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09/3/2017 at 4:47pm
Location: Lichfield
Outfit: Coachman Amara 450
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If you back the caravan up the ramps with the car then it compresses the hitch to which the overrun device kicks in which means that the caravan handbake doesn't function. You always have to PULL the caravan up the ramps in order for the handbrake to work effectively otherwise if the caravan wheels are not chocked it will roll off the ramps.
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09/3/2017 at 7:20pm
Location: Chiltern Hills
Outfit: Bailey Senator Wyoming
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We've got a twin axle with a Powrtouch AWD, on the odd occasion when needing to level it we've approached the plank at a slight angle so that when the opposite wheels get more traction it starts to twist level if that makes sense!
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09/3/2017 at 10:06pm
Location: North Norfolk
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Backwards or forwards, I always chock the wheels.
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09/3/2017 at 10:25pm
Location: Stockton on Tees
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I regularly had the same problem so bought a Lock n Level, problem solved.
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09/3/2017 at 11:08pm
Location: Glasgow
Outfit: Elddis Avante 454
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I use the motor mover to get it to the ramp then keep going straight, if it twists I then move the non ramp wheel back a bit to straighten it. My Powertouch mover gives me separate control of each wheel.
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We camped for years. In 2019 we bought an Elddis Avante 454. We like it as it is short (6.9m) and fits in our driveway and has a fixed bed.
We had 127 nights away in the caravan in 2023.
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10/3/2017 at 12:15pm
Location: Northern Ireland
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Surely the whole point of a mover is to use it when it is impossible/difficult to place the caravan whilst attached to your car?
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10/3/2017 at 3:18pm
Location: Derby
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I've had difficulties getting our van onto one ramp, on a gravelled driveway using a mover. The van started, best way I can describe it, is turning, rather than going up the ramp. I solved it by lining up the van with the ramp, then lowering the jockey wheel until it locks, (allowing no sideways movement of the jockey wheel), this has helped an awful lot. Once the van is in position on the ramp, the jockey wheel can be highered again to level off the van.
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11/3/2017 at 1:43pm
Location: Lichfield
Outfit: Coachman Amara 450
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This is also a useful tip when operating the motor mover. When moving the caravan forward, look at the direction of the jockey wheel tyre as it swivels on a castor so the caravan will always follow it's route which performs exactly the same as a shopping trolley. If you do this then you can respond with the hand control instantly and the caravan will manouvre as required. More so when going up ramps too as you tend to watch the road wheels rather than the direction of the jockey wheel. It's an easy way to direct the caravan but once you get the idea you can master it perfectly.
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11/3/2017 at 6:23pm
Location: Staffs
Outfit: Swift Challenger 490 SEL & VW Tiguan
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Surely it's just because one wheel has more resistance than the other...the one that can turn more freely does just that.
So twist the van slightly first, then chock the non-ramp side wheel...
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11/3/2017 at 8:03pm
Location: N Wales
Outfit: Hymer Nova 590GL
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Also the wheel going up hill has to travel further than the one on the flat.
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