Incompetence reflects on us all.

I take most of your points, but fail to see the problem with using a motor mover- as a person who caravans on his own, I don't have the luxury of another person to stand on the pitch to direct my reversing quickly and accurately, or to help me manhandle the caravan for final positioning, or to ensure total accuracy of positioning when hitching up again. For all of these reasons, plus having had back problems in the past, I do my fine manoeuvring on site with a motor mover.

Some good points however it is worth noting that common sense is not that common these days!!

We are seasoned caravanners who are just getting back onto the road, a motor mover is a must for us, although we can both reverse a caravan. However getting into some of the continental pitches where they are wider towards the back, is so much easier when you have a mover. We no longer have the strength to manouvre the van. At the same time we want to continue enjoying the caravan....a motor mover is a must for us.

Well said! 

i am an ex farm worker who wrecked my spine on the farm  i can reverse my van onto a pitch accurately but the mover was fitted so i can get onto tighter pitches and my drive at home which is on a busy main road my wife can not tow the van as she only passed her test a few years ago. I maybe wagons do draw you under them when they pass if your van is wrongly loaded but my is correctly done with heavy items over the axle and on the floor, but there slipstream due to there size also draws you in .As to the overturned vans causing holdups speed yes but also manouvering too sharply will make your van snake or a sudden gust of wind from a speeding van going by, these have happened to me but i have got an alko coupling on my van so i slow down and let that do the work with no probs so yes you have put some noses out of joint

I think the point about "motor movers"is right. I have one fitted and i use it "most" of the time. The main point that (i think) is being raised is that you should be able to reverse your caravan (if needed) in an emergency. My mover is a god send especially in those tight French sites as my caravan would be a handful to move back and forth 50 times.

Motor movers are good if one or both of you has back trouble

thats why i have 1 and my wife cannot tow due to passing her test after 1997