Granny Walker D.I.Y. kayak cart

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'bunkers,

 look here; http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,6864.0.html

our resident master  fabricator made a recessed flag mount. i'm sure there's another thread with it ......

[INSAYN]

The rudder bungee is factory installed.  I just tied a loop in the end to help my cold wet hands grab the bungee easier.

The recessed flag holder works like a charm!  Low profile, and on the cheap.   

[CastIronTrout]

Following the lead of our very own insayn and living up to my promise to plagiarize his design, I built my Granny Walker kayak cart today. The only pictures I took were the initial pile of parts a Granny Walker turns into, for this and future projects. The "how to" was outlined nicely at the beginning of this thread and again, by insayn.

I think for the most part I did everything the same. I was fortunate enough to have almost everything prior to starting, so that kept the cost down. I have a dolly with plastic wheels, but it also has solid tires and that combination seemed too heavy. I had extra pnuematic wheels and tires from another project so despite the wheels being steel, chose to use them as I don't plan to be in the salt any time soon.

Other than that, a big thanks  to insayn for the idea. I haven't hooked it up to my Kayak yet, but hope to soon.

[INSAYN]

Wow!  That looks so dang close to mine, I'd almost think you stole it from my garage. 

Nice work!

You'll find that the strap closest to the wheels will be easy to tightened right away, as the front sticks will act like kickstands and be touching the ground when you first plop the kayak on the cart.  Then its just a matter of lacing the front strap together, and pulling moderately tight, and then just lift up on the front strap to pull the the front sticks to the hull.  Tighten it down as you do this.  It only takes a couple of lifts from the strap and tightening to get it cinched down nice and snug. 

Then proceed to beating the hell out of the cart by taking it over big bumps, curbs, down stairs, and over old people or small children.   

[CastIronTrout]

Wow!  That looks so dang close to mine, I'd almost think you stole it from my garage. 

Nice work!

Thank you for the compliment and the advice on getting it installed. As for stealing it from your garage, all I can say is, if you go out to the garage, the refrigerator is almost out of beer again.