Hobie cart upgrade for $10 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

fongman · 06-24-2010, 09:59 PM

For $10.00 more (+ s/h), I picked up the pneumatic tires with plastic rims that are found on some of the other carts. They're made for a 3/4 inch axle. You can buy them at Northern Tool.

btw, if you're looking to build a cart and you need an axle, Industrial Metal Supply has 3/4" stainless steel tubing in roughly 3 ft. lengths for about $5.00. If you're using 1" PVC, the perfect axle bushing I've found are 1" x 3/4" PVC reducer fittings. Get 4 of these and put them in the ends of a couple of T fittings and you've got your axle housing. Buy 2 lynch pins (Home Depot) to secure your wheels to the axle. With this setup, you have minimal weight and corrosion/rust to worry about.

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06-24-2010, 09:59 PM	#9
fongman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 116	For $10.00 more (+ s/h), I picked up the pneumatic tires with plastic rims that are found on some of the other carts. They're made for a 3/4 inch axle. You can buy them at Northern Tool. btw, if you're looking to build a cart and you need an axle, Industrial Metal Supply has 3/4" stainless steel tubing in roughly 3 ft. lengths for about $5.00. If you're using 1" PVC, the perfect axle bushing I've found are 1" x 3/4" PVC reducer fittings. Get 4 of these and put them in the ends of a couple of T fittings and you've got your axle housing. Buy 2 lynch pins (Home Depot) to secure your wheels to the axle. With this setup, you have minimal weight and corrosion/rust to worry about.