On advice from fellow TSCA member Dave Luckhardt, I cut the hard plastic single wheel off my trailer jackstand and replaced it with a twin pneumatic wheel set from Croft. The boat plus aluminum Trailex trailer weigh around 500 lb. With the big wheels it rolls nicely on pavement and hard gravel, kind of a big dolly. Photo of the wheels:
We like the Dynamic Dollies line that we carry, they have sling or bunk styles that take down easily into 3 main pieces (axle, 2 for handle) so they stow really easily. (Seitech is good too, we used to stock them for a number of years.) Dynamic also has a dolly/trailer combo that we set up for a customer last year... kind of a novel idea though the trailer didn't seem quite as sturdy as we would have hoped. (Can't comment on how well it's held up since the customer took it home.) ~KM
Cool ideas! I use a minimalist dolly that plugs into my dinghy's daggerboard trunk, making it smaller and easier to stow aboard. If I built one for a larger boat, I'd use a bar to move the wheels back nearer the CoG; if they're too close to one end, the user rather than the dolly is bearing much of the weight.
I just sent it. It's basically just a block of nylon, similar in thickness and depth to the daggerboard, with a stainless threadrod axle and two [unfortunately not stainless!] wheels.
We modified some large furniture moving platforms to move Flying Scot sailboats around our boat shop. Thank for this post and all the great articles y’all post. Regards, www.CruisingScots.club
These dollies are very important as I recently found out. I was trying to push my 17 motorboat into the garage and tore my calf mussle. Very painful and a very long time to heal. dale
23 pound, 13 foot, solo, Hornbeck, Kevlar canoe. I am 83 years old and I can put it on the roof of my Toyota Highlander, We hang it off the swim platform of our 36 foot American Tug Trawler. We dock on a ¼ mile bay on Catawba Island, OH, near Port Clinton. There is an eagle's nest in the tree at the opening to Lake Erie. The eagle lets me touch the shore 20 feet from his tree while he is eating fish 30 feet up in the tree.
On advice from fellow TSCA member Dave Luckhardt, I cut the hard plastic single wheel off my trailer jackstand and replaced it with a twin pneumatic wheel set from Croft. The boat plus aluminum Trailex trailer weigh around 500 lb. With the big wheels it rolls nicely on pavement and hard gravel, kind of a big dolly. Photo of the wheels:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricks_boats/48069057556/in/album-72157615244295923/lightbox/
Yes it folds fine. Just took this photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricks_boats/53076485125/in/album-72157660807136568/lightbox/
We like the Dynamic Dollies line that we carry, they have sling or bunk styles that take down easily into 3 main pieces (axle, 2 for handle) so they stow really easily. (Seitech is good too, we used to stock them for a number of years.) Dynamic also has a dolly/trailer combo that we set up for a customer last year... kind of a novel idea though the trailer didn't seem quite as sturdy as we would have hoped. (Can't comment on how well it's held up since the customer took it home.) ~KM
Cool ideas! I use a minimalist dolly that plugs into my dinghy's daggerboard trunk, making it smaller and easier to stow aboard. If I built one for a larger boat, I'd use a bar to move the wheels back nearer the CoG; if they're too close to one end, the user rather than the dolly is bearing much of the weight.
Interesting! Send a photo of the trunk dolly sometime if you can. josh@smallcraftadvisor.com
I just sent it. It's basically just a block of nylon, similar in thickness and depth to the daggerboard, with a stainless threadrod axle and two [unfortunately not stainless!] wheels.
We modified some large furniture moving platforms to move Flying Scot sailboats around our boat shop. Thank for this post and all the great articles y’all post. Regards, www.CruisingScots.club
Good Article...I built a Dolly similar to your #3 example/ with attachment accommodating multiple small craft.
These dollies are very important as I recently found out. I was trying to push my 17 motorboat into the garage and tore my calf mussle. Very painful and a very long time to heal. dale
I have to move my 13' Livingston on gravel and a hitch dolly is a great solution for my needs.
23 pound, 13 foot, solo, Hornbeck, Kevlar canoe. I am 83 years old and I can put it on the roof of my Toyota Highlander, We hang it off the swim platform of our 36 foot American Tug Trawler. We dock on a ¼ mile bay on Catawba Island, OH, near Port Clinton. There is an eagle's nest in the tree at the opening to Lake Erie. The eagle lets me touch the shore 20 feet from his tree while he is eating fish 30 feet up in the tree.