On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:25:03 +0100, "terrys"
 wrote:

>Is there an issue of being a wimp getting a caravan mover! Will people 
>question my manlyhood.

Not at all, I look at people with movers and think sensible people and
then I look at people who manhadle the caravan onto the pitch and
think they need their heads seeing to. 
>
>Should I really just go to the gym more often!

That is a lifestyle choice. 

Bill Lord
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bill lord wrote:

>Not at all, I look at people with movers and think sensible people and
>then I look at people who manhadle the caravan onto the pitch and
>think they need their heads seeing to. 

Currently, the problem is a little lower  ;-)

How much impact does a motor mover have on the remaining battery
charge available for other uses?

Chris
-- 
Chris J Dixon  Nottingham UK
chris@cdixon.me.uk

Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

"Chris J Dixon"  wrote in message 
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> bill lord wrote:
>
>>Not at all, I look at people with movers and think sensible people and
>>then I look at people who manhadle the caravan onto the pitch and
>>think they need their heads seeing to.
>
> Currently, the problem is a little lower  ;-)
>
> How much impact does a motor mover have on the remaining battery
> charge available for other uses?

I suspect quite a lot but we use a small pv panel to keep the battery topped 
up so Spouse is happy to us the Powr wheel occasionally. And the only use in 
our 'van is the water pump.

Everyon's situation is different - thank goodness. imagine if we all had the 
same houses/drives, caravans and pitches :-(

Mary

bill lord  wrote in 
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>>Is there an issue of being a wimp getting a caravan mover! Will people 
>>question my manlyhood.
> 
> Not at all, I look at people with movers and think sensible people and
> then I look at people who manhadle the caravan onto the pitch and
> think they need their heads seeing to. 

IMO, whether to have a mover is a personal choice and I don't think you 
can base decisions about anyone's sanity on whether they have one! 
They're not for me but others have different circumstances and 
priorities to me. For them, a mover might be aboslutely the right way to 
go.

FWIW, I have three issues with movers: weight, cost, and power 
consumption.

Weight - I can think of better things to eat up my payload.
Cost - I can think of better things to spend around a grand on.
Power consumption - The places where a mover is most likely to be useful 
to me seem to be where 12v power is at a premium, i.e. on CLs without 
EHU.

That said, it's easy to reverse my outfit onto my storage pitch, I have 
a towcar that can get the 'van off the occasional piece of wet grass, 
and I have a winch for the unlikely event I need more manoeuverability 
or get stuck.

To be honest, the times I've manhandled the caravan the last few feet, 
the manhandling's done in less time than it would take to engage the 
mover on both wheels, retrieve the remote control, and move the 'van - 
and I don't frequent my local gym!

Of course, this is purely my personal perspective and I dare say a time 
will come when the passing of years might change my mind.

Geoff

"Geoff Lane" <geoff@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
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>
> IMO, whether to have a mover is a personal choice and I don't think you
> can base decisions about anyone's sanity on whether they have one!
> They're not for me but others have different circumstances and
> priorities to me. For them, a mover might be aboslutely the right way to
> go.
>
> FWIW, I have three issues with movers: weight, cost, and power
> consumption.
>
> Weight - I can think of better things to eat up my payload.
> Cost - I can think of better things to spend around a grand on.
> Power consumption - The places where a mover is most likely to be useful
> to me seem to be where 12v power is at a premium, i.e. on CLs without
> EHU.
>
> That said, it's easy to reverse my outfit onto my storage pitch, I have
> a towcar that can get the 'van off the occasional piece of wet grass,
> and I have a winch for the unlikely event I need more manoeuverability
> or get stuck.
>
> To be honest, the times I've manhandled the caravan the last few feet,
> the manhandling's done in less time than it would take to engage the
> mover on both wheels, retrieve the remote control, and move the 'van -
> and I don't frequent my local gym!
>
> Of course, this is purely my personal perspective and I dare say a time
> will come when the passing of years might change my mind.

I agree with all you say, everything.

Except that if we become too frail we'll not be fit to use the 'van for what 
we do anyway (if you know what I mean!) so it will become a spare room or 
handed to someone who'll get enjoyment from it.

Mary
>
> Geoff