I recall, a while back, that there were questions about powered towing equipment for Lancairs.

 

Enclosed are emails I exchanged with Alisha at Northwest Manufacturing (makers of powered towing equipment) concerning my search for a power tow for my Legacy. For the past five years I have just pulled it around by myself. I, recently changed hangers and the new hanger entry ramp is uphill and it why too much work to put it away by myself. So I decided that was enough of that and started a search for some kind of power tow.

 

I looked at several types. I sent measurements of the nose gear to these folks to determine if their power tow could be used on the Legacy. They determined that they could make an adapter that will use the standard Legacy tow bar attach point to connect their 40EZ Tow.

 

If there are any folks out there that have been looking for a power Tow for there Lancair, perhaps this will fill your needs.

 

Lynn Farnsworth

Super Legacy #235

TSIO-550 Powered

Race #44

MMO .6 Mach

 

The extensions and spacer kit are both necessary to be able to reach and hook to your tow pins on the Legacy.

Our unit does not weigh much and is not hard to move without the Casters, although most people prefer having them.

Thank you!

Alisha

Northwest Manufacturing Inc.

10179 N. Navion Drive

Hayden ID 83835

Phone:208-635-5352

Fax:208-635-5251

www.powertow.com

 

Copies of our owner's manuals may be found at: http://www.powertow.com/download.html

 

From: farnsworth [mailto:farnsworth@charter.net]
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 7:21 AM
To: 'sales'
Subject: RE: Tow Attach point for the Lancair Legacy

What are the Extensions and Spacer kits? Are they necessary or just nice to have?

 

Is the unit hard to move without the Caster wheels?

 

Regards,

 

Lynn

 

 

Good day Lynn,

There is a full quote below.

 

 

40EZ                             $1195.00

Custom Legacy adaptors     65.00

Extensions kit                    40.00

Spacer kit                          15.00

Thank you!

Alisha

Northwest Manufacturing Inc.

10179 N. Navion Drive

Hayden ID 83835

Phone:208-635-5352

Fax:208-635-5251

www.powertow.com

 

Copies of our owner's manuals may be found at: http://www.powertow.com/download.html

 

From: farnsworth [mailto:farnsworth@charter.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:33 PM
To: 'sales'
Subject: RE: Tow Attach point for the Lancair Legacy

Alisha,

 

Could you give me a total price for the 40 EZ PowerTow with the attachment for my Lancair Legacy? How much are shipping charges to Georgia?

 

Regards,

 

Lynn Farnsworth

 

 

Hello Lynn,

Thank you for the information. I will run everything past my machine guys and we will contact you in the morning.

Thank you!

Alisha

Northwest Manufacturing Inc.

10179 N. Navion Drive

Hayden ID 83835

Phone:208-635-5352

Fax:208-635-5251

www.powertow.com

 

Copies of our owner's manuals may be found at: http://www.powertow.com/download.html

 

From: farnsworth [mailto:farnsworth@charter.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 3:13 PM
To: 'sales'
Subject: Tow Attach point for the Lancair Legacy

See the attachment for a picture of the tow point for Lancair Legacy aircraft. The tow point is just above the nose wheel case. It is a flat plate that is 2 ½” wide. At the front of the flat plate are two arms that extend ½” on each side for a total width of 3 ½”. The arms are .318” in diameter. The distance from the ground to the center of the tow arms in 13 ½’.

 

I faxed the “how to measure for powertow adapters” measurements for towing by the center point of the nose wheel.

 

I plan to use a 40EZ model.

 

Lynn Farnsworth

220 Hembree Circle

Roswell, GA 30076

 

H 770-475-0966

C 770-841-0457

 

farnsworth@charter.net