The dolly has made it much easier for me to move over a half ton of boat and trailer.
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The moving wheel chock is genius! Simple, effective, and easily made from pieces from the scrap pile. Thanks for sharing the review.
Genius.
I had been thinking about buying one of these and your article gave me the push, so I recently went out and bought a nearly identical trailer dolly for my Welsford Navigator. I barely have room in my garage for the boat plus shop/car and every inch counts and there’s enough weight on the tongue that jockeying it around by hand is no fun. This was $60 well spent! Thanks for the push 🙂
I use a single moving wheel block for the truck on boat ramps. Not as needful with auto transmission but I called it my clutch saver with a manual.
I’m wondering if the 600-lb limit is tongue weight?
The 600-lb figure is for gross trailer weight, not tongue weight. Here’s the info from the manufacturer website:
“The MaxxHaul Trailer Dolly makes an easy job of maneuvering trailers weighing up to 600 pounds.”
I think part of that limitation is to set expectations for the user. Using weight estimates for my Caledonia yawl (600 lbs) and its drift-boat trailer (400 lbs), I’ve been usind the dolly to move 1,000 lbs. The dolly has held up under that task; it’s about my limit.
I hooked this super-handy electric trailer dolly up to my boat and trailer (3500lbs) and dragged it out of the garage and downside yard, no problem. Batteries came fully charged. Yes, you have to pay attention to how much power you use on the switch and yes, it will lift and move around on you, but with no issues whatsoever. Made my life EASY!!! If you just hit full power on the switch it’s going to spin all day on you. I barely use the power and move it no problem. The angle finder on my side yard said 4 degrees incline and absolutely zero issues. I also have a tandem trailer and it maneuvers it around with ease.