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John4703

18/11/2017 at 6:30pm
Location: Glasgow
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I can usually get mine up the kerb with the mover but sometimes it refuses to go up. If it refuses I have two pieces of plywood that I can use as ramps and then it will go up the kerb with no problem.

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We camped for years. In 2019 we bought an Elddis Avante 454. We like it as it is short (6.9m) and fits in our driveway and has a fixed bed.
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Geoff48

19/11/2017 at 9:16am
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Piece of arris rail in front of the kerb?

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Jax365

23/11/2017 at 2:05pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Nickybear41 on 18/11/2017
We have soggy grass onto our drive and a 3 inch curb. Would a motor mover be any good with these?

Mine goes up the kerb no problem with the motormover. If you have soggy grass, you just need some old carpet or something similar handy to put under the wheels, it helped a lot on my drive, which is loose shingle. I eventually fitted a wider jockey wheel, which solved the problem altogether.

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I put a section of scaffold pole in the gutter by the kerb and put a small dab of cement around it. It reduces the problem of mounting the kerb and does not impede the flow of rainwater etc.

I am sure it contravenes hundreds of by-laws but it has been in place for about 8 years with no moans from the council nor the neighbours.

brian burton

24/11/2017 at 1:10am
Location: sw wales
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make a small ramp to fit up to the kerb and fit the van with an inflatable jocky wheel that will not dig into the grass,hope this helps.

trog100

24/11/2017 at 12:03pm
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i carry half a dozen short lengths of 4 x 2 in the front locker..

they get used for leveling and going up and down kerbs plus other purposes.. i would not be without them.. he he

i agree with the large blow up jockey wheel as well.. movers cam put stress on the jockey wheel assembly if the tyre digs in..

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25/11/2017 at 7:37am
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Kerb ramps on ebay not expensive. Could be of help. Here.

#deb#

01/12/2017 at 5:08pm
Location: West Mids
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We've got a sloping driveway (probably not as steep as yours) and live on a main road with a bus stop right by our house. Luckily the pavements are very wide. We are newbies and the van we recently bought came with a mover. We had all intentions of reversing the van up the drive when we first brought it home. Ha! Within the blink of an eye we had traffic backed up the street and side roads. OH drove it away and turned around, bringing it onto footpath. We unhitched, moved the car so as not to obstruct neighbour's drive (don't leave car in reverse!) and used the mover to reverse it up the driveway. We've done that a couple of times now and I'm definitely in no hurry to try reversing it on again any time soon!

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