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I have just placed my order for a power touch type three mover for £865. Roll on four weeks when it is fitted. I went for this one after seeing advice on here and talking to a local caravan mechanic.

I just can't wait

Paid more than that for ours over a year ago but don't regret a penny of it - it's worth its cost and weight several times over for the ease of pitching.

We recently moved pitch from one end of a CC site to the other and the warden suggested we just move using our PowrTouch mover - he'd apparently seen it done before with a little old dear sitting inside the 'van holding the TV and microwave whilst hubby "drove" the caravan over the site!!

We chose to tow but then the mover allowed very easy manoeuvering around a slightly awkwardly placed tree - no stress, no arguements, no back / neck pain just plenty of walking round and making sure we were well clear of any obstacles.

Enjoy your mover when you get it.

Quote: Originally posted by grant.lyon on 22/5/2009

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I have just placed my order for a power touch type three mover for £865. Roll on four weeks when it is fitted. I went for this one after seeing advice on here and talking to a local caravan mechanic.

I just can't wait

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Quote: Originally posted by ad210358 on 22/5/2009

Quote: Originally posted by grant.lyon on 22/5/2009

I have just placed my order for a power touch type three mover for £865. Roll on four weeks when it is fitted. I went for this one after seeing advice on here and talking to a local caravan mechanic.

I just can't wait

 You maybe waiting a bit longer, I ordered mine on the 22 April and I had a call yesterday saying May 28th it will be fitted. it seems that economic slow down has caused a lot of people to by new vans and have movers fitted.

As I'd previously said, ours was fitted over a year ago (thinking about it, it's probably nearer 2 years) but we had the mover sent direct from Powrtouch to the park where our 'van was on a seasonal pitch at the time.  The fitter had contacted us to arrange a suitable date and it all happened just fine.

The only "problem" was that it was raining that day and the fitter seemed a little reluctant to leave the warm and dry environment of our caravan (and his cup of coffee) to get out and wriggle under the caravan in the wet!!  He did eventually go out and do it, though, and was done within a couple of hours.

We'll definitely have the mover transferred to our next 'van (so long as we don't go and buy a twin axle hulk!!).

Feecamp

Powrtouch are supposed to offer a trade in program.

When we had our heavy duty single axle mover fitted, the fitter told us this...

If you upgrade to a twin axle mover, you only pay the difference in price when new.

So if your single HD mover was £800 and the twin mover is £1200, you only pay £400 to upgrade to the new twin mover etc.

I believe they take your heavy duty model and downgrade the motors.

They then supply the extra axle gear, and connect up to the new control board.

It is supposed to be a lot cheaper than buying straight from new.

We would have left our mover on our caravan when selling, but this makes it cheaper to get one for the new twin axle van etc...

Ps

This is what i was told so please check first!

Quote: Originally posted by Dave101 on 23/5/2009

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It could also depend on who is fitting it. When we fit Reichs or Truma's the supplier(s) send us an invoice 28 days later. But when we fit Powrtouch we have to pay upon collection. So it could be that your fitter might be having cash flow problems, either that or they're just very very slow at fitting Movers...

Powrtouch do have a shaky supply line though and when you order 20-30 units at a time they normally arrive in dribs and drabs of batches of 3-5 at a time.

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 Ordered Direct from Powertouch to be fitted by Powertouch so hope it's not cash flow.

Mate bought purple line enduro for £600 and I helped him fit it other Saturday.

Not to hard a job and works a treat without soft start, they only go slow, so it soft starts anyway !

Quote: Originally posted by Max-and-Paddy on 23/5/2009

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Where's the logic in that? Economic slowdown - wouldn't that mean they couldn't afford £15k for a van and another nearly £1k for a mover? Wish I had those problems.

Anyway, back to the subject. I had my mover put on last year - I ordered it in March and was told 2 to 3 weeks, chased them after 3 and still had to wait another couple of weeks. There was no economic slowdown then.

Nora

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