Where can I get cheap-ish wheels for my kayak?

I don't want to build them, but I'd like a decent set of wheels as I'm planning some trips up the coast in the coming weeks/months and there are some trails. Would REI carry these? Thanks.

Depending on how the Cart is built? When I worked in Construction we used to replace wheel barrow wheels all the time. Home Depot or Lowes or other places like. $20 approx Randall

Actually, i mean the whole cart...thanks for the info though. I guess everyone seems to like these: http://www.kayakfishinggear.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=155

$169 = a little more than I want to spend but if I'm going to regret skimping on $50, I guess i should go with these. Any thoughts?

Thats what I have and Ty sure did appreciate it at Elk. hahaha There were mountains of them on the beach at Elk. I hope someone got pics of the different piles of them. Those who did not have the Baloon tires payed dearly. Randall

I was trying to find a cheaper alternative too, but in the end I went with the rolleeze and after a few trips with that cart I'm glad I did.

I figure that these should last me quite a while, especially after watching a National Geographic show about trekking through South American deserts to kayak in remote lakes. In that show, I noticed the National Geographic kayakers were using rolleze to pull their kayaks for miles across rocks and everything else.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070201-altiplano-video.html

Actually, i mean the whole cart...thanks for the info though. I guess everyone seems to like these: http://www.kayakfishinggear.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=155

$169 = a little more than I want to spend but if I'm going to regret skimping on $50, I guess i should go with these. Any thoughts?

Hi Malibu_Two,

I'm thinking about getting the newer model (mini-tote) from same manufacture (see attached link).  It's lighter, smaller, cost less, but has the same pay load as the Roleez.

http://www.beachcartsusa.com/

Sailfish

My wife and I each have a kayak and a cart, and she uses the mini rolleeze. It has worked great for us so far, but the straps that come with that cart aren't long enough for either of our yaks, P15 and a T140. Fortunately we already had some spare straps that worked.

 I would not skimp on your cart if you use your yak very much or plan to. If you have a full size sit on top with gear I would get the big wheeled cart. They will go pretty much anywhere. The small cart is designed for a light hard shell sit inside type yak. Ask somebody who has tried pulling a cart with small wheels on sugar sand (like Elk) they probably only did it once. If you don't plan on rolling very far on sand with a load (IE.fishing-diving gear) the small wheels will probably be fine.
 I bought a pair of the small rolleze wheels when they first came out. But they are going on a folding hand truck ice chest hauler now.
 Here is a link http://www.wheeleez.com/index.php check the payload difference. There is a lot less rolling resistance with bigger wheels too.
 
 

Gotta agree w/ Shimmy here. It may be hard to justify buying such an expensive little cart but you will be happy you did if you yak a lot. I've gone with others and had to pull through sand and it sucked in sooooo many ways. Since I got the Wheelez I haven't even noticed trouble on any surface. I wish there was another company making something similar to these so they could drive the price down.

Z

For what is worth I built a cart for hauling my boat and it wears $5 wheels from Harbor Freight. The cart works great on rocks, hard packed dirt and short lengths of sand around the lakes. I am quite pleased with it for these applications. But the more I fish in the salt, the less impressed I am with it. I will not likely fish in the ocean again without a rolleze. I am cheap, but a long stretch of sand is a real ball buster!!

Bill

Anyone strap em to the yak, or do you hike em back in the truck?

Those wheels offer a hell of a lot more flotation than a few pool noodles.

Anyone strap em to the yak, or do you hike em back in the truck?

Those wheels offer a hell of a lot more flotation than a few pool noodles.

mine fits in the front hatch of my scupper pro. put the frame in first. then follow with
wheels toward the bow of the kayak. still have room to stow rods etc.

why do you say the wheels offer a hell of a lot more flotation than a few pool noodles?

you going to fill your boat with rolleez wheels?

flotation comes from displacing a volume of water with something light, such as air.

more volume displaced with something light means more flotation.

to figure out the flotation, figure the volume of the item and the weight of the water it would have displaced.

the wheels are big, but if they were full of water, they'd be what? 20lbs max?

J

Get the Rolleze reg tires (Black tires around 8") if you don't plan on doing any long beach launches or steep trails.  Get the big balloon tires if you are going to it.  My wheels with fit in my Wilderness System Tarpon 160.  But, will not fit in many Yaks.  You can always bring a chain to lock them up to something or tie them on top of your yak.  Leave them on the beach and they will walk away.

Ken kickfish

why do you say the wheels offer a hell of a lot more flotation than a few pool noodles?

Just a guess.  Maybe those wheel look bigger than they actually are.  I have a set on order so I'll find out soon enough.

Seems like they'd at least offer the flotation of a large dry bag.

If you want to stay cheap, have some basic tools, some scrap wood, and scrap carpet, then you can modify the $49 plastic hand truck from Home Depot into a kayak cart in about an hour. It's engineered for a 600 lb load, so it's plenty strong as a kayak cart, but the loose sand will get you. I used 1.5" PVC and wheelbarrow wheels to make my latest cart. It's not as nice as a roleeze, but was less than half the price.

Regards,
Scott