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Topic: HD Hobie cart cradle  (Read 7271 times)

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that cart is not bad,but not great.i had that pin fall out.luckliy it fell inside the cart and i shook it out.so i grab a rock and pounded it back in.
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Alright, I'm confused;
How can you put a piece of plastic with holes drilled 11" apart to fit over the scupper posts on the cart, then in another photo show that 11" span cover the profile of the kayak bottom?  That profile is longer than the straight-line 11" span of the cart posts.  Either the plastic is stretching or the posts are being pulled towards each other.  If being pulled toward each other, that's going to put pressure on the inside edge of the scupper hole. 

If you could bring one of those carts to the crab clinic on the 17th, I'd love to take a look at it. 

Also, I'm confused how those clear Tap Plastic slide-ons are able to hold up the black plastic cradle?  I would guess that the contact area of the plastic tubes and the plastic cradle is less than a square inch and supporting a loaded Hobie PA, probably over 150 pounds. 
« Last Edit: October 11, 2012, 06:59:04 PM by skipro3 »


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Jonesz nice cart best of both worlds, if you want the plastic to form to the bottom of the yak try putting 1"x1-1/4 tubing on the scupper posts check out the pic.

skipro3 the black plastic in the pic is 6" wide x 16" long and I drilled the holes 1-1/16 to give the holes some movement to form to the bottom of the yak. It supports my AI quite well. I would be happy to bring my cart to the crab clinic.

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« Last Edit: October 11, 2012, 07:48:09 PM by Pat R. »


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Pats mod is the best in terms of load distribution. Yeah, Hobie should hire him.  :smt003
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Pat - Did you use a hole saw or spade bit to drill the holes?
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Pat - Did you use a hole saw or spade bit to drill the holes?


I used a Precision Forstner Bit.

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« Last Edit: October 12, 2012, 12:39:09 PM by Pat R. »


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Pat - Did you use a hole saw or spade bit to drill the holes?
Mel, a hole will work too.  That's what I used.
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do you guys know the hub size? Ben is gifting me one w/o wheels my hope is the wheeleez wheels will work. if not maybe some from harbor freight will work
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EWB sorry it took so long.

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No worries. Looks like the hf wheels are going to be it. Which is Okay. The wheeleez can be used for mud, rocks and sand

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Mine worked great on my Pro angler in the mountains.  THANKS A HEAP.



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Mine worked great on my Pro angler in the mountains.  THANKS A HEAP.



Jigstrike I am glad  the cart cradle worked on your Pro angler, did it form to the hull ok.

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Hey Pat,
After I took another look at your cart, I since removed the foam pad under the board. I forgot about that. Then I cut a PVC coupling in half that sleeves perfectly over the thinwall PVC uprights. It now contours like yours. I left a piece of rubber tubing over the crossbar just in case it bottoms out. I was also thinking it might be benificial to oval the holes a little to allow more contouring.

Chucke, I made the cart while I was at work where we had a welder. I made it out of used SS tubing I bought at a salvage place, for a few bucks. Now I want some smaller wheels with plastic hubs that I can also fit on when I'm launching off of ramps. Hai showed me a neat little trick where you float the AI nose out. Then push your cart down under your hull and let it float back up into the scupper holes. Trouble with wheeleeze are they are sooooo bouyant. They are like trying to hold a basket ball under water. Almost impossible on your own. With the smaller less boyant wheels you can do it easily on your own. Then just swing the boat around and walk it up the ramp. Easy peasey! If anyone knows where to find some inflatable wheels with a plastic hub, let me know. Thanx


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Jonesz the first one I made I cut the holes with a 1" drill then thought the same thing a little bigger hole would give more room to flex, so I cut the next one with 1 1/16 drill and it works a lot better.

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