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Quote: Originally posted by Jeff + Sharon M on 12/3/2010

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Hi
We have just recently bought the same caravan as you.
After extensive research and posting on here my OH has decided that Powertouch is the best one.
Will be interested to see what replies you get on the ones you have mentioned.

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i have pwrtch 2 wd on my sprite quatro and its ok as you say the turning circle is not great but seems better going back wards than forwards to me but may be that is just an illusion was thinking of up grading but the price tag is to much right now

ps it is a twin axle

Quote: Originally posted by simon23 on 12/3/2010

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i have pwrtch 2 wd on my sprite quatro and its ok as you say the turning circle is not great but seems better going back wards than forwards to me but may be that is just an illusion was thinking of up grading but the price tag is to much right now

ps it is a twin axle

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Quote: Originally posted by jennifernn on 12/3/2010

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No, you will not be able to turn through 90 degrees while reversing onto a pitch using a 2 wheel mover on a twin, you would be much better reversing it using the car.

The twins are much easier to reverse than the single axles.

Using a 4 wheel mover you would probably be able to do it, but there is the weight of them to consider as well as the price.

The width of the site road and the size of the pitch would also have a bearing on it. We saw a twin with a Reich 4 wheel mover do exactly that on the CC site in Lowestoft, it was pretty impressive.

We did not want the extra weight so have a 2 wheel mover (Truma TE), which we find adequate. We can get the van off our street and parked at one side of the drive with a little shuffling back and forth.But we do not have a gateway to go through, we have the full 8 metre width of the drive available.

Our drive is a 1 in 10 slope, the van weighs 1900 kg MTPLM.

Going on a pitch, OH reverses it on then unhitches and uses the mover to put it exactly where he wants it.

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Quote: Originally posted by jennifernn on 12/3/2010

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The "electronics" for the 4 wheel mover, or even a 2 wheel on a twin, are complicated, so I would not expect them to come down in price quickly. Especially not with the weak Pound.

Unless you need one for parking the van at home/in storage in a really tight space, the weight penalty makes them pretty undesirable. You do realise that a 4 wheel mover will use at least 60kg of your payload?? Double that of the others.

It is quite a chunk to lose. One way round that could be to uprate the plate on your van (if possible)

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Whave a 2 wheel powrtouch on our Bailey 620/6 and its pretty pants at any turning, going straight its ok but I have to involve the kids to shunt it round along with the mover to get the turn tighter, really wish we had spent a bit more on a 4 wheel mover but could not really afford it at the time and it seems a waste to change it now.

We live and learn.

I had a Powertouch 4x4 mover fitted to my Elddis Crusader twin axle. I think its the most amazing piece of  kit. We had a Pageant Provence previously and had the single version which also was excellent. We wanted to move to a twin axle but I was concerned that the single version may not be able to cope with the tight turns on our sloping drive, so went for the 4 x 4. Worth every penny and the extra weight. I find it turns the twin much tighter than I thought it would and without it would not be able to keep the van at home. If you can spare the weight allowance I would go for the 4wd version every time.