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Can 1 man move a caravan on his own?

I need to unhitch my caravan and push it into my drive but I have never moved a caravan before. My missus would guide it in using the handles on the back but do you think we would be able to do it being just the 2 of us?

if its very flat ie no uphill at all or gravel path. best to  buy a mover. loaded MTPLM 1291 to 1410 kgs depends on model.

http://www.powrwheel.com/

Quote: Originally posted by hoggle on 11/6/2011

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Can 1 man move a caravan on his own?

I need to unhitch my caravan and push it into my drive but I have never moved a caravan before. My missus would guide it in using the handles on the back but do you think we would be able to do it being just the 2 of us?

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Depends how fit the '1 man' is and how heavy the van is :/

OH can fling ours about pretty easily .
Dont push on the panels of the van though ,especially if its a Bailey !

Only ever use the proper handles or the hitch :)

Is it not possible to reverse your van onto your drive at all? even if you could back it on some of the way, it would reduce the amount of manual handling you'd have to do.

I wouldn't be without our mover, but if it were to fail I wouldn't want to try to push our van onto the drive. To be honest, I can reverse our van in if I wanted to anyway but as we park it noe in first I choose to use the mover from the roadside to avoid me having to shuffle vehicles around to get the towcar out if I drive it in from the road. 

It may seem easy to move the van alone on a flat surface but even getting a caravan up over the slightest obstacle could cause you problems. I've seen movers advertised for good prices, I think it was in the C&CC magazine, you may be better off having one.

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