfoot in the clamp on the bracket. You can see the caravan's jockeywheel in the raised position behind it.    


09/5/2012 at 12:07am
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Quote: Originally posted by Quinny on 07/5/2012
Caravan movers are for girls.

Spend some money on some proper tuition on how to reverse your caravan properly instead, and then brag about how you are such a professional.

Wait a minute......I did when I took my HGV1 in 1995.

Oh dear  - a know it all and look at me 'I am great' character   Well done and congratulations.  Such a pity we don't all fall into the same category as you.  We lesser mortals have to spend a lot of money on our movers to do what comes so easy to you.  I suppose we must make up for it in other ways.  I would love to be a professional reverser my life is so dull otherwise.



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Thanks for the explanation ian,we could see the bracket but the fitting appeared to be attatched to the hitchlock.Will now have a try with using the bracket as well,thanks again.

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09/5/2012 at 8:50pm
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Quote:

Originally posted by ldpdmp on 09/5/2012Oh

dear  - a know it all and look at me 'I am great' character   Well done and congratulations.  Such a pity we don't all fall into the same category as you.  We lesser mortals have to spend a lot of money on our movers to do what comes so easy to you.  I suppose we must make up for it in other ways.  I would love to be a professional reverser my life is so dull otherwise.



Get a grip.

It was meant as a tongue in cheek remark.

Jeez.

I'm not a know it all, just someone who does it for a living, but thank you for your congratulations.

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Post last edited on 09/05/2012 20:58:56

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a joke ?   well glad I didn't upset you  apology accepted



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