Making Your Own Trolley

[stripes 401]

Has any lads or lasses ever made their own fishing trolley for the beach to lug all the gear to a fishing mark, any advise and ideas welcome, and pics are a must.Thanks.

[forest of dean redneck 11,735]

http://www.tobywagons.com

I got one of these left over from my vw days,the wooden sides are busted on mine.

[stripes 401]

Cheers dean, look handy them, not hard to make either, tyres of a childs go kart,, wonder do the sides come off for transport to make them less bulky in the back of car,, they look like they could carry two mens fishing gear.

[bobcullen79 1,495]

I didnt make it, but ive got one of these. Cracking bit of kit. I use mine stripped right back. and it folds up to nothinig. http://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/store/prestige-carp-porter-mk2-fat-boy

If your looking to make a beach trolley, and keep size and weight down, my choice of wheels would probably be a ball off a garden wheelbarrow or some off a golf trolley.

[forest of dean redneck 11,735]

Cheers dean, look handy them, not hard to make either, tyres of a childs go kart,, wonder do the sides come off for transport to make them less bulky in the back of car,, they look like they could carry two mens fishing gear.

the wooden sides were bolted on so had to be spannered off.my dad hauled it along the Chesil when mackerel bashing couple year ago.golf club trolley wheels sounds good idea.bobcullen.

[treecreeper 1,136]

I use the mk2 porter for carp/pike, about 70 quid now I think. how much tackle do you take sea fishing? would one of the match type trolleys not be big enough?

[Flipper_Al 1,012]

IMO, the most important thing will be what ground you going over, get the wheels to suit

 

My MK2 non fat, is rubbish on shingle, ok ish on sand

[stripes 401]

I like your thinking bob cullen, nice and light a golf trolley would be the dogs nuts, a couple of bunji cords, I wonder how the wheels would work on the sand ?

[stripes 401]

I use the mk2 porter for carp/pike, about 70 quid now I think. how much tackle do you take sea fishing? would one of the match type trolleys not be big enough?

The smaller the better treecreeper, two rods, rod stand , chair, haversack, bait bucket, lantern ,, double that for mates gear, not much room left in a car.

[stripes 401]

IMO, the most important thing will be what ground you going over, get the wheels to suit

 

My MK2 non fat, is rubbish on shingle, ok ish on sand

Shingle and sand flipper, I will have to try the golf buggy out for size.

[NELS0N 457]

You'd want something with air filled tyres, you can pump up and let down to suit the ground

[stripes 401]

You'd want something with air filled tyres, you can pump up and let down to suit the ground

Shouldnt be hard to pick up a golf trolley at a car boot, and maybe change the tyres to inflatable.

[Skut_monkey 7]

Flat steel bar and some sack barrow wheels

Draw up some designs and get busy with the welder

 

Thats what i'd do

[bobcullen79 1,495]

I like your thinking bob cullen, nice and light a golf trolley would be the dogs nuts, a couple of bunji cords, I wonder how the wheels would work on the sand ?

Probably better dragging your trolley, than pushing it. A golf trolley would come into its own there.. All depends on your heaviest weight you expect to carry. If you looking to carry 100 weight, I think all wheels would fail in sand and shingle, unless they where swamp wheels

 

All this talk of barrows and shorelines reminds of when I was a nipper barrowing lead from a crumbling MOD building, about a mile along the shore in a barrow with a flat tyre... Not nice.

 

I think a golf trolley would be a good Mk1 effort. If it sunk, 1st call would be wider wheels, or even 2 golf wheels joined per side, spreading the load., Couple of nuts, washers and threaded bar and jobs a good `un.

[forest of dean redneck 11,735]

Yeah easier to pull than push it. Them kettler off-road type go karts would be good scource of wheels.