Critical Cautions
Our tugs do not instantly stop.
This feature is to protect your air-
craft’s landing gear. Failure to com-
pensate for this soft stop can cause
damage to your aircraft. “Slowly” is
the word to live by when you are
in tight spaces or loading the tug.
We recommend practicing with the
tug before using it on your aircraft
to allow familiarization with this soft
stop feature. Exception: E-Stop stops
the tug NOW! An emergency stop
can damage the landing gear and
damage the tug’s motor control
module. The “E” in E-stop stands for
EMERGENCY.
Chock your mains!
You don’t
want to push your aircraft into the
hanger wall...
During operation, be aware of
your surroundings.
Never put
yourself between the tug and any
object! A tug capable of pushing
thousands of pounds of aircraft can
push you against an obstacle with
thousands of pounds of pressure.
There is a risk of serious injury,
death, or dismemberment. Proper
operation is your responsibility.
Best Tugs™ tugs do not have
secondary brakes;
the motor/
transmission provides all braking.
Your aircraft can roll freely if your
transmission fails. As the operator,
it is your responsibility to keep your
aircraft within safe limits. Never
move an aircraft on a slope or
environment where the loss of tug
breaking would put you or your
aircraft in danger.
Exceeding the parameters of
the tug can cause future power
train failure.
We designed Best
Tugs™ tugs load ratings around
hard flat and level surfaces; use on
a slope drastically changes those
parameters. The steeper the grade,
the more energy it takes to move
your plane—it is as if the plane’s
load parameter increased. The
transmission’s gears have a superior
hardened surface; a one-time event
that exceeds the tug’s parameters
can degrade that surface—eventual-
ly leading to total failure.
Rough surfaces
, such as grass,
can increase the rolling resistance
of your tires. The lower your tire
pressure, the larger the tire’s con-
tact patch, the more extreme the
tire deflection, resulting in more
rolling resistance. It now takes
more energy to move the airplane—
which is functionally equivalent
(In regards to the loaded weight
charts) to the plane weighing more.
Even a ten percent under-inflation
could cause your load to be over
the limit—you have just damaged
the gears. Failure is now a matter of
when—not if.
