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Topic: Getting your kayak to the water, far from your car?  (Read 1471 times)

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I have been fishing at a lake recently that is about a 30 minute walk through the hills. There is a fire road and the road isn't that bad. I'd like to get my kayak back to the lake and was wondering what people here thought. I have the fat wheel cart for it, but not sure if it's too far for that. (never used the wheels) I was thinking of biking in and converting a bike's cargo trailer by lengthening it and using my roof rack equipment. Again, just a though. Wondering if anyone here has any ideas that could help me out with this project.


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Get a Wheeleez and you should have no problem!
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Do you think these would work? Had them in the garage for a while.



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I had one of that too, it works on hard and fairly smooth surfaces but can't handle rocky and soft sand well!  Trust me,  you can't go wrong with the wheeleez and lots of guys in here will tell you the same thing.  We have group buy from time to time to save some $$ but it worths every pennies!
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You could have fun converting that bike cargo trailer, I think it will work beautifully. I don't know about using roof rack stuff for it though, maybe aluminum, like ladder parts and old crutches from the thrift store, bungees and foam. Just my 2 cents.
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Heavy bike trailers are unpleasant if you have to do any climbing. Could be great if the whole fire road is flat though.
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There's not too much actual climbing. I mean, yeah, the road goes up and down through some small foot hills, but nothing really bad. I was thinking of something like this:



It has three bars that go across. Wondering if the yakima saddles would go on that front bar and the rollers on the handle bar in the back. My first thought was Aluminum or PVC pipe to run the length of the kayak or at least to the holes in the bottom and through those. I've never used a bike trailer and am worried about semi sharp turns. I was looking at the ones that connected to the seat bar on the bike. Maybe leave that a bit loose so it would turn like a trailer on a car and make corners easier. Again, just thinking about this as I go along.

Maybe the wheeleez setup and walking in would be easier. Slower and I do like projects like this, but far easier to get in and out of my car than the kayak, bike, and trailer.


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Do you think these would work? Had them in the garage for a while.



I have a set of these, work fine everywhere but sand and loose gravel, make sure you find the best spot to center weight of kayak, too far back feels much heavier, arm tires sooner. I strap two kayaks on sometimes, revo on bottom, OK 11' strapped on top of Revo.  Take wheels off and slip into front hatch of revo while fishing.

Carry some kind of air pump in case tire has leak  :smt001


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Decades ago I owned a 17 ft Coleman canoe - you've seen the big orange plastic ones - Jeez, what a beast in any amount of breeze!  I had some spare mountain bike wheels and just took the axles out and then somehow bolted the wheels onto a 3" dia x @ 3 ft piece of pvc pipe - I might have used all-thread, I think I had end caps, maybe bolts were just fixed to those, I don't recall, but I could remove the wheels easily from the pipe.   I put the canoe on top of the pipe and lashed it down with straps.  It rolled really well over the rough dirt road because of the big wheels. The pipe had just the right amount of stiffness and flex.   I was able to get it through sand, but it required a pusher as well as a puller.
   


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I would check the load rating of the bike trailer. I have been thinking about a similar project. I am considering usng small bike wheels and bending condut for the frame. I think a regular kayak cart would not handle the speed you can get riding a bicycle.
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Thanks for all of the ideas! Looking into old jogging strollers for parts too. I like the pvc pipe idea with bike tires


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Here is my converted bike trailer. Works good. I need to make a few modifications, but it does the job. I take mine 3-4 miles sometimes so I do not have to pay parking at the harbor or beaches.
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are you fishing the 2nd lake at riverfront?
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are you fishing the 2nd lake at riverfront?

I've fished that lake a few times, but no. I'm fishing Lake Ilsanjo.  The walk is a lot longer than Riverfront.

I really like that bike trailer, and the strap from the seat to the handle is a great idea.  Great to see one done.  Just wondering, what changes etc were you planning on making to it?


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I've mountain biked annadel a few times and fished bass off the dam, I 2nd the bike trailer.  That lake has big bass .
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