Motorised caravan jockey wheel

According to the advertisement....
Note: Not suitable for dual axle caravans. Not suitable for loose surfaces including gravel, sand, long grass etc.
Edisons
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Tracked caravan tug

Other option is to buy an electric winch with a Wi-Fi remote (only about $400) and put a couple of mounting points in the ground from which you can winch the van around. Steel rod with a u bolt attached would do it. I used one for manoeuvring my boat. Worked well.

Chassis mounted mover. Drives the caravan wheels. Permanently mounted to the van.
Caravan mover.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

I have been using a very similar type for about 12 years. Used to drag the 14ft van about 60ft on grass up a slight incline to get to the driveway. Yes the drive wheel did spin but I overcame that by using 2 plastic bread crates with the sides cut off placing 1 in front of the other as it went. One negative, I don't know about the Edison model but mine draws heaps of current so I have to keep the car motor running whilst using otherwise it will kill the battery.

Have you considered fitting a hand winch or boat trailer winch on a post or secure mount then wind the caravan into place?

I have a different style of electric mover, a Parkit360, that I bought about 10 years ago. Fairly expensive though but does the job.
https://parkit360.com.au

I'm using it to maneuver a 2.7 tonne dual axle van.

This can either attach to a towball, or in the case of an offroad style swiveling hitch it attaches to a bracket on the A frame, and this is how I'm using it. I use it with a large battery sitting on the mover itself but could be fed from the van house battery with suitably sized cabling and fusing. I use a separate battery though. I optioned it with fairly aggressive tyres as most of the area I need it for is lawn.

This earlier model is reasonably slow and noisy, but I believe that the current models are a lot better in these respects.

In my experience I doubt that it would fare well on gravel as it does dig into the lawn when altering direction a bit. Might be better with single axle vans and I'm hoping to find out as we'll probably replace this van for a slightly smaller single axle one in the next few months. I might even try a tow pin on the front of the vehicle and see it that works as a better alternative for the new van.

Th e main problem with powered jockey wheels is that they are trying to move the full weight of the van with only about 10% of the weight as downforce.

Thank you to all the replies. I have taken on the advise given and not purchased the T rex. Following on the idea of a front tow bar I am having built a front tow bar for the ride on mower. I have seen on a T.V. ad for the rescue helicopter where it is pushed out of the aircraft hanger using a ride on mower. I figure the van is nowhere near the weight of the chopper so will give that a try.
Once again many thanks for your input. Uncle Arthur

If using a ride on mower be very careful if there is any slope involved as the mower brakes will not hold the van.
I watched a friend do it on his small hobby farm and all went well until the van got onto the slope and away it went , the look of horror on his face as the van took over was priceless.
Fortunately in his case there was nothing to hit and a gentle up slope stopped the van without damage but it was a wild ride on the rideon as it went for about 50 metres before stopping.

Thanks for the advise regarding the downhill ride. Not a problem here as it is on a flat area off the flat driveway.