Practical Caravan

Overhauling a jockey wheel

WE ALL KNOW that most caravans rely on a three-wheel configuration for on-site manoeuvring. More modern tourers have the luxury of movers, which use the leisure battery to activate electric motors on each of the van's road wheels and drive it into the planned position.

Whatever the circumstances, the caravan jockey wheel plays a really important part in enabling manoeuvres to be accomplished successfully.

Unfortunately, this essential manoeuvring adjunct is often neglected.

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