I'm trying to make a cart that I don't have to spend too much time or money on. I just plan to stash it in the weeds anyway.
Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Lufkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 8:38 AM Subject: Pontoon boat carts (was Re: Fishing Vehicles and pontoon boats on top . . .) > >I saw a wheel setup at Skagit River Anglers the other day. It was made by > >Bucks Bags and they sell for $95. I'd like to see how you made yours. > > > >Ray > > > > > >> One other thing I have made my own wheel for this thing for pushing it > >into > >> Lenice. If anyone is interested on how I did it or what I made it out of > > > feel free to ask. All it really takes is a few pieces of metal and an bmx > > > wheel, and a clamp. > > > > > > Well thats my quarters worth. > > > Kent Dowd > > > Me too. > > I talked to the marketing guy at Buck's Bags a couple years ago who > sent me a brochure on a two-wheeled cart they were discontinuing. > After looking at it I could see why. > > From the side, it was shaped like a pair of connected metal L's > rotated 90 degrees clockwise. The long leg of the L fit under the > frame with a handle at the back end and a couple of smallish 8-9 inch > wheels at the end of the short legs. > > He said the small wheels didn't take to well to rocky or rough ground > and that they were developing a new design. > > I saw a different cart at the Sportsmen's Show last February with a > larger single wheel that locked into a attached slot under the seat > and let you steer the pontoon boat from the ends like a wheelbarrow. > The guy said that Cabela's would be stocking them but I have yet to > see one there. > > Seems to me I saw a similar design at Kaufman's in Bellevue a while > back but don't recall how much it was. > > Anybody tried a single-wheel design cart? And more importantly, what > do you do with the thing once you launch the boat? Mine's heavy > enough as it is without taking a cart aboard. > > Kent Lufkin > >
