Hangar dolly for heavy glider

I have a customer looking for hangar dolly for heavy
glider (Antares). Anything that works for Duo, Arcs,
DG-500/1000, or similar will probably work. Anybody
know of commercial fabricators of such things, or
a used one available ?
Thanks,
Best Regards, Dave

Anybody ever used either of these ?
http://www.pacificaerosport.com/products.htm
http://www.zendextool.com/gojak/

Dave Nadler wrote:
Anybody ever used either of these ?
http://www.pacificaerosport.com/products.htm
http://www.zendextool.com/gojak/

The gojack works great on trailers but I've never used it on a glider. It
would probably work but you do need some free space for the foot pedal.

Pete

On Thursday, February 28, 2013 8:29:45 AM UTC-7, Dave Nadler wrote:
Anybody ever used either of these ?

http://www.pacificaerosport.com/products.htm

http://www.zendextool.com/gojak/

Dave,
I have the dolly from Pacific Aerosport and it works great for my LAK-17B FES which has an empty weight of 752 lbs. Would it work for 900 lbs? My guess is "yes," but you may want to call them to confirm....
Thx - Renny

On 2/28/2013 7:29 AM, Dave Nadler wrote:
Anybody ever used either of these ?
http://www.pacificaerosport.com/products.htm
http://www.zendextool.com/gojak/

$80 at Harbor Freight - #67287

No idea about the quality.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

On Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:58:14 PM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 2/28/2013 7:29 AM, Dave Nadler wrote:



$80 at Harbor Freight - #67287



Like their previous hydraulic wheel dolly (which I've read is prone to leak), the mechanical #67287 has pick up rollers that will be too far apart at their minimum distance (13.5" center to center) to pick up glider wheels. The jack would need to modified by cutting off the mount (or making a new one) and welding it back on so it's closer to the movable roller.

Additional info: 900 lb weight on main-wheel...

On Thursday, February 28, 2013 10:35:47 AM UTC-6, Dave Nadler wrote:
Additional info: 900 lb weight on main-wheel...

Tim Mara sells a version of the GoJack. You will notice from the pictures on his site and the ones direct from the GoJack site that the jack is tilted on the glider version, to get the lever out away from the fuselage.

I haven't used either, so I can't say anything about the functionality or durability. The big advantage of the GoJack is that you don't have to push the glider onto it. You park the glider, bring the dolly up to it, pick the glider up with the dolly, and off you go.

Steve

On Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:52:58 AM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
The big advantage of the GoJack is that you don't have to push the glider
onto it. You park the glider, bring the dolly up to it, pick the glider up
with the dolly, and off you go.

Us cool pilots don't push gliders, we taxi under electric power ;-)

I have them here
http://www.wingsandwheels.com/page46.htm

tim

"Dave Nadler" wrote in message
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I have a customer looking for hangar dolly for heavy
glider (Antares). Anything that works for Duo, Arcs,
DG-500/1000, or similar will probably work. Anybody
know of commercial fabricators of such things, or
a used one available ?
Thanks,
Best Regards, Dave