Hi all

I little advice re jacking please?

Due to a difficult drive/car port I'm thinking that storing my 530 on dollies would be a good idea for access to both sides. I'll need to park hitch first so I cant use the car to steady for jacking. Apart from chocking the other side and putting the handbrake on are there any suggestions to stop the caravan pivoting? Any movement in either direction will be painful!

Thanks in advance

It sounds precarious, store it somewhere else?

So you live a little and learn a lot ! First: the boat winch and tow ball : looks a simple but effective piece of kit. I have both items in the shed doing nothing, must get a piece of flat bar and join'em up.
Second: Apply the handbrake and push the 'van back until the handbrake lever clicks over to vertical.. well I never !! I have a pair of leveling thingies.. I tried to use them once and lost patience after a few attempts, I couldn't get it to perch on top, so I hitched up and moved to another pitch. Sod that I figured. Typical man, if all else fails, read the instructions ! I will have to figure out the sequence of towing the Eriba onto the leveler thingie, applying and locking the handbrake ( as per above instruction ) and uncoupling the car, praying that it doesn't roll off. Still sounds precarious. A bit of practice methinks, like reversing is a straight line

Oops!

It seems to me that you would need a pretty level, smooth surface for the dollies to work, since you will have no brakes to rely on and the castors will catch on small pebbles Etc.

We used a tow rope once in Dijon so we could pull our 540 off a waterlogged pitch while keeping the towcar on the gravel path. The jockey wheel was locked at 90 degrees as I had forgotten to raise the front and it did a good job as a plough! Even with Low-diff 4wd it’s best to avoid the mud sometimes.🙂

Thanks for all the interesting ideas. I've got block paving so perhaps that will scupper the project for now; the winch is a good idea though!