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Old Sep 25th, 2019, 16:57   #3
green van man
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I have motor movers on my caravan. While I have spent many years towing trailers and reversing them I use the movers to maneuver the van on and off pitches and in storage. One of the sites I visit has narrow roads on it with pitches almost opposite each other, plus a one way system. 7.5 metres of caravan plus an xc70 take a lot of space to maneuver,. So much simpler to drop the jockey and use the movers as being a single axil the van will pivot in its own length. I also use the movers to back the van into the storage barn, going from daylight into a dark barn and you are reversing by brail as you cannot see a thing. While I have never had to, the movers could be used to reverse the van in a narrow lane if you felt uncomfortable reversing the rig. The other reason I use the movers is I have manual transmition, why cane the clutch unnecessarily maneuvering.

Caravan and Camping club runs maneuvering courses if you are interested, annual membership about £36, you could also hire a caravan to try before you by these days. If it's realy not for you it's no holiday stressing about the drive home towing. My kids have no interest nor the licence to tow the caravan, they just get dad to do it for them.

Speed limits for towing are 10 mph under the national limit for a given road.
So 30-30 40-40 50-50 60-50 ( single carageway roads) 70-60 dual carriageways and motorway.

Paul.

Last edited by green van man; Sep 25th, 2019 at 17:02.
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