Kayak wheels that do stairs well?

I've launched at Pigeon Point a number of times. When you have help, hauling the boat up those stairs isn't too bad. But when you don't, it's kind of tough.

My current kayak wheels, which I tried today at Pigeon, are too small for the stairs. They're OK on the way down, but useless on the way up. I also have some Wheeleez beach wheels, but they are too wide for the narrow stairway at Pigeon.

I've seen some advertised that look more like small bicycle wheels. REI carries them. Anyone tried these? It seems to me that larger wheels are more likely to work on those stairs.

So looking for any feedback regarding kayak wheels on stairs.
Thanks.
Bill

I've seen some advertised that look more like small bicycle wheels. REI carries them. Anyone tried these? It seems to me that larger wheels are more likely to work on those stairs.

Sounds interesting. Got a link to that?

He's probably talking about these - https://www.rei.com/product/153012/suspenz-super-duty-mag-lite-airless-cart

I think others make something similar as well.

Cheers,
Brad

Yep, that's what I saw on the REI site. Seattle Sports makes one that looks identical & is priced the same. Reviews are all over the place for the Seattle Sports one.

https://www.rei.com/product/121841/seattle-sports-all-terrain-kayak-canoe-cart

I built a set of that style (not sure the brand) into a collapsible mountain bike trailer for a dude that was down from Alaska having me make a custom roof rack for his RV  back in 2016, now where the hell did I put them pictures?? Oh ya! Here ya go, he loves it for toting it from camp to fishing.

I've launched at Pigeon Point a number of times. When you have help, hauling the boat up those stairs isn't too bad. But when you don't, it's kind of tough.

My current kayak wheels, which I tried today at Pigeon, are too small for the stairs. They're OK on the way down, but useless on the way up. I also have some Wheeleez beach wheels, but they are too wide for the narrow stairway at Pigeon.

How wide are the stairs at PP? How much too big are the wheeleez?

An idea, maybe not a good one, there are hand trucks with 3 wheels on each side set in a triangular pattern on a piece of metal that rotates on the axle so that the highest wheel can claw up the next step then rotates to be the lowest wheel.   I thought about building a cart like that for regular steep stairs but thought it might take too much oomph to pull it up, but maybe not. 

Pigeon Point stairs are too narrow for Wheeleez, at least the ones I have. And the beach wheels on mine are also too small to roll up the stairs.

I like the idea of the modified hand truck & will look into that.

In the meantime, REI has a sale beginning 5/17 (20% off) & I'm going to order & try out the Suspenz one. Turns out it is ~5 lbs heavier than the Seattle Sports. Guy on the phone thinks it has heavier duty components. I can return it if it doesn't work or I don't like it.

I'll post again once I have tried it out. I have a strong feeling it will work well for this purpose.
Bill

Finally got these organized & used them today trying to pull my kayak up the stairs. Short story: no deal.

I'm keeping them anyway, because they are the best ones I've used for hard surfaces, and they do roll up stairs with low risers (like less than 6") sort of OK. But you really need to pull to get it the wheels up the stairs, and you need to have the kayak very well strapped to the cart. Frankly it's easier to just carry it.

So that's what I'll be doing at Pigeon.

Good luck out there.
Bill