Caravan Remote Control

[shrek]

I'm looking at buying a caravan and have read that the disco with air suspension can be lowered/ raised by buying a remote control to help with hitching. Has anybody used one of these?
I've seen several on ebay for around £75 and have read they also need programming at the dealer. As the disco's booked in next week I thought I might get it sorted at the same time.

Secondly has anyone any experience of the remote electric caravan movers that help site the van. I'm disabled and in the market for a large 6 berth twin axle so need as much assistance as possible in manouvering the van.

Cheers
Shrek

[jack]

Hi Sherk
Fit avarage of at least one a week. We find movers on single axel caravans are better than twin axel as the twin axel ones puls and are slow where as a single axel is nice and smooth action.
Andy

[shrek]

Hi Sherk
Fit avarage of at least one a week. We find movers on single axel caravans are better than twin axel as the twin axel ones puls and are slow where as a single axel is nice and smooth action.
Andy

Thanks Andy

I reckon it's got to be a twin axle van as we want a 6 berth 21" van for the 7 of us. The layout we're after is a double up front and bunks at either side of the rear with a double below.

It will used on hardstanding super pitches rather than grass.
How slow is slow? Is it worth considering?
Cheers
Shrek

[jack]

Hi Sherk
firstly swift group do a single axel 6 birth double bed up front to the near side bunk beds and bunk bed at the rear with a bottom bunk at the rear lifts up to put bikes or whatever throught a door on the off side. In work our version is a sterling 540 but swift which is part of the group will do another version.
When i say slow it is less than walking speed. If still unsure go to you caraven dealer and ask for a demo. They should have a twin axel somewhere to be able to show you, if my work we just use any van with one one to show customers even if its just in for a service. If you would like a picture of a caravan that is 6 birth and on a single axel let me know and i will see what i can do.
Hope this helps Andy

[shrek]

Many thanks Andy
We've looked at some vans with the single axle 6 berth layout.
With five kids in regulary though we like the idea of a dedicated sleeping area at the rear with two kids in the top bunks and three across the large double underneath. It will give us and the older kids some space when the little ones are in bed.Another issue is that I don't think I'd be able to get a full awning up for short breaks so we need as much space in the van as possible.

I'll ask at the local dealer for a trial of the motor mover. Although it may be slow I think it's the best option.

Time to buy is another question. I've no idea how the market works. The dealer has a new 2005 spec van with a 20% discount and all the basic gear thrown in due to the 2006 vans in stock. Any ideas on whether this is a good buy?, would I be better with a nearly new secondhand?, or a new 2006 van. I found it difficult to find a decent second hand six berth in the spring. Is it better to buy now? The van will be in storage but I can get that in with the price till April.

Cheers, Shrek

[JohnW]

Hi there guys, I found this interesting link last night (before the wife started moaning at me about surfing the internet and not doing DIY ) :rolleyes:
http://www.caravanninglinks.co.uk (http://www.caravanninglinks.co.uk/towbarselectric_movers.htm)

They listed a few different motorised movers.

On a slightly different note, my local trailer centre recommended that I wind the jockey wheel right out to it's full extension, if I was manouvering my twin-axle horse trailer - It extends far enough to lift the front axle off the ground and makes it all much less of an effort - I guess that if it is possible to do this with a large LWB twin-axle trailer without grounding it, it would have the same effect - Can't comment on whether a motor-mover could be configured to work at such an unusual incline though - Not sure i'd want to be using the loo at the time, either :D