Golf Cart Tugs

"Aaron Coolidge" wrote in message
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Tom S. wrote:
: "Ashton" wrote in message
: news:b3LSc.28147$ih.11225@fed1read07...
: Does anyone have any experience towing their airplane with a golf cart?
: I'm
: thinking about mounting a ball on the front of a golf cart to move my
: Bonanza in and out of the hangar.
:
: I doubt a golf cart has enough power (400 lbs of people and 70 lbs of
golf
: clubs and 6 gallons of beer is their limit), unless the ground is level
of
: downhill out of the hanger.

: Better would be a yard tractor.

The FBO at my home field uses an electric golf cart to move their rental
aircraft and some other aircraft around. It moves an Aztec with no
difficulties, even loaded with 120+ gallons of fuel. Do watch the turn
limits on the nose gear; they damaged their Dutchess with uncareful
handling this way.

Would it work on a Citation CJ or a JetProp?

Tom S. wrote:
: I wrote:
: The FBO at my home field uses an electric golf cart to move their rental
: aircraft and some other aircraft around. It moves an Aztec with no
: difficulties, even loaded with 120+ gallons of fuel. Do watch the turn
: limits on the nose gear; they damaged their Dutchess with uncareful
: handling this way.

: Would it work on a Citation CJ or a JetProp?

I'll ask the guy with the Citation IISP next time I see him. A Jetprop is
similar in gross wt to an Aztec, so it should be OK with that.
--
Aaron Coolidge (N9376J)

"Aaron Coolidge" wrote in message
...
Tom S. wrote:
: I wrote:
: The FBO at my home field uses an electric golf cart to move their
rental
: aircraft and some other aircraft around. It moves an Aztec with no
: difficulties, even loaded with 120+ gallons of fuel. Do watch the turn
: limits on the nose gear; they damaged their Dutchess with uncareful
: handling this way.

: Would it work on a Citation CJ or a JetProp?

I'll ask the guy with the Citation IISP next time I see him. A Jetprop is
similar in gross wt to an Aztec, so it should be OK with that.

Um...I don't think so. Ours has a MTOW of 11,200 lbs. Are you thinking of a
Malibu?

Tom S. wrote:

: Um...I don't think so. Ours has a MTOW of 11,200 lbs. Are you thinking of a
: Malibu?

I was thinking of a JetProp DLX conversion of a Malibu.
--
Aaron Coolidge

"Aaron Coolidge" wrote in message
...
Tom S. wrote:

: Um...I don't think so. Ours has a MTOW of 11,200 lbs. Are you thinking
of a
: Malibu?

I was thinking of a JetProp DLX conversion of a Malibu.

That's the Meridian, isn't it? What's the Ramp Weight on that one? The
Rockwell series was called "JetProp" way back in the 70's and then Piper
"plagiarized" the name :~)