Another in my line of El-Cheapo fixes
for semi-functional kayaking gear.
A trip to Home Depot for $3 worth of supplies (short length of 1/2” PVC pipe and
some #10 nuts/bolts) was all it took to solidify my collapsing kayak cart. Many kayakers have one of these at some point
I expect – a foldable kayak cart. They work
GREAT on flat surfaces, but if you have to go over a curb or some larger
obstacles they are prone to collapsing – THUD, WHAM, you’re stopped dead in
your tracks. Rather than shelling out
another $150 for a non-foldable cart (of which there are many), just adding a
bar to stop this is easy. The top-tube of many foldable kayak carts already have
pre-drilled holes (not sure why) so the only drilling I had to do was in the
soft PVC pipe.
Easy Peasy.
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| 1/2" PVC pipe and two bolts - stops kayak cart collapse |
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| Underside |
4 comments:
THANK YOU!!!!! I stopped using my cart because of the constant collapsing. I was imagining a much more complex 'fix' until I saw this. Again, Thank You!! : )
Thank you. I just got my cart and was trying to figure out a solution.
Thank you! I thought I was defective. Turns out I’m not. Thank you for showing this easy fix!
Just got mine and had same thing. Tried different ways of securing the straps. Thinking of using some pvc pipe to reinforce it. Google search found you. 😄
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