In my last post I described how a trip to Clumber Park CC site resulted in me breaking my right arm moving our Van on to pitch.
As a result of that, come hell or high water or in our case; limited funds, we were going to have an electric mover fitted to to our 2 berth Elddis Gulfstream Ex2000.
Electric Mover
This we now have fitted. A second hand one admitedly which was supplied and fitted by our local dealers of choice Kenmore Caravans in Mirfield; for the princely sum of £425.00. That went on the credit card I can tell you, given that it was a large and unexpected cost. At least we managed to get one second hand as these things are typically £800 brand new.
So there we have it, a used Powrtouch No1 electric mover now takes pride of place under our van. Works fine and came complete with its remote control, instruction book and cables (in case it needs to be used wired) and even a nice little wall holster to put the remote in.
The bloke down at Kenmore’s gave us a tuturial before we set off home, on its use but also warned us once again, that if we did trade up to a bigger Van: then the mover we had probably wouldn’t be up to the job. (This we were told before taking the decsion before we bought it, however our thinking is we’ll cross that bridge once we got to it and was worth the trade off against the lower cost for a used mover.
Precision Placement
Back at home, it took a little practice to move our caravan onto the drive, which is on a sloght incline, but otherwise no problems and resulted in precision placement on the drive.
Roll on to our next caper.
Oh by the way, here’s a pic of the surgeon’s incincion on my shoulder (my arm was pinned with 3 screws) whch was taken during a dressing change.
Tags: Electric Movers
Join us, a 40's something couple from West Yorkshire, our two dogs and a laptop as we delve deeper into the world of touring across Britain with our touring caravan. Follow our musings and caravanning capers in this, our caravanning blog as we review each site visited and take a humourous and sometimes irreverent view of life with a touring caravan.
Just came across your Blog and can really equate to familiar problems you have commented on. Have started a Blog of our own following the purchase of a Swift Challenger 565 for those that might be interested, but more from the enjoyment I get from writing them! It some how makes me feel as though I am not on my own with the problems by putting them in writing. We have experienced problems with our Motor Mover since having it movend from our old van a Fleetwood Colchester to our new. Hope you have made a full recovery from your accident. All the best Dennis & Hilary & Potty Dotty our rescue dog, a “Parson” breed apparently and not a Terrier cross with long legs as we first thought!
Thanks for the contribution Dennis. I have subscribed to your blog and will keep an eye on it for updates. It’s good to share our caravanning adventures like this.