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I can push 1600kgs of van up a small kerb to my drive.. its a struggle but I can. Use the caravans balance and its not too hard. 

Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 16/3/2009

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I was recently washing the caravan outside the garage and a crowd of young kids were playing on their bikes close by. They had not seen me bring the van out, on its motor mover!

When I finished cleaning the van I said to it, in a loud enough voice to be heard by the kids, "Right you, get back into that garage".
Nothing.
"Right, I won't tell you again. Get into that garage at once".

The van gave a shake and then trundled back into the garage all by itself.

2 seconds later all the kids had vanished, no doubt to tell their Mums of the strange guy that orders caravans about <G>.

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I loved lobeys reply!!!!!!!!!!

yep i did forget muddy wet grass issue but i find there you usualyy have a bit of space what can you carry in the boot to slip under tyres to stop wheel spin?

the advice to have a go is good if you in open field maybe go to a quiet c.l . and practice

my hubby had a trailer for work that has given him some confidence

wardens may have 4 x 4 ti help you kendal c and c will whip it off you and site easily no prob. ask ask ask

The Caravan Club charge per person, £95 for a one & a half day beginners course or £80 for one day course that is biased more on maneuvering. I have just sent the forms off to enroll on one today.

Dave.

Quote: Originally posted by brianconwy on 16/3/2009

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We have a problem in that our drive is so steep that the van has to be taken in nose down or it will tip over.  I suppose I could reverse it in and wind down the back legs, but it is far easier to use a mover and it makes it a bit more secure.  The horse trailer has to be reversed in though.

Before we had the land rover or mover, we had a rover 45 and you could smell the clutch burning every time we moved the van from the drive.

Brian

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Will your mover handle a steep drive like that with no problem Brian? What sort have you got? We're going to have to get one fitted because we nose our van into the drive & hitch it to a big RSJ concreted into the flower border & I can't quite get out from in front of it if I drive in still hitched which is a bit of a pain.

We had a Powertouch on our last van which did the job with no problems but I want to make sure I get the right one this time as I don't intend changing the van in a hurry. Famous last words!

BB

Our mover (rhyno) has a gear ratio of 60:1 which makes it a bit slower but hasn't presented any problems moving the van.  Because the drive is reasonably narrow its a tight turn at the entrance.  Our van only weighs 1000kg laden.

We would never have been able to push the van and it used to make the clutch burn on our previous car.  I would think any normal powered mover will do the job, but personally I would avoid one with nylon gearing as it can wear and lead to slippage.

They certainly make life easier.

Good luck

Brian

Quote: Originally posted by rushallmanor on 17/3/2009

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if I can't use the car to push it, it's not moving!!

why push when you have a car to manouver it

learn to reverse, it's quite easy

My van is far too heavy to push so we just use the car.

have a go

Steve

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I am quite adept at reversing, however if you saw my drive and the entrance to it, you would know why I push it on!