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Hi there - you might notice that Im putting together a shopping list for the Coachman Amara & quite a shopping list it is too!  I've hit a bit of a stumbling block with movers though, due to the weight of the caravan mtplm of 1600kg.  There doesn't seem to be a Powrtouch mover to suit a van of this weight (HD seems to have a max weight of 1500kgs) and the Truma SE is £1350 - I've only budgeted for £600!!!!  We are going to need a mover, yes because its heavy but we want it to fit neatly against a fence which is at an awkward angle to the mouth of driveway.  I know that there are other brands but these are the ones Im most familiar with.  Am I really going to have to fork out so much?! 

Ive read through the many past posts on movers but can't seem to find anything to answer my question or am I missing something.

I don't think you can park it against the fence, because you need to release the mover pressure from the tyres. If you leave it like that, the tyre will be damaged.

It's like parking the caravan with the wheel on a brick.

Jim

Thanks for your advice I had wondered about the Powrtouch based on the fact that our drive is completely flat - its just an awkward angle from entering drive to the point we want to keep the caravan and of course the odd slightly sloped pitch on site.  I've heard a lot of good things about Powrtouch but will also look into the other manufacturers too.

we have a powertouch mover and it was the best thing that we have bought, I can manouver it anywhere driveway or pitch without a problem, we were on a site at Easter that was quite muddy but it took it all in its stride and I was able to get into position fairly easy, did not have room to use Jeep cars blocking access way.