Wheels any ideas
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Re: Wheels any ideas
I used to drag my yak regularly about 7-800 meters to the beach and it was a fair hike when you took account of a couple of hills along the way. I set up a second hobie trolley with a set of hard rubber pneumatic wheel barrow style tyres and this made a huge difference. If you are building a second scupper trolley I would recommend you set it higher up and to balance the weight of heavier items near and to the rear of the axle point. Testing it out with a good set of tyres may be the first step in deciding how far you want to go with plan B or C.
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Re: Wheels any ideas
A person would need to ealk that back home surely....leaving a fully laden yak unattended?bjspinner wrote:https://beachwheelsaustralia.com/produc ... wheel-kit/
Here is a beach wheel castor Jim should not be to hard to mount some way.
A urethane v block from a boat would sit nice on the bow with a strap to tie down.
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Re: Wheels any ideas
I have to drag my A.I. about 400m to and from the beach each time I launch - 190m on sealed road, 180m on dirt road and 30m on soft sand.
I have the Hobie Trax2-30 cart and find it goes okay. When my arm starts to feel a bit stretched, I just rest the front of the yak on the ground
and take a breather.
I was looking at the option of a castor-wheel in the Mirage-slot too. Some bright-spark over on the Hobie forums had a T.I. and did just that
looked a very nice setup.
Since the Revo is far lighter than an A.I./T.I. I reckon a castor in the mirage slot is the way to go. Very unlikely that it'd put and undue stress
on the mirage slot.
Cheers,
Mike.
I have the Hobie Trax2-30 cart and find it goes okay. When my arm starts to feel a bit stretched, I just rest the front of the yak on the ground
and take a breather.
I was looking at the option of a castor-wheel in the Mirage-slot too. Some bright-spark over on the Hobie forums had a T.I. and did just that
looked a very nice setup.
Since the Revo is far lighter than an A.I./T.I. I reckon a castor in the mirage slot is the way to go. Very unlikely that it'd put and undue stress
on the mirage slot.
Cheers,
Mike.
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Re: Wheels any ideas
It's only the castor wheel and bracket that clamps onto the box tube Andrew not the whole frame, it's a revo so not to heavy.Hvalross wrote:A person would need to ealk that back home surely....leaving a fully laden yak unattended?bjspinner wrote:https://beachwheelsaustralia.com/produc ... wheel-kit/
Here is a beach wheel castor Jim should not be to hard to mount some way.
A urethane v block from a boat would sit nice on the bow with a strap to tie down.
Also have a look for the AI tray cart supports Jim they may have a similar hull profile to the Revo if you are worried about the scuppers.
https://slhobie.com.au/gear/wheelcarts/ ... art-cradle
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Re: Wheels any ideas
If you have a look at this I saw on another forum it might be what you are looking for. Just scroll down to find the photo.
http://www.kfdu.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=47580
http://www.kfdu.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=47580
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Re: Wheels any ideas
I likejaybird01 wrote:If you have a look at this I saw on another forum it might be what you are looking for. Just scroll down to find the photo.
http://www.kfdu.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=47580
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Re: Wheels any ideas
Do you mind re-posting the image in question here? They don't allow non-members to view the images (I did join a while back but they nuked my account, presumably for inactivity).Babylon wrote:I likejaybird01 wrote:If you have a look at this I saw on another forum it might be what you are looking for. Just scroll down to find the photo.
http://www.kfdu.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=47580
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Re: Wheels any ideas
I have seen this Trolley in person Jim it's good and it comes apart, she knows how to catch fish to unlike you JimBabylon wrote:I likejaybird01 wrote:If you have a look at this I saw on another forum it might be what you are looking for. Just scroll down to find the photo.
http://www.kfdu.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=47580
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Re: Wheels any ideas
chrisw wrote:Do you mind re-posting the image in question here? They don't allow non-members to view the images (I did join a while back but they nuked my account, presumably for inactivity).Babylon wrote:I likejaybird01 wrote:If you have a look at this I saw on another forum it might be what you are looking for. Just scroll down to find the photo.
http://www.kfdu.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=47580
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Re: Wheels any ideas
Thanks