kayak cart - free, homemade

[lacofdfireman]

Originally Posted by fongman

! Those other tires are great on hard-pack surfaces, but are brutal in soft sand. I was thinking of making duallies for the soft stuff.


Thanks guys for all of the props. PM me if you have any questions.

Which tires are no good in the soft sand? The Northern tool tires or the wheelies fat plastic ones?

[fongman]

Originally Posted by lacofdfireman

Which tires are no good in the soft sand? The Northern tool tires or the wheelies fat plastic ones?

The balloon tires are made for soft sand. ANY narrow profile tire will sink into the soft stuff

[StinkyMatt]

Saw this a while back when I researched sand wheels. This is a TWO piece plastic wheel that snaps around the middle of your shaft (don't even go there) This in turn makes you have a middle wheel, supposed to spread the weight.

http://www.shop4campinggear.com/product/LM148267

Matt

[maui jim]

Originally Posted by fongman

The balloon tires are made for soft sand. ANY narrow profile tire will sink into the soft stuff

The Wheeleze make a depression of maybe 1/2" in the soft sand and with a fully loaded kayak, I fish up in Santa Barbara & LJ, in the summer and,,they are so worth it, I have tried to double the HF wheels for years but it does not work. I've actully broke the front handle off the yak with the HF wheels in the soft sand.

Alot of guys spend alot of money on reels and rods, but wont spend much to save your back and legs...
Funny how that works.

The wheeleze cost about 160.00 for the pair included shipping. Cheaper than a nice COD yak seat or FF. When you center the load on the cart, it gives you a light toung weight when pulling thru the sand, and on the street,

I have another set of wheels when I go up North hunting on hard packed land to use in the lakes for trout. EZ.....I just swap out axels , and its done.....simple
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