Does anyone know or any good motorized trailer dollies..

Thks Q

If you Google "power trailer dolly" there are a few of different designs that appear. They seem to be a little thin skinned and maybe not stout enough.

A few years ago in a storage facility I used the owner had an older power pallet jack with a 5th wheel looking hitch and it worked very well. The one consideration with it was it could only be used on a paved surface.

I had an older John Deere garden type tractor with a hydrostatic transmission. I think it was 12 or 14 hp. I fabricated a fixture on the back with a bottle jack atop a very heavy duty free rotating caster. I would back under the hitch, use the bottle jack (I had welded a ball to the top) and lift the trailer. The caster took the weight and the tractor moved heavy trailers very well. Certainly not fast, but much better then backing the truck to the trailers every time I needed to move them.

I now have a 4200 JD tractor at the shoppe and for most trailers I can use the front forks, for heavier loads the 3 point hitch. The best advantage is the manuverability.

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look on craigslist for a used forklift,,i use mine for just about everything..

Yes. i have a few friends that use fork lifts. They have a hole drilled in the end of a fork and a ball installed. Works awesome.

I know nothing about fork lifts. What about somthing like this? http://nmi.craigslist.org/for/2998632542.html

I also have a Hyster 5000 and you are both very correct about a forklift, but in my situation I am working as much on shell as pavement. Also, for some reason the local law enforcement seems to be less tolerant to a forklift going down the street!

I have a fixture that fits over the fork and "wedges" when weight is applied. That way when I need to lift something else, I can just slip it off. It fits the Hyster as well as the JD.

GEEZ... I guess we need to also consider qaberdeen is in Warwick, BERMUDA! Likely a little harder to go out and deal for a forklift or tractor than here on the mainland.

Will a forklift pull a boat up a slight incline, say 10%?

Michael

a little slow but it will do it..