Moving a static caravan?

[thinfourth2]

We are looking to get a static caravan to stick in our largeish garden

Now planning etc i am familiar with the problem is how to get the bloody thing there.

If we get one within a reasonable distance eg ten miles i wonder if i can either tow it slowly with my landrover or if i can lay my hands on a tractor could i tow it with a tractor.

As far as i can see it a static is basically a huge unbraked trailer.

It would be country roads and i would avoid main roads as much as possible

[sunbeam_alpine]

I used to place those things on a caravan site. The tyres on the ones we worked with were only for moving short distances on site, certainly not on the road. I think you'd end up with knackered tyres in a very short time.

If you buy an old one, the tyres will be knackered and won't go anywhere. If you buy a new (or nearly new) the costs of having it transported it will outweigh the possible problems.

[thinfourth2]

a new one is about £20K plus i am wanting to spend about £500ish

So any ideas as to transport costs for one of these horrible things?

[Cyberprog]

They are *not* road legal. You cannot tow them on the road.

[forty-two]

I remember helping to install one of these things...

Folded the A Frame while pushing it into place due to it being rotten. Check the chassis before you check the wheels!!!

[Mill Wheel]

Contact Top Gear and ask them for advice!!

Failing that, BRAINIAC might help?

[Engineer1]

Static vans tend to be moved with cranes, the towing frame is there to allow the van to be shunted and fine tune positioning, speak to whoever you buy the van off as they will probably have contacts able to help you out.

[dean36014]

Used to move them myself, largest done was 44ft long, 12 ft wide.
I notice from your profile your in aberdeen, so why not contact turiff caravans and ask them for the number of a local caravan transport company. To make the job easy, check the tyres are inflated up, but be careful inflating them incase they explode due to age. The A frame isn't really important for transport purposes, the caravan will be winched up ramps and then jacked and blocked using the chassis. Statics won't generally take being craned, they are to weak, likewise they don't like being carried at 70 mph, things tend to fall off The wheels are only designed for site use, not road legal as they tend to blow out when they get warm. oh and when off loading them down a slope as make sure the winch doesn't jump out of gear, they can roll fast

[Dwight VanDriver]

At 12ft wide into tjhe realms of ab load (Special Type/Con and Use Regs)did you give 48 hours notice of movement to Police Dean?

dvd

Edited by Dwight VanDriver on Friday 5th June 14:37

[Cyberprog]

I do a lot of work for a holiday park with lots of statics, and their caravans are pretty much always craned into position these days. Some of the pitches are actually impossible to roll the caravan onto them!

[dean36014]

Yes 48 hrs notice plus we had dispensations for every county for 4 metres wide, up to 73 ft long. Police escort job when of the main roads. Haven't done it for about 5 years now, do far more relaxing stuff now.