I need help with a new tow bar design. My current bar that came with my mod. IV is a large heavy cumbersome affair that is made for over the road use. I keep my plane folded up in my barn and to get it out I have to jack up the tail to slide the bar under the tailwheel. Then I let it down to get the jack out of the way so I can rotate the bar fore and aft. Then I jack it up again to hook the bar up to the lower fuselage tubes. Once it's all hooked the plane I can jack it even higher to put in on the ball hitch on my Polaris UTV. It's a pain in the neck. With the wings folded you don't have enough rudder throw to kick the tailwheel into full caster, but you can cheat it with a small screw driver. Has anyone designed a tow bar that attaches firmly enough to tow with my UTV but don't have to jack the airplane up? I just don't know how stout those lower longerons are. I heard the tail is pretty lightly built. But I'm just looking for something to tow around the airport, not on the road.
Thanks
Jay