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Topic: what cart do you have for your AI? Fully rigged?  (Read 2319 times)

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PelagicPredator

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I'm trying to make the loading/unloading process more streamlined. I can't use a trailer.

Do you move the entire AI, with akas & amas from car to launch site, or do it in stages? Do you put all your fishing gear, seat, etc on, then move it to launch site? Or do that part separately?

I have a basic kayak cart for my AI, which I don't think will handle the fully rigged kayak. I found the kayak would rotate on the wheels sometimes, so I zip-tied on some PVC pipe wrapped in pool noodle parallel to the kayak to support it. That helped quite a bit.

I was thinking that something like the Wilderness Systems kayak cart - https://www.rei.com/product/155034/wilderness-systems-heavy-duty-kayak-cart-with-no-flat-wheels might be able to handle kayak + amas + akas + sail + fishing gear.

Any other cart suggestions? Any suggestions to make the load/unload/rigging process faster?


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I'll be interested to hear what others do, but I spent 1 season car topping my AI, and the reason I got a trailer was because it took so many trips back and forth to get all the parts together. I'd load up the hull on my wheeleez, just like a stand-along Revo16 (fishing gear, sail laid flat on top). Then it still took a couple of trips to get the amas and akas, and usually 1 more round trip for something I'd forgotten. Even if you had a heavy duty trailer that could handle the weight of everything, any distance, or a slight incline would be tough to manage.

With the trailer, it's an easy < 10 minute setup, then into the water.

In spite of the ease of trailer launching, I have been thinking about car-topping again, but with a system to easily slide the kayak (with amas/akas attached) off and on a customized roof rack. I've got it all worked out in my head. The problem is that, like you, I'd want to move the assembled AI, and I can't come up with a good way to do that.
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I’ve transported my AI with the akas and amas stacked on top using a normal wheeleez cart. Dealing with all the  stuff can sure be a pain though.



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« Last Edit: May 13, 2021, 07:43:58 PM by NowhereMan »
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