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Re: Other: Bicycle towed kayak trailer?
By:Jens Poulsen
Date: 6/18/2003, 4:31 am

: Lots of great ideas in this thread.

: I rescued my neighbor's old golf cart from his junk pile, but haven't decided
: what to do with it yet. The handle and carriage (for the golf bag) are
: beat up, but the lever mechanism to spread the wheels still works
: smoothly, and when folded, doesn't take up much space. I thought of
: putting a couple of rails on it, to strap under the kayak just behind the
: cockpit, then some other separate attachment for attaching to the bike. Or
: maybe it'll just be a "walker", using the front toggle as a
: lead.

: Has anyone tried this? I wonder what the weight limits of a golf cart are
: (Anyone????...., Anyone????.....). This one's pretty old, so maybe a bit
: sturdier than the ones they sell today.

I did excactly this. With very little modification to the cart, the kayak would strap on instead of the golf bag (or did the cart strap onto the kayak?). I placed it with the wheels slightly behind the cockpit, and tied the stem of the kayak underneath the bike saddle. With the wheels off (press a button to snap on/off) the cart folded small enough to fit inside the kayak. The cart eventually "died" from exhaustion when carrying two kayaks (the wheel attachment failed).

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Other: Bicycle towed kayak trailer?
Brian McCarty -- 6/17/2003, 3:35 pm
Re: Other: Bicycle towed kayak trailer? *LINK*
stein -- 6/18/2003, 4:55 am
Re: Other: Bicycle towed kayak trailer? *Pic*
stein -- 6/18/2003, 4:58 am
Re: Other: Bicycle towed kayak trailer? *LINK*
stein -- 6/18/2003, 5:03 am
Now that's cool!
Mark Woodhead -- 6/18/2003, 11:42 am
Re: Now that's cool! *LINK*
Anders Jonsson -- 6/18/2003, 4:18 pm
Re: Now that's cool!
Brian Ervin -- 6/19/2003, 10:16 am
Elegant simplicity! *NM*
Roy Morford -- 6/18/2003, 7:16 pm
Re: Other: Bicycle towed kayak trailer?
Ken Sutherland -- 6/18/2003, 2:04 am
Re: Normal Kayak Carts
C. Fronzek -- 6/18/2003, 12:32 am
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KenC -- 6/17/2003, 9:17 pm
golf carts
mike allen -- 6/18/2003, 11:49 am
Re: Other: Bicycle towed kayak trailer?
Danny -- 6/18/2003, 6:51 am
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Jens Poulsen -- 6/18/2003, 4:31 am
Re: Other: Bicycle towed kayak trailer? *Pic*
Mark Woodhead -- 6/17/2003, 8:57 pm
And the inverse would be nicel, too
Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/17/2003, 7:23 pm
Re: And the inverse would be nicel, too
mike allen -- 6/17/2003, 7:43 pm
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srchr/gerald -- 6/17/2003, 6:29 pm
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Brian Ervin -- 6/17/2003, 4:13 pm
Re: Other: Bicycle towed kayak trailer? *LINK* *Pic*
mike allen -- 6/17/2003, 4:24 pm
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Chip Sandresky -- 6/17/2003, 8:03 pm
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mike allen -- 6/17/2003, 8:15 pm
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Brian Ervin -- 6/17/2003, 5:14 pm
Re: Other: Bicycle towed kayak trailer? *LINK*
Scott Holmen -- 6/17/2003, 4:07 pm
Re: Other: Bicycle towed kayak trailer? *Pic*
KenC -- 6/17/2003, 8:59 pm
Now THAT's interesting!
Steve Rasmussen -- 6/17/2003, 4:26 pm
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Ben Staley -- 6/17/2003, 3:53 pm