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 Topic: Motor mover and sloping drive
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12/9/2020 at 12:00pm
Location: London
Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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Shouldn't be a problem, my Powrtouch claims to climb 1:4 (25%) slopes and I have little reason to doubt it as it's climbed out of potholes and up kerbs without flinching. Most hardstandings are loose gravel/shale type surfaces and never had any problem on those, my storage site is semi-compacted gravel and never had a problem moving around on that.
See the blub on Powrtouch website. https://www.powrtouch.com/evolution-single-axle-manual-engage/
Powrtouch are one of the premier brands, but doubt that any of the other brands would have any difficulty either.
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12/9/2020 at 1:39pm
Location: East Midlands
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Mine works ok up wards about 1650 kg
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12/9/2020 at 9:03pm
Location: West country
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Should cope fine. Our drive slopes up a fair bit. Of course if the loose bits are a 6 inch deep pot hole it might struggle a bit.
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26/9/2020 at 11:35am
Location: Near Alton Towers
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The one thing that isn't going to happen is wheel slip like you may well get with a car on loose ground. The drive goes slowly to the wheels with more or less constant torque. Therefore, one of the best ways out of a loose or muddy pitch is to use your mover to get it out, rather than trying to do it by pulling it with the car.
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26/9/2020 at 8:16pm
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One thing to be aware of is that the hand brake does not work straight away when the van is rolling backwards.
With the mover engaged the van will stop fine but if you put the hand brake on and then disengage the mover, the van will roll backwards a few feet and most likely will also steer sharply to one side as one wheel will brake before the other. Eventually it will stop.
This is not a fault but rather a feature caused by the auto reverse over run brake system.
If the van is facing downhill it will stop fine as expected.
You will get this nasty effect if you use the roller to put it up on levelling ramps etc.
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