Caravan mover
Submitted: Monday, Jul 16, 2018 at 13:26
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Want a caravan mover. Told Optitec were best. Anybody tried others ?
Reply By: Kazza055 - Monday, Jul 16, 2018 at 17:13
Monday, Jul 16, 2018 at 17:13
I have one of the Giantz motorised jockey wheel movers
similar to this one, it cost me $284.90 about 12 months ago.
Our van is a tandem axle and is around 2500kg. Where I need to use it is on a flat hotmix surface and I only need to back the van into the final
parking area - no sharp turns but a gentle curve.
It does the job but it is really at its limits, any rise or loose surface would see it fail, in fact any similar device would be the same except maybe the Camper Trolley but this is way out of my price range.
To get this working I have needed to have a double jockey wheel clamp welded to the A frame plus a heavy duty 12V Anderson outlet installed - this is via a 40A circuit breaker.
Looking at the Optitec, it looks very similar to
mine but costs about 8-9 time more .
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Reply By: Motherhen - Monday, Jul 16, 2018 at 22:11
Monday, Jul 16, 2018 at 22:11
What weight of caravan? Do you want to use it on a slope or on grass, or do you want to use it to go into a flat
parking area such as a caravan park?
Do you want a simple jockey wheel type such as Optitec and a number of others, or would one that works directly on the wheels such as Purple Line e-go or Reich suit you better? These are more expensive but are more versatile with terrain.
I can Message you with links to a variety of different movers if you like. These are for information only, not first hand experience with them.
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Follow Up By: rob c - Wednesday, Jul 18, 2018 at 18:31
Wednesday, Jul 18, 2018 at 18:31
Purple Line E Go are ok but not real good on concrete with exposed top, tend to lock up and hard to turn. My van is 20ft and about 2300 kg . Had them installed from day one, they are very hard on the jockey wheel and when turning the van rims cop a fair workout as
well . If you use them on grass/ soft dirt you need a fairly big inflatable wheel as the solid will just bog in. If I had the time again wouldnt get them fitted would go for another type.
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