Kayak cart for wide 8" wheels with 17mm

Hi,

Some time ago I've bought wheels off e-bay, which look very similar to wheelez. Same size 11.8". But cheaper. They 17mm open bore.

I've built a cart with PVC and rod, and it works OK for all my kayaks, including AI. With the exception it's heavy and does not fold.

Anybody knows of any cart that would accept such wheels? Ideally I want to be able to use two sets of wheels - these for beach and others for asphalt. If I'm not mistaken, wheelez cart is has 1" bore?

Thanks

I was in a similar situation and had bought 1" bore wheels from wheelez (the good ones) for a DIY PVC cart. Cart worked great til the PVC broke, seems as sturdy as it looks it's just not that strong, at least not for my uses.

Anyhow the wheeleze carts use a 3/4" axle, but 3/4' to 1" bushings are available at ACE for a couple bucks so I'm set right, I'll just order a cart frame from Wheelez, nope they don't sell them separately.

17mm = about .67" that's an odd size to find off the shelf shafts or bushings.

Good luck

Thanks, Dale. I thought you can buy all parts @ wheelez and build cart (probably will be a bit more expensive), but, anyways, sizes they have are different. And another problem is width of the wheel - other carts I looked at use much narrower wheels. Damn, why it has to be so complicated?

Wheelez is only a few miles from me so I've gotten a variety of stuff from them like wheels and axles, but I couldn't talk them into selling me a cart frame, They said they come to them as a set, and they just didn't have any frames to sell.  This was a few years ago and seems their individual parts for stock has expanded, might be worth a phone call to see what's available.

In the end, like countless peeps before me I just broke down and bought the "good" cart.

I made one out of stainless steel tubing back when I had access to a welder that's been bomb proof so far. I also lined the the uprights that fit in the scuppers with thin walled pvc pipe to prevent wearing through the scuppers. The tubing is about 3/4" I used a S/S axle I made out of 1/2" round stock. Then I drilled an extra set of holes in the axle to accommodate some smaller wheels I use to launch my AI off a ramp with. After watching Hai load his AI with ease by pushing the cart under water and letting it float back up into the scuppers, and just walk it up the ramp, I had to come up with a similar plan. All credit goes to Hai for that one. I use regular wheeleeze for most launches, but when I can use a paved ramp the smaller less buoyant wheels are the way to go. Trying to hold a pair of wheeleeze tires under while you align the uprights to the scuppers is a lot like trying to hold a basket ball underwater one handed while you try to fit a pair off dowels into a tube. After smashing my fingers a couple times when I lost my grip soon had me looking for a better way. To take it one step further, I also now have a loop of webbing on the axle tube that I step on to hold it under while I line up the uprights. Then step off to let it float back up. I like to think I work smarter not harder as I age....