Powered Ground Handling Tow Bar for Pilots

How it Started

Once I finally got a hangar for my 1963 Mooney M20C, it seemed to gain significant weight.  Getting it up the incline and over the door rails and concrete lip by myself was possible but it wasn’t easy.  I started looking at the available options for small GA tugs and was blown away by the cost.  This led me to design and build my own and once it was done, I felt like I had something that I could sell at a more reasonable price to help other GA pilots with their ground handling.  And so here we are.

Why Choose Us

I’m a pilot and airplane owner so I’ve designed this from the perspective of someone who uses it regularly.  I’m lazy and everyone knows Mooney owners are frugal so, I’m dedicated to having an easy, simple and cost effective solution that’s reliable.  I’m too lazy to be wasting time fixing it and too frugal to be replacing failed parts constantly.  Sure, I could make it out of carbon fiber and add a fancy worm drive system that’s completely enclosed inside the tow bar but, it’s not going to work any better and the weight savings probably won’t be enough to matter, especially for the cost that would be incurred in doing something like that.  If you like things that are easy to use, simply designed with few parts to fail and just work, then this is the solution for you.