After a long drive, parking in a tight spot can feel overwhelming and test anyone's patience. The Force electric trailer dolly helps you skip the stress and arguments, letting you end the day with a real sense of homecoming and control.
it is unstable on any sloped surface
I purchased the 10k version of the Parkit360 due to the weight of my boat. I wanted to park it for the winter into a fully enclosed 12x30 storage unit. I don't know why storage places think you can back a large trailer load into a perpendicular space from only a street wide (less than?) apron but I figured this trailer dolly would be ideal for that.
The unit itself seems well built and nothing was damaged in shipment plus it came earlier than expected. After assembly and charging the battery it was ready to self propel up ramps into the back of my pickup. It handled that part, and offloading from the pickup, just fine. It has plenty of power to move my tandem axled 30' trailer and boat (22'Thunderjet w/offshore bracket) on level hardpacked ground. As others mention, it isn't for the faint of weight to operate this unit with load but I ALMOST got the boat into the storage unit. Try backing a 9' wide 32' long (motors stick out even when vertical) heavy into a 10' wide door with 20 feet of asphalt in front of it to work with. An entrepreneurial type could have made some money renting chairs and selling beverages to people watching the show. I got the boat into the storage unit with the rear axle over the slight 1" rain gutter slope at the floor transition but I could not get the front axel to go. The unit just does not have the grunt to do it. I tried shims at the riser, fast, slow, had my son pushing boat, standing on the trailer tongue, I tried everything and the Parkit360 tires would simply spin on the asphalt on a direct straight line of approach. With the weight of the boat/trailer all on the front axle the dolly could not push it over the lip. Everything else was level. I did see another review speaking of this very same issue but thought "nah, I can make it work". No, you can't make it work when you don't have room to wiggle. If there is any lip or difference in elevation in the surface, forget it. So, now I have a $2k+ paperweight sitting in my garage.
Once I decided to abandon the effort, it was another 1.5 hours to get it out and to the truck since I ran into the gravel outside of the asphalt apron which was sloped for storm drainage. The trailer fell off the Parkit360 when it tilted in the gravel several times while trying to get the trailer out and turned enough to allow backing up to it with my pickup to take it home again. One trip home to get floor jack to lift trailer tongue to get the dolly under the hitch again.
Issues besides the lack of power to push load over slight lip:
With the unit at rest, the charging cord receptacle is under the unit and the battery charger status display is on the side. No reason I should have to lift the unit up to plug in the charger cord or stand on my head to see the charger status.
The 2" ball kept popping out of the hitch on the trailer (yes, the coupler lock was engaged and the set screws on the provided ball always started out at 10 o'clock and I held it as I was tightening it) as I was tightening the ball mount of the Parkit.
The puzzle piece had to come out due to the type of coupler lock but it was still not enough to give clearance required which prevented the leveling of the mount.
If you have surge brake style trailer hitch, you will most likely rub the lower section of the trailer tongue on the tires if you try to turn the Parkit anything more than say 30 degrees which very much hampered my efforts trying to get the boat into and back out of the storage unit.
Not recommended for surge brake trailer. Not recommended for any lip you may have to attempt to go over. It can handle 6 degree ramp/slope but that is not the same as an immediate off-level lip as in a transition between parking lot and garage.
I am extremely disappointed in my purchase but I used it so what can I do? I guess I'm stuck with it.
Works great and the delivery was super- fast!
Works better than expected.
EAsy to assemble and works great!!!
I will give it 4 stars for being a quality build. I haven't used it yet.
Excellent product and great service. Shipped quickly. I'm a repeat customer!
I only wish I purchased this sooner! Awesome piece of equipment, easy to use, love it !!
Works as advertised, moved our 26ft travel trailer easily and accurately. In minutes the trailer was through the fence gate and parked next to the house. Using my truck to back the trailer into that narrow area would have taken an hour or more.
Based on just having received it and charging the battery as they say
Worst delivery for such an expensive unit. Left outside my house on a rainy day. Never rang my doorbell and told me it arrived
Assembly was easy and works great my husband loves it we use it to back our enclosed trailer into parking spots when we unhook it from our rv takes a little muscle to turn but very manageable way better and safer than the old way we would definitely recommend it
Easy assembly out of the box. Could use some sort of storage for extra hitch balls. Works great and simple to use.
Works great. I have a tight space and would not be able to access the trailer if I had to back in. This was just what I needed.
I have a narrow driveway and a 90 degree turn to the garage. I purchased the 10,000lb dolly to be able to move my 6x14 cargo trailer. The dolly was well packaged, easy to assemble and thoughtfully designed (trailer brake, puzzle piece to level the ball connection to the trailer). There is no way I could have put the trailer in my garage with my truck and especially by myself. This thing rocks. Credit the prompt response to my questions from Parkit sales support for this purchase.
We love our new parkit360. It is so easy to use. Wish we would have had this Gem years ago, but glad we have it now!
I bought the 10k unit to move around my boat/trailer that weigh about 5k lbs. Overall it does the job well, but does take some getting used to. I bought this dolly to keep me from hitting the sides of my garage door (I only have about 1/2" clearance on each side of the boat). Just follow the instructions and make sure you charge the battery after every use
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