CR Yaker wrote:
All I can say is that space and weight are valuable on the water. This is not a solution for my type of use, TI. But thanks for thinking outside the box.
Installing the heavy duty scupper cart coming off the trailer or in the water before landing are still I find the best solution for my TI. I supplement with an additional Sandtrax cart for difficult sand beaches to/from trailer, on rare occasions, left in my vehicle.
You reminded me that I should find out exactly how much weight I have added so we managed to do that today.
Less than 6 kg for the front. My caster wheel is probably over engineered.
Less than 7kg for the whole rear assembly.
I was more worried about how much wind the wheels catch but I previously stored a cart on deck so not all that much change.
The advantages over a cart or dolly is that you don't have to support the nose of the boat when wheeling it.
You also don't need to get very wet when installing or retrieving the cart from underneath.
No risk of scupper damage.
You can easily deploy, retrieve and stow the wheels from the boat while afloat.
I suspect it would not be worthwhile if you are using a trailer and launching from it. We tend to fully assemble the boat near where the car is parked then wheel it down to the boat ramp and launch immediately. We don't take anything back to the car. This is particularly convenient when alone with nobody to mind the boat in the water.
The space behind the back seat is still mostly clear for gear storage as the wheels hang out over the water. If you stick anything out of course you need to keep it clear of the swinging bits during launch and recovery.
As for the front deck, I have plans to attach racks either side of the front hatch (perhaps in combination with a spray guard) to store an anchor, and emergency gear. Just need to design ways to make them quick to attach and release and easy to store in the car.
Have not tried the wheels on sand yet but I suspect it will be hard work. I do have optional balloon tyres for the rear.