Moving the Trailer around when unhitched

I'll be the first. I don't use them - no trailer or van - sold it.

12V Motorised Jockey Wheel Electric Mini Mover For Caravan Boat Trailer Camper

Phil

You can do a lot with a hand operated winch, pulleys and turning blocks. Knowing what if you yard is flat would help.

If you have a few dollars you can buy some pretty good 240v or 12 volt winches that will do the job, some are even remote controlled. Try thinking outside the box when moving gear, often you can rig pulleys that in conjunction with winches can move the world, well maybe.

Research powered van movers but be careful they will work on grass or in soft conditions.

having a large rubber tyre (air filled not solid) made a huge difference to moving our trailer around...
no easy solution, have figure out what works for you...

I have a very tight spot to access to park the van when at home, and use a ''power mover'' jockey wheel (which is actually not powered, but a manual ratchet system). In effect it is a second jockey wheel to attach to your drawbar - very easy to use and push or pull the van around on any reasonably firm surface. Cost about $400 from memory.

I previously owned both a soft floor and a hard floor camper trailer and used a manually driven Maco Mule dual-wheeled mover with good results, allbeit a bit slow due to the restricted arm movement.

Then I updated to a Goldstream camper van which is just too heavy for the Maco to be practical, so I invested in aCamper-Trolley which has and will continue to prolong my life expectancy for many years:-)
Yes, they are expensive, but boy are they worth the money.
I don't take it on trips, but use it at home after unhitching, to move my van in and out of the carport onto the front lawn when setting up for the next trip, or to perform maintenance, etc.

I bought one off those "P" handle trolleys on special ($18) and replaced the hard rubber jockey wheel with the pneumatic tyres from the trolley. Made pushing the trailer around much easier. Mate went one step further and put a couple of quick release mounts for a hand crank boat winch in a couple of places to help moving his van into storage position. Having a couple of pulleys in the right places to change direction of pull helps. Have seen a small elec boat winch ($99 or so) used to assist moving a disconnected van around. Dead easy to put a couple of Dyna bolts in the slab to mount the winch.

Iza

you'd be surprise what you can move with a rie on mower