Hi Trappy,.. I've found the handle does allow you to solo turn the boat a bit tighter on land. If there's stuff up front, (tramps, socks, anchor lines, camera poles) it's much harder to use the wheels though.
Oddly enough, we now tie the trax handle to the stern of an 18-2 and it works a little better there while hauling the boat. This is with 2 guys. Which means we still load the wheels on (pointing backward) from the bows, grabbing the bridles and pushing with our feet. Easy enough when everything is floating.
Soloing without a bar, I just run the righting line out between the bows and this give me all the leverage needed to pull the boat up onto the wheels/cradles as I brace them. I need to hold the boat with that line anyway, as I get the wheels on/off a mooring ball.
Edited by nohuhu on Jun 29, 2017 - 01:42 PM.
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