Disabled passenger

I can’t really help with the problem of moving the wheelchair across the chippings but the mat idea sounds good. It'll be a rare event to find a pitch on a club site where you’re able to pitch sideways in view of the fire gap that needs to be maintained, especially as your van is a LWB model.

Not many people use wheel clamps on MHs, particularly on site as they impede the 'get up and go' nature of MHs and eat into the payload. It’s a good idea, in my opinion, to fit a steering lock and your Sprinter should have an immobiliser as standard. Unless your insurance demands it, or you park in doubtful areas, I’d not bother with a wheel clamp but it’s ultimately your choice.

Enjoy your van.

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All I can suggest is to buy an awning ground sheet (say) 3.9m by 2.5m, cut in half, heat seal edges if necessary, eyelet the cut edge and peg down to make 4 feet wide runway. 

I saw a similar solution for an active wheel chair user a few years back ....... he also had a hand cranked recumbent cycle and his wife would try to keep up!

Several Caravanners and Motorhomers use long plastic strips to help them move on waterlogged or snowy/icy conditions. If you were able to get 2 long ones of these it may act as a driveway for the chair.

I'm using my android which is useless for attaching a photo but I'm sure some kind hearted CT member will oblige.

This subject has been raised before see

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-together/discussions/welcome-hobby-talk/how-to-use-club-together/shopper-mobility-scooters-on-site/

I find a gentle push improves traction.

peedee

I fully understand your question, My Wife is disabled and has spent sometime in a wheel chair on and off, and my mother in law who lives with us, is a full time wheelchair user. 

The gravel used on club pitches and pathways is very difficult to roll a wheelchair over, as we have found out in the past and have given our feedback to the club.

I have no recommendations how to overcome the issue but I would suggest when booking you phone the site. They will do their very best to reserve you a pitch which will minimize the issue you raise in my experience. 

Re your wheel clamp question, a decent steering wheel clamp, the type that covers the whole steering wheel is much easier to use, and as our friends have discovered is an excellent security device and satisfies their insurance requirements for their £55K Burstner

Enjoy your Van  

There is a type of matting that comes in 2' square interlocking sections.  The version available from Aldi/Lidl is quite thick and soft and is great for children playing, but there is another thinner and stiffer type that would better suit your needs.  I got mine from Costco, but I have also seen in splaces such as Toolstation and Machine Mart.

Thank you all for your helpful answers. I think I might try the matting, as the company said it would be adequate for the job.

I am buying a Disklok, which seems to be the consensus of opinion here and is Thatcham approved. Thanks again.

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 I have found that if the wheels are bigger at the back than the front the best way to move the wheelchair is to go backwards/reverse.