Last month we ran an article about caravan movers and asked you to write in with your experiences - many of you did and the emails were without exception positive.

Image courtesy ALKO - an AL-KO AMS Mammut system in use.

We had plenty of emails simply saying they were very happy with their movers and wished they'd bought them earlier. But of course they are an expensive addition, so you need to be sure you're going to benefit from one before stumping up the cash.

But it's great to know that there are so many people who are happy with their caravan movers. A few people wrote in with a bit more detail too.

The long-term solution

Mr Warner wrote in to say how pleased he was with his mover, one of the original axle fitted movers by Power Wheel. Like many of you, it allows him to park his 'van in a way that he otherwise wouldn't be able to.

"I live on a fairly steep hill," he said, "and have to park my caravan in a parking layby, usually between parked cars, with only just enough room for the caravan. I also turn my caravan around 180 degrees and move down hill to connect to my tow car."

Parts availability

So as you can see, a mover is pretty much essential for Mr Warner. But more importantly, he's been impressed with the long service he's managed to get out of it.

"I was pleasantly surprised when I contacted the company, now named Powertouch," he said, to find "... that most of the original system parts are still available. I think the axle fitted mover system is probably one of the best things I have invested in and this particular system has been fitted to several caravans."

Driveway manoeuvrability

That's one satisfied customer, another was long-time caravanner Mr Booth, who wrote in to tell us about his similar situation.

"I have had a motor mover fitted to my twin axle van from new," he said, "and I would not have the van on my drive if not for it. I live in a small cul-de-sac and the van has to be backed off the drive and hitched up. The tow car then has to be driven on to the drive on return - it's made life a lot easier."

His old 'van didn't have a mover and that made the job much harder, involving mats to move the van on and off his drive, so he knows the value of his mover.

What's next?

While writing this article the current edition of 'Caravan' dropped onto the desk. We immediately spotted the article where they compared manual tourer levelling against the E&P hydraulic automatic system now fitted to Bailey's elite Bucanner range.

The automatic system took two minutes as opposed to nearly ten, so perhaps that's the next labour-saving device we should look at?

If you've tried automatic levelling and have an opinion, either good or bad, please let us know by replying to the newsletter.

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