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So for the last month I have owned a 1979 tiger and I couldn’t be happier. The only problem is getting it back into the hanger and it was a bear to push. So I set up a winch that Pulls backwards from the front. Not my design OK clearly stole it from someone else but it works great. The guy in the hanger next-door to me has a Cherokee 180 similar size plane and I’m guessing about the same weight. I puled his out by hand it’s like moving a baby carriage and we go to pull mine out by hand I can certainly do it but it takes a hell of a lot more Pull. It just had an annual, as far as I know nothing is hanging up. I think part of it may be because the towbar is so short I’m pulling upwards as much as I am forward but I was just wondering are these tigers notoriously difficult to Pull? I can certainly do it but it is a hell of a lot easier on the piper. Getting it back I understand is a job but the winch is working perfectly but I was just wondering why it seems so hard to roll forward when pulling it.
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I have a 1978 Cheetah and push mine into the hanger by myself all the time. I steer it with one hand and push on the nose cone with the other. It is no problem for me and there is even a small incline at the hanger door. Have you jacked up your wheels to see how much drag is on them, might have the bearings a little tight or maybe your brake calipers are not moving freely on the pins causing the brakes to drag.
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Might also want to check tire air pressure. A couple of pounds from the optimum really increases the drag and visually they looked properly inflated. I had mine under-inflated by 2 lbs on all tires (nose – 19 lbs. and mains 22 lbs. it was cold outside) and I could barely drag it. Just a simple check…
–Martin–
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