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
From: sales
[mailto:sales@powertow.com]
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010
10:47
To:
'farnsworth'
Subject: RE: Tow
Attach point for the Lancair Legacy
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
From: sales
[mailto:sales@powertow.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010
11:31
To:
'farnsworth'
Subject: RE: Tow
Attach point for the Lancair Legacy
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
Caster wheels
(optional) 59.00 These are to make it more
convenient for free wheeling to and from the
aircraft.
Opti 4 oil
(optional)
50.00 6 bottles lasts about six years. extends your two year engine
warranty into a four year.
Total $1518.00 This price includes all options
above.
We accept Visa,
Master card or Discover.The information required to process order is card
number, expiration date, CVC code ( 3 digit code) on back of card, Full
billing and shipping address, contact name and phone number.
If you have any
further questions please let us know.
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
From: sales
[mailto:sales@powertow.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010
18:22
To:
'farnsworth'
Subject: RE: Tow
Attach point for the Lancair Legacy
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