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    Posted: 13 Nov 2009 at 9:12pm
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Hi All, Having trouble moving boat around at home so am looking for something like in the pic or if you have any other suggestions would be great.
 
Have to move boat by hand around 15m and she weigths abit over two tonne(have a bad backCry).
 
are they in nz 
where to buy
can be gas powered
 
Any info would be great
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theres a guy on trade me a while ago that had a battery operated thing similar to this it hooked in to the tow hitch
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Originally posted by ifish ifish wrote:



Damn that is a clever looking toy.
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Originally posted by Moocha Moocha wrote:

Originally posted by ifish ifish wrote:



Damn that is a clever looking toy.
 Looks the part alright but probably cost as much as a 2nd hand 4 wheel bike with a towball
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Make one.  A spare motor and a bad attitude, shouldn't cost more than $200 or so in parts if you can't scrounge anything up.
 
A 12v winch motor would be ideal, cause they got reverse aw.  Would be a technical hitch with the standard petrol motors, you would have to get a reversing box of some sort.
 
F-n simple, got most of the gear lying around here by the look of it.  Even got a buggered 1-7/8 towball - VTNZ failed me for a rusty towball nut one day and I had to cut if off.  He crawled all over the truck for two hours, no joke - and finally failed me on the nut.  Never been back, the *******!
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hi busted i have the same problem with building inspectorsAngry but thats a whole new thread. Was talking to a mate today and he said the same thing about the winch motor i will see what else hes got and give it a go , will post feedback when finished.
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Bumping this because I have just moved house - drive has a tight corner plus a bit of a slope (not much, but hard work pushing uphill). Something powered would make it much much easier.
 
Any suggestoins? Don't know if I could make anything..... not really the tools nor the ability....
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I remember seeing a stall at the Hutchwilco Boat show that had a product like this.
 
No idea of cost or anything though.
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I was looking at this for my boat. Bit pricey but would do the trick.
 
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What sort of vehicle have you got?? Can you fit a towball to the front.
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Maybe fit a winch in the garage and hook up boat and winch in reverse with jockey wheel on....winches are quite cheap now from Repco, Supercheap etc.
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ifish hey i have a winch motor you could use to make one up if you feel so inclined to do so..or any one that wants to build one..
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Originally posted by brmbrm brmbrm wrote:

Bumping this because I have just moved house - drive has a tight corner plus a bit of a slope (not much, but hard work pushing uphill). Something powered would make it much much easier.
 
Any suggestoins? Don't know if I could make anything..... not really the tools nor the ability....

Sounds like a similar issue I had at the last place I lived at. Getting a tow bar fitted to the front of my 4WD was the best thing I ever did. Piss easy manouevering the boat in and around tight spaces.
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heres one......aint cheap tho!
 
 
 
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buy a little tractor same cost of those electric unproven wheelsbarrows and you dont have to charge it and you can dig the garden if required...

this one you could even use as a portable weight point for those moster fish... put the bucket up sorted Tongue

http://www.trademe.co.nz/business-farming-industry/farming-forestry/tractors/up-to-50-hp/auction-518317498.htm
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Originally posted by Finatic Finatic wrote:

Originally posted by brmbrm brmbrm wrote:

Bumping this because I have just moved house - drive has a tight corner plus a bit of a slope (not much, but hard work pushing uphill). Something powered would make it much much easier.
 
Any suggestoins? Don't know if I could make anything..... not really the tools nor the ability....

Sounds like a similar issue I had at the last place I lived at. Getting a tow bar fitted to the front of my 4WD was the best thing I ever did. Piss easy manouevering the boat in and around tight spaces.
 
I thought the "Mrs" backed the boat in for you Si whilst you walked the PoodleLOL
 
 
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Sounds like a similar issue I had at the last place I lived at. Getting a tow bar fitted to the front of my 4WD was the best thing I ever did. Piss easy manouevering the boat in and around tight spaces. [/QUOTE]


First day I got the boat and brought it home, I overheated the transmission reversing up the drive . Mind you it took about 8 attempts. Tongue

Next day I booked in for a front towbar and have never looked back. Getting the boat up the drive is so less stressful.




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Originally posted by Insufficient Funds Insufficient Funds wrote:

heres one......aint cheap tho!
 
 
 
Looks like the toe hitch is quite high. this might be an issue if your boat is heavy and the jokey wheel wont wind up high enough.
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Thanks all.
The front tow ball sounds like it might be the way...... Else spend a couple of $k :(
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Igot shown a good trick for pushing around a tamdem axle trailer a few years back..
It may not solve ifish's problem as his boat is rather heavy.
If you wind the jockey wheel as high as it will go it will take most of the weight off the front axle and move it to the back axle of the trailer, then it is like pushing around a single axle trailer
you do need a good quality jockey wheel that is well mounted
TWL do  sell nz mzde ones with twin wheels and have good height capability
My boat was around 1900kg and when shown this it went from imposible to easy for two people.
This may be worth a try.
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