Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak carts

What about the smaller rubber tire 12-inch spoke wheels
off kids bikes as opposed to the 12-15inch plastic wheels.
Would they handle deep sand better?

Dave, I would love to here your story about your trip to
the Queen Charlottes if possible. That would be so cool.

Best Regards,

Philip

Dave Kruger wrote:
> 
> Jack_Martin_at_jtif.webfld.navy.mil wrote:
> 
> >      Primex makes a beautiful cart, but $100+ seems kind of excessive.
> >
> >      Options?  Sea stories?
> 
> Jack,  if you are interested in a "home brew" approach,  the following
> midwheel arrangement cost me about $60 US, I think.  If you used cheaper
> wheels, it might go as low as $30 - $40 US.  Midwheels are the way to go
> if you have to haul the yak (with gear) any distance.
> 
> A buddy of mine and I welded a couple of 3/8" x 4" bolts into the ends
> of a 30" piece of 1" iron water pipe (ground-off heads inside the pipe
> -- threaded ends to the outside) and slid a couple of 26" bicycle wheels
> onto the bare bolts (these had el cheapo sleeve bearings and were spoked
> up to some cheap steel rims by a local bike shop for about $40 - $50, I
> believe).  With some self-locking nuts and a couple washers, one on
> either side of each wheel, we had a bombproof support for a standard old
> Yakima cradle (borrowed it off my yak rack).  Strapped the yak in and
> off we went.  We used this arrangement to haul gear a half-mile down a
> really rough, rutted, 4WD track to a put-in on Willapa Bay (WA -- in SW
> corner of Washington State).  And, my SO and I used it to ro-ro most of
> our kit (in a large single) during a two-week excursion to the
> Charlottes (BC) two years ago.  We had a stern wheel setup (8 inch hard
> rubber wheels) on a smaller single yak, and hated it so much we moved
> almost all our gear to the midwheels setup.
> 
> The value of 26" bicycle wheels is they go over the most incredible
> obstructions, and they put the yak at a convenient height for
> hand-towing.  We put our complete kit for overnight camping in the yak,
> so I know the cart/rack is strong.  Main design flaw probably is that
> the entire yak and its load are supported by ONE Yakima cradle -- only
> about a 4 inch width.  Another flaw is that the wheels are too large to
> stuff into a hatch.  I suspect those 12-15 inch composite ("plastic")
> wheels on smallish kid's bikes might fit, and they would be a lot
> cheaper than the 26 inch steel rimmed ones I had spoked up.
> 
> --
> Dave Kruger
> Astoria, OR
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