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first of all lets make myself clear.

i certainly can understand why people get a van mover, especialy when they have a condition/disability of somekind. but when i was at my local dealer who i know very well we got talking about them, and he said that 80% of movers fitted are for able bodied people that want the latest gadgets, thats all.but at the end of the day if its what you want then by all means get one.

Quote: Originally posted by gregg495 on 27/6/2011

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first of all lets make myself clear.

i certainly can understand why people get a van mover, especialy when they have a condition/disability of somekind. but when i was at my local dealer who i know very well we got talking about them, and he said that 80% of movers fitted are for able bodied people that want the latest gadgets, thats all.but at the end of the day if its what you want then by all means get one.

 

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We have a Reich mover fitted to our caravan and we are very pleased with it, had it for two years now and works as good as new still, changed the hand set batteries last weekend for the first time since we had it installed, and that means about 36 uses, you do need quite a good leisure battery though, we have got a 110amp fitted to give us plenty of power to get up our driveway incline.

Julia   

Quote: Originally posted by Gailk on 24/8/2011

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Does the mover need to be included in the weight?
We are post 1997 licence holders and within 50kgs of our 3500 maximum limit. We never use anywhere near the limit for for th user load of 270kg, can some of this be used for the mover? Or how much do they weigh?
Thanks

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Hi Gailk, Yes the mover will add weight to your van, about 35kg, just means you take the weight of the mover off the pay load you put in van. So if you can load 270kg at present, with mover fitted you can only load 235kg. hope that’s of help.

Movers seem expensive ..anyone came up with a FAR cheaper electric alternative ? after all all it is , is a 12v motor ..likely a tenner ?

any ideas ? i could be doing with one to save it being a 3 man job to get my old caravan up the driveway .. the caravans worth about £600 , seems crazy to spend same on mover

paul