Advice please, storing van for the winter

Would I be right in saying-‘they take each & every one of them for a tootle around periodically to keep the moving bits free from seizing?’😂😂😂

My check list is ……..

Do nothing, as I use it 12 months a year 

Course they do 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

If our storage site is the norm very few LVs move from about the end of September round to March/April,as noted when looking at them getting more dowdy as the months go by,  most of the motor caravans are stored round the perimeter and it is full all winter, as is most of the c/van pitches and as each time you remove or return your LV you need to sign in the storage log book,

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+1 there

People should perhaps only post on the model they have experience with? 

Btw, what do you imagine dealers do with the caravans left on their forecourts over the winter months?

obviously, they just let the issues arise as they do and let the poor customers get them sorted 'at the next service'....

then those customers come on CT and tell us all what a crap caravan industry we have....

as I said, it's neither here nor there what we think, the OP will do what he thinks he needs to....

im sure you're right in that many vans don't move during long storage periods

....and I'm sure I'm right in that most of the issues owners get will be after they pick them up from storage after long periods of non use....

in my experience, most equipment benefits from regular use.

i realise this isn't possible for everyone but if my van was in storage for six months (and not at home on the drive where I can access it readily) I would be popping over to the storage site once or twice in that time to check all is well.

The last thing I would want is to get the van ready for the first trip and find something that I could have checked beforehand was now an issue.

even worse if it's one that might force a change of plan.

notwithstanding my present leg wear, I've always been a belt and braces guy...

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Yes, DD, I am well aware of that engineering theory which is why I always advise people not to store MHs long term without giving them an outing now and again.

One has to apply a sense of proportion though, as caravans do not have the same quantity of moving parts as MHs and are not so easily moved and used. It’s a balancing act and the OP is, indeed, being sensible but there really is no need for it to be a song and dance as was suggested earlier. It’s not a case of use it or lose it but of applying common sense.👍🏻