I finally found some wheels for my cart and built it today. I used some wheels and an axel from a spreader that one of my neighbors was tossing.
It sits in the scupper holes in the back of the yak. I din’t make it so that it comes apart because I wanted the added rigidity of the glued joints. We’ll see how long it lasts. It cost less than $5 in parts from Lowes:
1 10 ft stick of 3/4 sch 40 pipe
2 3/4 tees
1 Pool noodle from the Dollar Tree
My initial design called for two more tees and some caps, but the axel was too short to go that way. The parts I used were probably closer to $2 worth. I didn’t need the whole stick of pipe, but 10’ was only a quarter more than 5’. I wanted to make sure I had enough for mistakes.
I first cut 8" sticks and put tees on the end. I have 8" wheels so I made 9" legs for below the tees. I mesured the distance between the legs in the scupper holes (7 1/2" on my yak) and cut a stick to go in between.
I had to cut a little off the axel. I drilled it and used cotter pins to hold the wheels on. The spreader used push nuts. I like cotter pins better. Use what you like. I didn’t have any washers. Don’t forget to get some if you build the same thing. I will get 4 1/2 inch washers next time I am in Lowes. I also cut a piece of pool noodle to go on the center bar. I put one wrap of electrical tape on each side. I may go over it with duct tape or a tie wrap. Initially I was going to use a small piece on each upright, but it didn’t work as well as I had hoped. The hole in the pool noodle is too small.
As you can see here, I initialy had the pipes too long and I couldn’t put my crate in there. I cut the pipes flush with the yak and now I can roll it with the crate. I didn’t take any pictures with the pipes cut. Use your imagination.
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