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Personevejac
16/9/2016 at 7:55pm
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Hi, we bought a caravan 2 weeks ago and thought we would store on front of house. We can't yet afford a motor mover and storage is a little far out. The front of our garden was measured with about 1ft spare to front wall of house, we have side door entrance. We can't get the van in with car due to cars parked opposite and we're on a bus route. We got some heavy rubbery ramps and thought we would push up kerb rear end first so easI error to get out with car hitched. The driveway slopes downwards towards house, not too steeply and eventually we will build it up flat. Well I nearly had a heart attack when my husband and friend tried to get it on front ( where it is now), they are pretty strong men and after 2 hard run ups it just bounced down kerb, the ramps are not quite as high as the pavement. On the 3rd go, it went up kerb and we only just stopped it in time as it took off downhill. If I don't find a solution that is easy for my husband to do alone or with my help as much as it is, we won't be going anywhere. Any solutions for kerb for after drive has been levelled would be appreciated, I've read about winches but feel maybe too time consuming with fairly busy road.


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A mover is the real answer and maybe if you use that and the little ramps you may not need to get the kerb lowered.

Perhaps you could put a piece of wood down by the kerb to make a wide ramp so you can get the car up and the van down.


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PersonAcornis
16/9/2016 at 8:34pm
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motor mover, but I did see this some time back. I have tried this albeit not on a van.
Required equipment .. 3 small chocks.
Place a chock behind each wheel.
Push the nose of the van sideways about 2-3 feet. (this will pivot the van on the wheel on the side you push towards.)
Place a chock behind the jockey wheel.
On the side you pushed away from, the chock will now be about 1 foot behind the wheel, move it up to rest against the wheel.
Remove the chock from the jockey wheel and push the nose in the opposite direction to the first push, across to 2-3 feet the other way. Place chock behind jockey wheel.
Repeat as required.

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Persontrog100
16/9/2016 at 8:53pm
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i use a motor mover with small lenghs of 2 x 4 timber to help with kerbs..

the first decision i made after buying the van.. not through choice but necessity.. 4 adults males struggled to get it in my yard without the mover..

trog


Personevejac
16/9/2016 at 9:08pm
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Ah thankyou all, think I'll look out for a used mover as cost of van doesn't warrant a new one plus affordability. Thanks acornis too.


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16/9/2016 at 11:23pm
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Personnora
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Just save up for a motor mover . It's impossible without .
We could not manage without ours . Vans are so heavy and impossible to push up hill or on gravel .
So motor mover not a luxury but an essential .


PersonHairywol
17/9/2016 at 9:46am
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Sympathy to you - had a similar issue thinking a 1.4 tonne caravan would be easy to manoeuvre by hand.

Dead easy on ground like a billiard table, but any wet ground, slope or unevenness at all and you're hanging yourself.

After a near heart attack I shelled out for a motor mover - a pain in the pocket but better than killing yourself.


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PersonGreg M
17/9/2016 at 9:57am
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Hi,
Years ago I had a similar problem with my caravan.
I used a winch fastened to a "staple"bolted to my drive.It fitted into the tow hitch.
It was amazing how good it was and certainly cheaper than a mover.
I have included some examples.
Regards,
Greg


https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=caravan+winch&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&tbm=isch&t........

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We had a similar problem a few years ago and used one of those powered jockey movers, there's a few on Ebay at the minute, have a look on YouTube for Mr Shifta I think it was called.

Not as expensive as a more modern mover, but did the job great when used with a couple of wheel levelling ramps, even had a brake function to stop the van running away ideal if you only need it at home.

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A motor mover will be cheaper than levelling out the drive and mucking about with ramps.


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Thanks for replies. I had seen these Mr shifta movers and thought my prayers were answered till I read mainly negative reviews. Save up for a mover me thinks.


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having bought my mover through necessity i now would not be without one.. folks do manage without one but once you get used to the the sheer convenience of a mover they do become an essential part of a caravan..

trog


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My mover is worth is weight in gold. My van is normally in storage but at home we have a narrow driveway (about 10-15cm wider than caravan with brick gateposts (gates have to be removed) off a single track road. Its not possible to drive straight in as the road isn't wide enough. Before we had the mover we would unhitch van just outside drive, manually spin it round hitch towards drive and then re hitch to other car in drive(luckily we have 2 with towbars) to pull it in the drive as we have an uneven lip which the wheels get stuck on. Once on the drive we would unhitch again and manoeuvre it to the right position by hand. Massive palaver and quite stressful as lane is on a bit of a slope, and we block the road! Mover was expensive but i will take it off and put it on next van.
Its got me out tight/slippery spots in storage as car wouldn't get traction during one winter and van had to come out for servicing! I solo tow as well so gives me piece of mind.


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Would go with the winch, used one for years to get an old car in and out of the drive. Doesn't need anything expensive and easy to pull the van up a kerb


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Quote: Originally posted by Derbian on 18/9/2016
Would go with the winch, used one for years to get an old car in and out of the drive. Doesn't need anything expensive and easy to pull the van up a kerb

Hi,
As I said previously used a winch with an Elddis Typhoon
on a really steep drive ,and it coped easily.
Bit of practise and we could turn it and have it off the road quickly.
The type I had was top left in the examples I posted.
Regards,
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