fusioneng wrote:
The coolest trailer mod I ever saw was the one with the big beach cart incorporated into the trailer, somebody posted that a while back, I thought it was the coolest idea ever, and wished I had seen it before doing my trailer, (never dawned on me to do that at the time).
The only reason I never bought the Hobie cradles was because they are uber expensive, and quite a few guys complained they didn’t last very long, (true or not I have no idea).
Plus I had a harbor freight trailer that only cost, $140 bucks, (plus maybe $100-$150 in aluminum for the mods to make it work for me). The pvc bunks were only about $20 bucks in materials, lol fit my budget. I’m not sayin get a harbor freight trailer, if you can afford better, it’s worth it.
There are a lot of TI’s around here, and I often help people load onto their trailers, (with cradles), seems like a pain to get over that sticky grey rubber.
FE
The kayak beach dolly should arrive in a week, or so--hoping I can figure out a clean way to mount it, as it is huge.
Here is a pict of my 1st home made trailer--which I got for free--needed to add new hubs/wheels/wiring and a plywood deck. I used your idea for 1-1/4 in pvc pipes with a wooden dowel sealed-in, to position and hold the TI. Tacking down coreoplast sheets makes a nice slippery load/unload--like you said--it will unload by itself, if you don't attach a rope to it. This flat trailer also allows me to open the amps/tramps/hakas and launch fully rigged. I use it most all the time.
The reason I added the trailer with the 6 cross arms is that I need to deliver 4 sea kayaks to my daughter's family in Washington State--and I want to bring the TI to use once we get there. We are in northern Wisconsin by Lake Superior. Am wondering if you have any advice for traveling with 5 kayaks across the mountain/western states. Do you know which states require inspections? or anything we could do to tag them during the trip. I have no plans to use them till we get to Washington state.
Thanks much for all your helpful advice.
Flat TI trailer with 1-1/4 inch pvc covered runners
New trailer with tool box added: