Hello all - being a litlle person wtih an awkward little driveway I am looking into the cost of a motor mover and - wow! These things are are a fortune...and I am correct in thinking you need 2, one for each wheel?! This would be for an eriba familia 320 or a duo, so the smallest, but even so, not great for my back to be trying to move it manually into position (or stop it rolling down my slight incline!)

We waited years before we bit the bullet and installed it last year. It has changed our life. Changing campsites is no longer a chore. She lives in a hangar with a concrete lip that we used to have to push her over..... in a very narrow space, nwt it's a breeze. Especially as you're on your own.... a necessity. And yes, you need one for each wheel or she'd go round in circles They're small vans , but they're heavy. I can't push our Triton at all.

Actually you only need one motor mover. They come with two motors, one for each wheel.
So you don't need to double up the price.

you do need a battery as well.
Dave

Thank you for the advice. It's a very expensive set of two then! Best to find a caravan with them already installed and included in the price methinks

OK thank you! need to find the right caravan first :)

Ah! in the descriptions, they dont make that clear! Thank you

Hi,
We have a slight incline also, and normally I can pull our Troll up to the gateway, but have back trouble occasionally so wanted a backup plan.
We have had motor movers on our previous big vans but I didn’t want the weight or the battery drain, so I bought a ‘Mr Shifta’; these are only available used now as the guy who made/designed them is retired, but they regularly appear on eBay for £3-400.
It’s not as smooth as a permanent mover, but after use I just put it back in the shed for next time.
It’s also given us the ability to have the troll stored ‘nose first’ for extra security when there are longer gaps between use.
Not for everyone as I’m sure others will comment but it works for us and it keeps the weight down. - worth considering at least.🙂

Only problem is that you don't have it with you for use on site. There aren't always handy people to help.

Doesie,

did you read my post above? You don't need two.
One motor mover at £1000 approx operates both wheels.
You can't get a motor mover for one wheel only!

Has anyone got the Reich Easymover auto engage pro 1.8 fitted? If so is there a seperate key power engagement on it or is it all controlled from the handset as in power on and off? On our current van we have the old style mover manually engaged with a seperate keyed power activator in the van. On our new van we are having the auto engage but wondered if we still had to activate by inserting a power key inside the van. We will be tight for space in our garage so where we can now get in the old van to turn power on or off we wont be able to get in the new van in our garage.
Many thanks

I've fitted many Easydriver Pros to Eribas and always recommend having the remote switch installed - usually just inside the main door.

The switch is a Reich option and connects by a 3-way cable to the base unit's PCB.
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The standard red key switch can't be mounted any further from the leisure battery than the supplied cables allow due to the very high current drawn by the mover.

Edited to add:

Mick, if you had the Reich remote switch, instead of having it permanently mounting by the door you could just hang it out of the front (or rear) window on its cable.

That would work