Sam Buchanan
been here awhile
There was a good thread recently about how to raise the tailwheel for maintennce and the formerly available Tail-Mate was part of the discussion. I fully intended to fabricate a copy of the steel Tail-Mate but decided to first whip together a wood version out of scraps in the shop. I moved it to the hangar today and made its first flight and the thing works incredible well.
Why didn't I do this twenty years ago??
A couple of notes:
The eye-bolt inserted into a hole in the ramp is a 'safety' in case the winch slips. There is also a 3/8" bolt that is inserted through the dolly that secures the tailwheel after it is rolled onto the dolly. The winch is the cheapest boat trailer winch I could find on that huge auction site.
![tail-lift-1-small.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.hiwaay.net%2F%7Esbuc%2Ftail-lift-1-small.jpg&hash=0589c0b8c43e8361f3f594e43e2cc668)
![tail-lift-2-small.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.hiwaay.net%2F%7Esbuc%2Ftail-lift-2-small.jpg&hash=e5a6d4f322870f651f6b0e2c957c26e0)
Why didn't I do this twenty years ago??
A couple of notes:
The eye-bolt inserted into a hole in the ramp is a 'safety' in case the winch slips. There is also a 3/8" bolt that is inserted through the dolly that secures the tailwheel after it is rolled onto the dolly. The winch is the cheapest boat trailer winch I could find on that huge auction site.
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