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wbrewski 04-18-2012 08:46 PM

PA cart
 
For you guys with a pro angler, in you opinion what is the best cart to buy for my pro angler?:reeling:

Rufus 04-22-2012 02:04 PM

Whacha really need is a fork lift!

I usually launch my PA from the beach at Shelter Island, the sand there is softer than many beaches. Plus the beach slopes down to the water and up to the truck. Ug.

The stock Hobie wheels aren't the best to use with the PA in soft sand. That was clear yesterday when I dragged the wife's Revo 11 down and back. Yikes, that was easy!

OTOH, hauling my PA down and back kicked my ass!

One day I'll get fed up enough I'll buy a mule or a set of bigger wheels.

So if I had to vote with your money, I'd say buy a cart with the big wide wheels.

BTW, I'll never give up my battleship Pro Angler. NFW! Love it to death. And for you guys who think it's a slow pig, I have no problem keeping up with my very fit wife driving her Revolution 11. The speed of the PA even surprised her.

RockyRaab 04-22-2012 02:37 PM

I got the upgrade to the mid-level cart. The tires are wider than standard but not as big as the largest ones. Except for very soft sand, I think the mid-weight is about right.

BTW. there's no way the supplied set-screw spacer will hold the weight of the PA and keep the keel off the cart axle. I measured and cut PVC spacer rings about 3/4" wide and slipped them on the uprights, then slipped down the rubber bumper supplied with the cart. (I cut rings of 1" ID PVC and then sawed a straight connector in half to fit snugly over the pipe rings.)

Here's how the spacer sits, looking from "below". Axle, spacer and factory bumper.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...k/IMG_0125.jpg

fishsouthcounty 04-22-2012 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rufus (Post 115424)
Plus the beach slopes down to the water and up to the truck. Ug.

thank god...might be in a little trouble if it was the other way around. :cheers1:

MWC359 04-22-2012 04:01 PM

Build your own from PVC and some wheels from a childs big wheel......a fraction of the cost and it works great

Hellboy1500 04-22-2012 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rufus (Post 115424)
Whacha really need is a fork lift!

I usually launch my PA from the beach at Shelter Island, the sand there is softer than many beaches. Plus the beach slopes down to the water and up to the truck. Ug.

The stock Hobie wheels aren't the best to use with the PA in soft sand. That was clear yesterday when I dragged the wife's Revo 11 down and back. Yikes, that was easy!

OTOH, hauling my PA down and back kicked my ass!

One day I'll get fed up enough I'll buy a mule or a set of bigger wheels.

So if I had to vote with your money, I'd say buy a cart with the big wide wheels.

BTW, I'll never give up my battleship Pro Angler. NFW! Love it to death. And for you guys who think it's a slow pig, I have no problem keeping up with my very fit wife driving her Revolution 11. The speed of the PA even surprised her.





Isis that only once with my wife's quest 11 and my PA. Now all I do is park by the boat ramp, off load everything there and go park. When I come back I wheel the PA down on to the dock take the wheels off and slide it into the water same with the wife's. It makes it so much easier and getting it back out is just as easy as putting it in. I will never launch off the beach again at shelter island.

Rufus 04-23-2012 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hellboy1500 (Post 115440)
Isis that only once with my wife's quest 11 and my PA. Now all I do is park by the boat ramp, off load everything there and go park. When I come back I wheel the PA down on to the dock take the wheels off and slide it into the water same with the wife's. It makes it so much easier and getting it back out is just as easy as putting it in. I will never launch off the beach again at shelter island.

Ya, agreed. But I'm stubborn and our motorboat brothers scare the bejesus out of me!!

At least launching from the beach I'm safer!


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