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| Author: | Kurhausgirl [ Sun May 07, 2017 9:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Cat trax |
We just bought a used Hobie 16 and I am planning to buy Cat Trax to wheel it to the water. Our beach is a pebble beach and I wondered if the hard wheels or the ones filled with air might be the better choice. |
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| Author: | kevinbatchelor [ Sun May 07, 2017 8:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat trax |
The air filled ones are better in almost every situation especially uneven rocky beaches. |
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| Author: | Kurhausgirl [ Mon May 08, 2017 4:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat trax |
Thanks for the advice! |
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| Author: | BboySlug [ Mon May 08, 2017 12:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat trax |
Just note before you buy... there are a couple of work arounds which could save you from money instead of buying new $500 cat trax. I've heard of some pretty good ideas in the past (especially for those on a college budget). Here are a couple: 1) Looooong strips of used carpet. I picked some up from my friends who are house flippers. A knife can cut it to size pretty easy. They roll up conveniently too. Only bad thing is they can get stinky. pu! 2) Hobie 16 has deep V hulls. Is pretty easy to just take some PVC pipe and cut it in half long ways (forming a half pipe, not two sections of pipe). Can lie them out behind the trailer and slide the boat on/off them and into the water. The guy I sold my boat to does this at his lake house as a makeshift hobie 16 boat ramp. |
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| Author: | Kurhausgirl [ Mon May 08, 2017 4:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat trax |
Thanks Bboyslug. |
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| Author: | greensnopro [ Fri May 12, 2017 1:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat trax |
BboySlug wrote: 2) Hobie 16 has deep V hulls. Is pretty easy to just take some PVC pipe and cut it in half long ways (forming a half pipe, not two sections of pipe). Can lie them out behind the trailer and slide the boat on/off them and into the water. The guy I sold my boat to does this at his lake house as a makeshift hobie 16 boat ramp. Awesome, glad you shared that one, I'm going to install a set at my lake house when I go up next time, there's a power line at the boat ramp I have to avoid and am only about 8' away, I wont have to rack my nerves anymore with that set up! |
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