PA 14 Trailer

Hobie has partnered up with Trailex, and have a great single trailer option (part no 38652000). Order PA 14 cradles separately (part no 72020401).

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Howie Strech
Parts & Accessories Product Manager
Hobie Cat USA

STL,

Thanks for sharing these pictures. That's a really nice setup. Sounds like you have a solid solution for carrying your gear and 3 total kayaks. One of these days I might back my trailer in for launching/recovery.

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Steve Stubbs
USAF (retired)

SeaDek Fishing Team
Unfair Lures Pro Staff
Ziptailz Ambassador

2015 Pro Angler 14 - Papaya
2018 Compass - Sea Grass

Very nice setup, just curious have you considered using the cart wheels to help launch? It works great for me with a similar rack on my trailer, I don't have to back the trailer into the water at all.


Brian

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On the bank of the Bow River

I have thought about buying the cart, if for nothing else than reaching some water that i cannot get to via road or ramp. But as far as dipping the trailer/wet launching goes, I have very little concern of hurting the trailer. The bearing are sealed, the lights are submersible, and i have rust proofed painted the heck out of it. Any touches of rust, I clean and re-spray pretty fast...but that happens on any steel trailer. I like the simplicity of ramp launching. I have my kayak pretty much loaded to fish, just dump it in the water, and i am off. Just one less step to worry about at MOST of the locations I fish. I can literally back the trailer into the water, throw my PDF and paddle into the kayak, loosen three straps, and I am off.

Last Monday, I moved from a loft in down town St. Louis to the old family farm just outside the city...coincidentally...less than a mile from my fishing club lakes...and with a two kayak garage. The new (100 year old) house affords me the ability to hit the water before and after work, which I have done 4 of the last 5 days. Saving that little bit of time getting the kayak into the water makes a huge difference to me. It may not seem like much, but if I save 15 minutes putting it in and taking it out, that is 30 more minutes on the water before a day slaving in front of a computer screen at work.

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STLKayak
2020 Pro Angler 14 360
St. Louis, Missouri
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We have a Malone trailer for our PA14 and PA12 (his and hers). We needed to lower the Malone's loading height for the height-challenged "her" yet still be able to trailer both yaks at the same time. So, we replaced the U shaped risers and crossbars with 78" Unistrut crossbars on very short Unistrut risers to allow the gray PVC bunks to clear the trailer fenders by about 1". We used a circular saw set at 45 degrees to make the angled cuts on the back ends of the PVC tubes to make loading easier on the hulls. The two yaks are separated by a couple of inches when loaded. We've floated them off very easily several times.

We also upgraded the wiring harness and replaced the stock trailer lights with LED ones. We even added additional signal lights attached to H rail mounting platforms that clip onto the rear H rails on the PAs to make the lights be "in your face" for tailgaters. It's been working really well. It tows like a dream and handles potholes without issue.

Here are some photos we took of our Malone trailer mods. FYI, the yaks in the photos aren't stripped down and strapped for trailering...just for the photo op.

nschutt - I have never seen anyone use that type of mounting plate/bracket for the PVC bunks. Most just put use a thru-bolt to a uni-strut channel nut. What is that setup that you used instead? FYI - the trailer looks great. I might have to steal the idea of the lights on the back H-Bar. I have had a few close calls where people just dont seem to notice the giant red flag hanging off my kayak.

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STLKayak
2020 Pro Angler 14 360
St. Louis, Missouri
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Very nice set up!

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Dr.SteelheadCatcher
Warrenton, OR

Agree. Nice setup!

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Steve Stubbs
USAF (retired)

SeaDek Fishing Team
Unfair Lures Pro Staff
Ziptailz Ambassador

2015 Pro Angler 14 - Papaya
2018 Compass - Sea Grass

The rear lights on the yaks tie into the trailer lighting so all work together. We'd read about how others had close calls so we wanted to minimize our risks.

The bunk mounting hardware is Unistrut beam clamps with the catch turned outwards to cradle the bunks. We used large fender washers and nuts to attach the bunks to the Unistrut. Here's looking down from above. It makes for easy width adjustments. We also attached some D rings to the ends of the crossbars for attachment points if desired.