I have a couple of Primax carts and they have been excellent. The pneumatic tires are great on grass or packed sand but are not great on soft sand. A center supported cart is a significant energy saver and makes maneuvering easier. I also made a cheap and dirty carrier out of a block of minicell with a pvc tube run through it, carved to the shape of my stern and a pair of BBQ wheels on an axle. It's covered with 3M self adhesive non skid and is small enough and light enough to throw in the rear hatch just in case. cya *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 12:39 PM 07/10/2000 -0400, Bob Denton wrote: >I also made a cheap and dirty carrier out of a block of minicell with a pvc >tube run through it, carved to the shape of my stern and a pair of BBQ >wheels on an axle. It's covered with 3M self adhesive non skid and is small >enough and light enough to throw in the rear hatch just in case. >cya I made an almost identical set of wheels using computer packing closed cell foam, a bit of plywood, an aluminum tube and 2 6-inch wheels from Orchard Supply. Total cost, under $20. I don't often use it - for short carries it is easier to lug a wooden kayak than to rig the cart. Now, I have to figure out a quick and dirty cartop scheme. I think I will modify my "Canoe Loader" (which I heartily recommend for getting a 70 pound 17 foot canoe onto my rather tall 4WD Yukon) some way or another. I lost my balance bringing the boat off the car top and must have seemed rather comical sitting on the ramp with a kayak over my head. (It flipped as it fell. Luckily my thick head broke the fall.) I lost a couple of postage stamp sized pieces of skin from my knee and got to try out my first aid kit for the first time. Does anyone make rollers which attach directly onto a factory-installed rack? The Yakima solution is overly complex and expensive, costing more than the price of a kayak trailer. jerry. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Try the "Maine Roll-On" available at LLBeans or, I'm sure, over the web. It is a single, well built roller that attaches to the rear Thule bar. Not sure about Yakima bars. Jerry Hawkins wrote: > Does anyone make rollers which attach directly onto a factory-installed rack? > jerry. > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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