BurbMan wrote:
Very cool, but if I had $2300 to blow it sure wouldn't be on this. I'll bet that system would move a TT up on leveling blocks; the factory tongue jack would be fine for paved areas but I'll bet those casters would get jammed up on a lawn or unpaved area. Those 4 powerful motors must eat the juice though....I wonder how far you could maneuver a TT with 2 12v batteries onboard? And I'll bet the setup adds a lot of weight to the TT also.
I would think you would be better off with a quality set of towing mirrors...with this remote setup, you would constantly be walking back and forth to see both sides of the TT while you are backing. With good mirrors, you can see both sides from the driver's seat and back the TT more efficiently.
Tatonka is there a specific need for where you park your TT that you are considering these?
Yeah the casters look like they'd be useless on lawn or gravel... But that's a easy fix, a larger wheel or tandem casters.
A few years ago i stupidly got in a tight spot where the way out was blocked and my wife and I were totally alone had to back our trailer out around several curves with inches of clearance between a wall and a sharp drop off, which took several hours.
One other time I had great difficulty backing the unit into a smaller site and thought at the time that these things would have made it a snap... And would allow us to regularly choose smaller rustic sites.
A generator is higher on my list, but when the batteries die we do just fine without power so I "really" don't need to spend any more money. ( When my wife and I tented around Alaska we took two tents, a larger tent and a $12 pup tent for quick setup in the rain but ended up using the pup tent numerous times. That's when I realized that anything beyond that is just an unnecessary luxury.)
