I know that Cat Trax makes wheels with the handle extension, but has anyone ever heard of them making an extension that has a trailer hitch attachment? I am now having to store all my boats much further away from the beach then I used to and someone told me they had seen Cattrax with a hitch on them, that way I could use my mule to pull them to the new storage area.
Just a thought:
Take the handle and bolt one of these on...
After that initial post I actually was able to get ahold of the guy from Florida Sail Craft (the people that make cat trax) and he said that in order to tow the wheels behind a 4wd vehicle the hulls needed 4 points of contact. Makes sense I thought, so the boat doesnt go to tipping back and forth. He said he could do a custom job for about $250 on top of the regular price of the wheels.
Or buy these hubs, get 20 x 10 x 8 wheels/tires at tractor supply and a long metal tube....
may have to build frame for 4 point cart etc.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Idler-Aluminum-Wheel-Hub-1-ID-Bearing-Go-Kart-Fun-Cart-Trailer-4-x-4-/141103221814?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20da684c36&vxp=mtr
Edited by goodsailing on Mar 02, 2015 - 12:42 PM.
...have you thought about getting a set of balloon tires for your trailer and dragging that on the sand with your mule? If you can carry compressed air, ten minutes to change wheels/tires can compete with unloading your cat off the trailer onto the beach wheels when you can just use the trailer. It would have to be a light trailer.
Never done this, just thinking out loud here.
Edited by klozhald on Mar 03, 2015 - 10:32 PM.
I made my own handle out of PVC for our wheels. I used a heat gun to soften the PVC and added a 30 degree bend to it. It works great.
Also, we have to regularly pull our boat up a very steep ramp. There is no way we can pull the boat by hand. I tie one end of a rope to the beach wheel axle and the other end to our trailer hitch on the car. I stand at the back of the boat to support it while my wife drives slowly up the ramp. We also used this method to pull the boat across a soft sand beach using a longer rope.
It definitely saves on the ensuing heart attack getting the boat off the beach.
Thanks!
Eric Weller
Keep the pointy side up!
saw this on Craigs list, might be somthing to help you but would need a hitch added
http://fortwayne.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=hobie&sort=rel
http://www.thebeachcats.com/pictures?g2_itemId=113081
A tongue could be added to this set up easily. Pretty inexpensive if you've already got a set of beachwheels.
Click on the link for additional info.
Dave
Edited by davefarmer on Mar 06, 2015 - 06:50 AM.
I'm now envisioning the next generation of beach cat dolly....a merger between cat trax and a Segway scooter.... 😀
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Steve M.
neat setup!
I purchased a winch from HF to help me push my boat into the backyard but haven't had success with it yet.
It suffers from a terribly bad duty cycle and goes into thermal shutdown very quickly in the fl heat
I need to figure out a better anchoring system - what do you secure the winch wooden base to? (a tree i assume)
davefarmer wrote: http://www.thebeachcats.com/pictures?g2_itemId=113081
A tongue could be added to this set up easily. Pretty inexpensive if you've already got a set of beachwheels.
Click on the link for additional info.
Dave
Edited by MN3 on Mar 07, 2015 - 06:54 AM.
MN3
Yeah, in this case a tree. I have another winch for the ARC mounted to an alum plate with 3/4" holes in the four corners, and then I drive four 1' pcs of rebar into the ground to secure, that works well in the gravelly soil we have around the lake.
that works well in the gravelly soil we have around the lake
cool thanks!
i think i need something with a footer here in the fl sand
how many feet are you pulling the boat?
Edited by MN3 on Mar 07, 2015 - 12:16 PM.
MN3
Yeah, bury a pc of 4 x 4 and tie to that. The cable on the drum is 50', High Voltage uses less than 20, maybe 30' for the Fringe on a different beach.
klozhald wrote: ...have you thought about getting a set of balloon tires for your trailer and dragging that on the sand with your mule?
Thats actually a goot idea but I generally keep the trailer in a parking garage and only use it to transport boats to winter storage. The majority of the year they sit on the beach which would mean the trailer would too...I would be scared the succumb to the salty air down here. I have had more than one Jetski trailer die on the beach.