Bought a cub cadet mower sans mowing deck to move my Amphib Skywagon in and out of the hangar. Didn't last long before the transaxle was shot. What are folks using to move their floatplanes around without resorting to a pickup truck or SUV?

It must not have been a very old Cub Cadet. The oldest ones are nearly indestructible, back when they were built like little tractors instead of just riding mowers.

I don’t have a float plane, but I have a little diesel yard tractor that would work great to move one.

Thanks! Not sure what year it was. It didn't last long, so I'm reluctant to repair the transaxle and throw that cash down a rathole.

I use one of these:

Bought this real tug for $400. Look around, they are cheap.

I have always used my pickup and a trailer dolly for my floatplane. I've just bought a hangar though and I want better visibility and maneuverability as I back the plane into the hangar so I'm switching to a little farm tractor. I farm so they're easy enough for me to find and maintain. I'll hook the dolly's hydraulic lift to the tractor remotes. Basically going to do a little 35hp unit like we all stopped using ages ago as our farms got bigger.

My apron in front of hanger slopes away from hanger so it’s impossible to push my 172 in by hand especially when it’s ice covered all winter so I use a 2000 lb electric winch with remote to pull it in while I steer it with tow bar. I pull it out with a quad. When I owned a tail wheel I used quad to pull it in

I just bought a used Toro Wheel Horse mower sans mowing deck to pull our Husky. Inexpensive and works well...