trailor dolly??????????????

[iconracing]

i have a heavy boat are these a waste of money, or do they make manuverin the trailer easy?

 

[Bob's Garage]

Re: trailor dolly??????????????

If you are referring to the powered dollies, a friend of mine has one that he uses to maneuver his 26' bowrider, which is a heavy boat. He would never be able to get it into his garage, located uphill from the street, without possible damage.

He loves it, feels it was worth every penny he spent.

If you are referring to the cheap 2 wheeled, metal framed hand operated dollies, then probably not.

I have one that I use to move a very light single axle boat trailer, and a 4x8 utility trailer on my "wood chip" driveway. It is difficult but it can be done. I would not ever expect the dolly to move my larger, heavier 22' cat on a tandem axle trailer. Even on concrete, I don't think the frame would handle the weight. I certainly couldn't move the trailer up any amount of incline.

 

[fishingman220]

Re: trailor dolly??????????????

how much do they run? the powered type. i have a 9% grade on my driveway with a 6200lbs, would it push it?

 

[cpubud]

Re: trailor dolly??????????????

the powered one will move it around,but there is no way you will move that much weight with a hand one.

 

[foodfisher]

Re: trailor dolly??????????????

Do some research, Weight capabilities, etc. Makes life easier for me. I store my toys in a storage yard w/tight accesses and removal.

 

[bassman284]

Re: trailor dolly??????????????

Google trailer dollies. I linked one result:

http://www.powercaster.com/Products.html

 

[bruceb58]

Re: trailor dolly??????????????

how much do they run? the powered type. i have a 9% grade on my driveway with a 6200lbs, would it push it?

Probably not and even if you could, you would have to be very careful or the boat could get away from you. Once it gets moving backwards, you can't just put it in forward and have it overcome the moving trailer. The dolly has to be completely stopped before you can change directions. I would only move the boat on slopes like that if you have electric brakes with a way to remotely activate the brakes.

I own the Powercaster PC-2 which I use to move my 24" cuddy cabin Wellcraft.

 

[Lou C]

Re: trailor dolly??????????????

Here's mine...it's a little bigger....