It’s Just Cool: The CSI House Tug
By Chuck Cage
Michael W. submitted this sweet-ass tool, a remote-controlled, tracked vehicle designed to fit in tight spaces to deliver manufactured homes. It features a 49-horsepower, liquid-cooled Kubota diesel engine, holds 30 gallons of hydraulic fluid, 10 quarts of oil, 8 quarts of coolant, and looks to be one of the coolest toys a tool guy could ever own.
For God’s sake, don’t tell Sean about this. He’ll be selling his house to get one.
To give you an idea of size, it’s about 8-1/2′ long and about 5-2/3′ wide. It weighs 8,600 lbs, not counting optional equipment like rubber pads and frontal attachments. There are some great movies on the corporate site showing this sucker in action.
Alas, it’s not cheap. There’s one for sale on eBay Motors right now for a starting bid of $60,000. It’s too bad. If it were just about $55k cheaper I’d pick one up right now. As Michael W. writes, “You could be sitting on the back deck drinking an iced tea while you make a pond or do prep work for your new shop.”
The House Tug [CSI]
A House Tug for Auction [eBay Motors]
February 1st, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Is it really 49 horsepower or are you missing a “0″? Or is it 49HP with a zillion ft. lbs. of torque?
February 1st, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Seems like an awefully low HP number, even if the torque is near infinite. Needless to say, I will be waiting for Harbor Frieght to offer a version.
February 1st, 2007 at 8:24 pm
49 horsepower is right. You’re not gonna race it, are you?
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:47 pm
It’s all in the gearing.. It’s probably at full throttle pumping out all 49 hp at about 1mph. That means it can pull an awful lot of weight.
February 2nd, 2007 at 6:51 pm
since power is torque times rpm’s if the torque is higher the rpm will be lower so infinite torque wouldn’t help more because you’d have to gear up to get the same rpm’s.
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:24 am
Next, on CSI:Housetug, Jimmy gets stuck in a ditch. See it at 8/9 central on CBS!
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:32 am
49 horses, I will still take one, I have been wanting to move…..this way I can take my house with me!
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:34 am
now thats a remote I must have!
February 3rd, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Being in the mobile home transportation business, I can vouch for how handy these things are. They’re a must-have for repo men in muddy areas, or when the former owner of a house “forgets” to hook up the septic system.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:45 pm
most tractors you see on a lot of josb sights have less than a hundred horses anyways and it’s a diesel engine the tourque is down low