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neschultz
Aug 23, 2014Explorer
My son and I built the heavy duty one. Nice gadget, fun to build and play with and probably works fine for a lot of circumstances. For my case (26' ~5000# shadow cruiser), it just wasn't safe. When backing you had to hold down on the handle hard (this was on asphalt) or the mover would try to drive out from under the TT and flip out of the ball. I did use the TT battery to power it, which turned out to be a mistake for me also. Going into my shed is a 6' long ramp with a 6" rise. The tires spun and wouldn't pull it up the incline. I was able to get it in by using my truck to help pull from the other door for just a few feet. Before taking it out I also hooked a switch to turn on the trailer brakes so I'd be able to go down that slope slowly. First time I tried that, the mover jerked out of my hands real fast, uncoupled itself from the ball, unplugged the 12 volt connector to the TT and rolled away. Luckily, my wife threw a 4 x 4 under the wheels and stopped it with no one hurt or any damage. The mover was immediately disposed of and I bought a compact JD 2320 to move the TT, cut grass, push snow etc. That worked fine...now have MH.
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