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I have had one. They are a complete waste of money. OK on level hard ground,but even then it's easier to manouver by hand as you cannot see where you are going & hand wind at the same time.On grass or gravel even with the tractor type tyres they have very little traction.

If you do your research you can get a motor mover for around £6 to 700 pounds fitted,I did

Thoroughly agree - complete waste of money! We had one, and got rid straight away, as it could not begin to move our caravan out of its storage pitch on a grassy slope.

I know that the Powrtouch ones are expensive, but I've never regretted getting ours.

Many Thanks everyone for all the sound advice. I must confess that you have all confirmed my worst suspicions. It seems that as with most things in life, "You get what you pay for".

I guess I'll just have to save up the shekles and go for a powertouch, when I can afford it.

Old Chap, I'd appreciate knowing where you think I could get one fitted for 6 - 700 quid?

Once again many thanks

Mike

Thanks old chap, I'll start getting quotes tommorow, and then I'll get on to Powertouch!

Thanks again.

Mike

we have a purpline hitch drive and its ok for what we want it to do, it pulls our caravan which wiegh 1300kg addmittedly you have to put a fair bit of effort into it, but it does do it. we have never had to use ours tho on grass so cant comment on that and the ground is fairly good where we are, slopes backwards tho. you have to stand on the footplate to gain added wieght to give more grip. now if i can do that anyone can.

i think for the price they do what they are meant to, its when you expect them to do things such as pull up hill and that sort of thing they fail, that is due to the person doing the handle winding tho and not the actual hitchdrive.