what wheels do you use?

Maui Jim,
love your design. and, I believe those are the best
wheels for our applications.

Jorivle (sp?), don't be mislead by a mere glance.
I've had my cart and those wheels for over 9 yrs--and speaking from
real experience and miles of sand pulling--they're second best
to the Wheeleeze.

[bus kid]

Salty Pirate, thanks for the link
I have not been able to find just the wheels alone. $60.00 per wheel is budget friendly.

[Lets_Fish]

Have you looked into Power Wheels? They are the ones that fit on battery powered toy cars that the kids rise around on.

Here is a quick link to some wheels: http://www.mypegperegoparts.com/tireandwheels.html

If you yard/garage sale at all look for a used Power Wheel. Mine you it does not have to run, just make sure the wheels are in good condition. I had made my last cart with a set and sold a pair of 10" wheels on these forums for $20. They work great on soft sand and hard pack. You can search my posts under the sale section to see the ones I sold.

[maui jim]

Thanks Yani,,

After 12 years of sand pulls (and aging knees) I deserved better....

Had the wheeleze for a little over 2 years now...mo betta for Maui Jim

Beaches in Santa Barbara are nice every summer, and deep in sand parking a little farther from launch, thats why i invested in myself..

[tagyak]

Originally Posted by maui jim

Beaches in Santa Barbara are nice every summer, and deep in sand parking a little farther from launch, thats why i invested in myself..

my momma always told me "why work harder when you can work smarter". that's why i bought mine.

[wiseguy]

x2 on the power wheels! Picked mine up from someone that put out the power wheel car on the curb on trash day! Can't beat free99!

[monkyak]

I do not like the idea of flipping the kayak on the side to insert the wheels on my hobie kayak so I think I am gonna put a kick stand to hold the wheel unit erect and lift the back end of the yak over the wheel posts then into the scupper holes. That way I don't have to take everything out of the yak.

[salty pirate]

hey if you do buy wheeleez dont get the pvc one's they are rated @ 95F if you leave them somewhere hot like I did they get warped. get the poly one's they are rated @ 167F. btw my wheeleez are 22cm they seem to be good size

[mtnbykr2]

Originally Posted by monkyak

I do not like the idea of flipping the kayak on the side to insert the wheels on my hobie kayak so I think I am gonna put a kick stand to hold the wheel unit erect and lift the back end of the yak over the wheel posts then into the scupper holes. That way I don't have to take everything out of the yak.

I have already fabbed this up, well my son did, welded a bung on the Hobie plug in and made a removeable stand works well

[bus kid]

Originally Posted by Lets_Fish

Have you looked into Power Wheels? They are the ones that fit on battery powered toy cars that the kids rise around on.

Fronts or rears?
I looked at my sons Gravedigger last night and the inside diameters are different, didn't get my mic out, too drunk to take accurate readings.
I do have an old set gonna see what I can rig up this weekend.

[Lets_Fish]

Originally Posted by bus kid

Fronts or rears?
I looked at my sons Gravedigger last night and the inside diameters are different, didn't get my mic out, too drunk to take accurate readings.
I do have an old set gonna see what I can rig up this weekend.

Both should work. Between me and my brother we made two sets from one car. He is still using his set with his X-Factor and I sold mine with my X-13 earlier this year. The wheels on these two carts were not the large ones (maybe 6"-7" diameter and 5" wide). They rode great over hard pack and handled the soft sand very well. You can find larger height and width tires on the web site I posted prior, I think the large wheels fit the "Wrangler" model Power Wheel (10" diameter and around 7" wide).

Good luck.

[bus kid]

Originally Posted by Lets_Fish

Both should work. Between me and my brother we made two sets from one car. He is still using his set with his X-Factor and I sold mine with my X-13 earlier this year. The wheels on these two carts were not the large ones (maybe 6"-7" diameter and 5" wide). They rode great over hard pack and handled the soft sand very well. You can find larger height and width tires on the web site I posted prior, I think the large wheels fit the "Wrangler" model Power Wheel (10" diameter and around 7" wide).

Good luck.

Thanks I will see if the modifiedpowerwheels.com classifieds have any.

[bus kid]

So this weekend I tried the powerwheels, wheels. I borrowed the front wheels off of my sons gravedigger, on they way out across the sand they were pretty good. Then after a day of paddling and the weigh of dead fish they kinda plowed into the sand. Gonna keep saving for a set of Wheeleez 30cm.

Just out of curiosity, any one interested in a group buy on the Wheeleez Beach Cart From OEX maybe we can get something going?
http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...ch-Cart/Detail