We messed with several alternatives, till the little yammar came up on TM for $150.
The
problem was turning and parking the boat under cover in the space with
the big horn.. a 20 point turn.. or disconnect, reconnect and a 4 point
turn.. on a slope.
Used m8s bob cat for a while.. with a ball on the bucket...
excellent.. big advantage was being able to lift the hitch, put the weight on rear wheels only, making sharp turn easy.
Then
messed with a 4x4 4 wheel farm bike.. fine in s straight line, real
hairy turning and backing up hill, traction huge issue.
Also swapped out the front bumper on one of the vintage cars for a hitch bar.. a 2 cylinder 1000 cc 10 hp bradford.. yep moved fine.. little hard on the clutch thu.. and narrow vintage cross ply wheels had issues in wet up hill and full lock
Then the yammar.. put a ball on the front.. but lot messing around lining up, and turn going up hill tended to lift far more.
Hitching on the rear way to go.. a little number plate light to see at night... AND mounted the ball higher.
Once the ball was higher, could turn , even up hill very easy.
Its
not the HP that gets it done thu.. its the gearing and bottom end
torque of the little diesel... slow steady when manoeuvring.. quick to
drive into position to hitch up, and when parking later in higher diff ratio...gears are stuck in 1 gear, 3 diff ratios thu.
And If just for...
Its only to move in and out my boat shed. I have a grass incline
drive at the shed and due to the wet its a problem with the ute.