Homemade Yak Trolley -Cheap and Ugly, but works so far.

[OlDog]

Keep meaning to post this, just got a new camera so here it is....
Got the wheels from Harbor Freight for 3.99. Solid rubber with ball bearings.
Don't keep the pins in most of the time, friction is enough to hold the scupper pipes in the base. Then I can just pull them out when I take it off to launch.

[bigredbobber]

looks good. nice and sturdy, too.

[swamppro]

Good job. I have been wanting to make one for awhile and keep forgeting about it until I need it. Got my head going again.

[yak-aholic]

I need to make one too. Since I'll be taking the boys out from time to time and they can't really help me haul the yaks. Luckily the last few times I have gone out with them, I have had someone around to give me a hand. With a cart it would be soooo much easier. Load the Pelican and all my gear on top of the Magic and take off.

[Musicdoc]

Made one similar to this and I swear it works better than the one I paid $50 bucks for!

[teknickcull]

alright do you guys reinforce the PVC with anything? metal rods or anything (besides the axle)? I built one that looks *exactly* like the one above and one of the "T" joints snapped after rolling the first 10 feet. It was funny too cause i got my girlfriend to come outside and was saying "look what I made - these things cost like $200 at the sto----SNAP! BANG!"

classic.

[Musicdoc]

No reinforcement here. I abuse it too. I roll my kayak a couple of blocks on a road and sidewalk with lots of cracks in it. I actually made mine similar to this and the nuts used to slip on me and tighten up on the wheels. It got hot one time and kind of melted the PVC "T" connector, but it still works great.

[MDR]

Looks very good. Allow me to make one suggestion, however. Look at the inflatable tires at Harbor Freight. They are about the same size as the ones you have, but will roll much more easily on grass or sand. The ones you have will work great on a hard surface, but not so much on sand if you ever decide to hit the beach.

[derrelt]

I made one out of PVC and reinforced it with wood dowel rods. Worked great for a while, but when I got it in a bind it snapped at one of the uprights near the "t" at the bottom. Rebuilt it out of black pipe. Now I know it won't break.

[uncleyak]

Maybe consider Shedule 80 PVC.
If you don't mind gray!

[OlDog]

Lots of good suggestions. If/When this guy breaks, I'll have the improvement ideas already in place. Thanks.

[4x4fishin]

Mine is similar, but I used the 7.99 non spinning caster type wheels bolted to a 2x6. They are the fixed direction, inflatable type. They are rated up to 300lbs. They really seem to do well in the rough terrain I'm currious how they will do in sand. I drilled two holes in the wood, and ran the two pieces of pvc through the holes. This takes all of the pvc connections out of the equation. I've attached some pics of the boat on the trolly, maybe you can zoom in and see what I'm talking about. It works great, as you can see I drag it around with my ATV. It's a tad heavy, If I had a longer piece of 2x6 It would have fit behind my seat and provided two extra upright pvc poles. Quick and easy build total cost was the wheels, everything else was laying around.

[OlDog]

alright do you guys reinforce the PVC with anything? metal rods or anything (besides the axle)? I built one that looks *exactly* like the one above and one of the "T" joints snapped after rolling the first 10 feet. classic.
You called this one.
Was rolling on an uneven shell drive at Rigolets Bait and Tackle and snap on one of the Ts. Replaced the upper Ts with schedule 80s.
Will see it that takes care of it.

[Shark Bait]

Joker, I would like to have those if no one else has claimed them.