I have had one of these things for years beginning with a shared C182RG in California.  I bagged it when we sold the airplane and brought it to Australia where we have the same problem with a sloped hangar ramp.  We use it for my Lancair IV and hangar-mate’s Cirrus.  It is GREAT.

 

The stock Cessna configuration worked fine for the Lancair IV nose wheel, but with the Cirrus we had to machine up double ended rods that fit at the end of the levers and engage the nose wheel.  We machined up appropriate fittings at either end of the rods and drilled two sets of holes in the rods  to lock them in place with removable pins. This allows one to adjust the spacing so that one way they fit the Lancair IV, and the other way, they fit the Cirrus which has a different engagement fitting and spacing. 

 

The unit is 3 HP and makes moving the aircraft a breeze.  A neighbours electric unit could not hack the slope.   It would be impossible to move the aircraft otherwise with fewer than three people – two pushing and one steering.

 

Mine is 15 years old and going strong.  I think it is on its second oil change and second V belt (underneath, engine to gearbox).  L

 

Hint: four pumps on the primer to get the Briggs and Stratton to start.  It likes to be real rich before it lights off.

 

Fred Moreno