The Light Plane Easy Tug, or in Reality the Easy Pull

The concept of how to get the plane back in the hangar has been an inventive process for many pilots. While we can easily pull the plane out to the ramp in front of the hangar (usually with a little downhill slope) the effort to push it back is more difficult.

I currently have a Van’s RV 9A with an empty weight of about 1000 with full fuel. My plane is normally full when in the hangar. My tools to put the plane in the hangar consists of:

• A Standard towbar and a Harbor Freight Badland ZXR 2500# ATV/Utility Winch with a Wire Rope and remote control. This is a 12V unit. $80.00 -I have a 12V car battery on a tender for my use. (I had limited power in the condo hangar)
• I also replaced the wire rope which came with the winch with nylon rope with a +350# lifting capacity. $20.00 Home Depot