The best hand Electric Trailer Dolly for the money & why?

http://kaadengineering.com/powermover/

I highly recommend Brady at Kaad. I have an AC8 that moves an 8,000 lb boat. It's great. In California, I save about $2,500/year on storage costs plus I have the convenience of keeping the boat in the garage.

In any event, I've found most of the objections to trailer dollies are FUD. I read all the negatives before I moved forward, but, frankly, most are minor issues.

Brady will listen to your requirements in detail and then add custom features to the dolly as needed. Mine has an on/off switch for the brakes (no need for a controller...just need to send 12v+ to the brakes) that I use quite a bit since my driveway is sloped up. It's powered by 120v and I've never found the 50' cord to be an issue, but I'm not moving mine very far..

He typically does not use the trailer's hitch--rather, he wants you to attach a bracket further back from the tongue. This puts more weight on the dolly and gives you more traction. Plus the attachment is very stable.

I have a Power Caster PC-3. I bought it to pull my 7000 lb. trailer into my driveway (so the door would face the house). My street and driveway are fairly level, and are paved and cement. There is a small "hill" going into the driveway.

The PC-3 pulled it just fine. Takes a while, though. Also, the brakes do need to be hooked up. The PC-3 will not stop a moving trailer. I did have to use quite a bit of muscle to turn the PC-3 with the tongue weight (even when moving).

The PC-3 has a cup the fits your trailer's tongue jack post: I didn't like that, so I built a bracket that bolted and used a ball to attach to the trailer. The bracket had a post that went into the PC-3's cup.

They are pricey, but it does work very well.

Blanco1 wrote:

smokamoto wrote:
I use the $600 Trailer Valet XL with my 4,400# TT and it works well. It is rated for 10k# but I wouldn’t want to go there. I added a switch wired to the trailer brakes for safety as the built-in brake is clumsy to operate.
The new hands-free remote control Trailer Valet looks nice however it’s $1,200!

How did you add the Trailer Brakes switch?
The factory one seems to work well, but does make me nervous considering my Trailer weighs almost 7K Lbs.

I've gotten better at not needing it but do like having it as an option & fits well in my Pass Through storage.

I used a hose clamp to secure a bracket with a switch to the dolly handle, powered from the tongue jack fuse right there up front. Made a wire harness and connected the switch to the trailer’s blue wire for the brakes. Works well and I feel much safer using it. The dolly does take a learning curve to operate but for me it’s more than paid for itself. It stays home I don’t use it on trips, it’s 60 pounds.

smokamoto wrote:
I use the $600 Trailer Valet XL with my 4,400# TT and it works well. It is rated for 10k# but I wouldn’t want to go there. I added a switch wired to the trailer brakes for safety as the built-in brake is clumsy to operate.
The new hands-free remote control Trailer Valet looks nice however it’s $1,200!

How did you add the Trailer Brakes switch?
The factory one seems to work well, but does make me nervous considering my Trailer weighs almost 7K Lbs.

I've gotten better at not needing it but do like having it as an option & fits well in my Pass Through storage.

Has anyone used a powermover dolly from kaad

I use the $600 Trailer Valet XL with my 4,400# TT and it works well. It is rated for 10k# but I wouldn’t want to go there. I added a switch wired to the trailer brakes for safety as the built-in brake is clumsy to operate.
The new hands-free remote control Trailer Valet looks nice however it’s $1,200!

Have you tried a Powermover trailer dolly by kaad Engineering

We have a Parkit 360 electric dolly that is made in Canada. It runs on 24 Volt RV battery (has a built in charger) and the model we have will push 10,000 pounds. We use it to put our horse trailer into our barn. The units work best on asphalt or concrete.

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Have you considered a used forklift? How much is a beater forklift?

A couple low budget models are available

Ebay forklifts

My Step son owns a 10K Trailer Valet Dolly & he is going to let me borrow it & I have plenty of access to trailers being I work in the film biz as a Teamster & we all have trailers & trucks & etc.

So I'm sure access to a trailer is not a problem.

I'm going to borrow my sons Trailer Valet & take it to move a few trailers & see what I think?

NO I WILL NOT PAY TO STORE IT!

I've backed hooked up to my Bronco, a boat & a open car trailer into my back yard.
So if worse comes to worse I'll just go with a smaller Trailer.